Manilal Desai

His collection Raneri (1968), edited by Jayant Parekh, was published posthumously.

Suresh Dalal has called him "the poet of colour, rhythm and movement of darkness".

His "Umbare Ubhi Sambharu Re Bol Valamna" (Gujarati: ઉંબરે ઊભી સાંભરું રે બોલ વાલમના) is very popular song across Gujarat.

This song depicts a rural woman waiting for and thus remembering her husband in her everyday deeds.

[1][3] In 2018, Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust published his biography entitled Bol Valamna, written by Manilal H.