. "1935-05-05Z"^^ . . . . . . "1935Z"^^ . . "Surti, Abid"@en . "Indian author, painter" . . . . "Aabid Surti"@en . "Abid Surti or Aabid Surti (Hindi: \u0906\u092C\u093F\u0926 \u0938\u0941\u0930\u0924\u0940; Gujarati: \u0A86\u0AAC\u0ABF\u0AA6 \u0AB8\u0AC1\u0AB0\u0AA4\u0AC0; born 5 May 1935) is a National Award-winning Indian author who has earned accolades within India and abroad as a painter, author, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter besides being a \"one-man\" NGO out to save every drop of water. He was given a National Award by the government of India in 1993 for one of his books."@en . . .