He started his career as a lecturer at Allahabad University, soon started taking part in various Kavi sammelan (poetry gatherings), and with his tongue-in-cheek political commentary, made a place for himself amidst leading humorists, hasya kavi of the 1970s and 1980s, like Kaka Hathrasi, Pradeep Chaubey and Ashok Chakradhar.
Ashok Chavan | Ashok Mitra | Ashok Chakradhar | Ashok Amritraj | Suddala Ashok Teja | Ashok Vaidya | Ashok Sukumaran | Ashok Soota | Ashok Saraf | Ashok Parnami | Ashok Mehta | Ashok Jugnauth | Ashok Gadgil |