Gulfam

Gulfam, born Jahangir Nasharvanji Patel alias Pestonji, was a Gujarati humour writer and journalist from Bombay, India.

Works Gulfam had written large number of works under several pen names. It is not known how many of his works survived. His writing used to publish in several magazines and newspapers like Kaiser-e-Hind, Fursad, Gyanvardhak, Laxmi, Akhbar-e-Sodagar, Gapsap, Jam-e-Jamshed and Bombay Samachar. His first book was Sonarna Gadh. He had written large number of humorous sketches which were so popular that they were often plagiarised by other publishers.

He had written a book on European etiquette, Bhulsho Na – Aa Adab Ada (Etiquette) Mateni Suchnao which was published posthumously in 1937. It included his short biography.

Criticism Amrit Keshav Nayak, a prolific stage actor had said, "I love whatever Jahangir writes as he is first born actor and second born writer among Parsis."