Girish Tiwari

Girish Tiwari "Girda" (10 September 1945 – 22 August 2010) was an Indian scriptwriter, director, lyricist, singer, poet, literary writer, and social activist from Uttarakhand, India. He is well-known for composing various poems and songs that were used in the Uttarakhand Statehood Movement.

Early life Born on 10 September 1945 in the village of Jyoli near Hawalbag in Almora District of Uttarakhand, His songs "myar himala" has been an inspiration for the statehood movement, some other songs he made were "jainta ik din to aalo" which translated legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz to kumaoni along with others.

He took voluntary retirement from the post of instructorship in the Song and Drama Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and thereafter joined the Uttarakhand movement, and took to full-time creative writing. He was one of the founders and member of the editorial board of PAHAR, a Nainital-based organisation involved with promotion of Himalayan culture.

He died on 22 August 2010, after a brief illness and was survived by his wife Hemlata Tiwari and one son.