His early works have an influence of strong nationalism and Gandhian ideals of peace and non-violence. Although Joshi had a nationalistic background, his works also had themes of "Unity with the world and every human being". In 1956, there was a shift in his philosophy from Gandhian era and its principles to a disparity of modern life. His poem "Chinnabhinna cchu" (I am scattered) reflected this change in his philosophy. M. V. Desai considered that "Chinnabhinna cchu" and "Shodh" (The search) poems marks "mark a milestone depicting a sense of disintegration of the human personality and of seeking poetic beauty in words." Indra Nath Choudhuri proposed this "manifestation of notes of despair emerging from sense of helplessness" is part of a wider phenomenon seen in Indian poets from the mid-1950s like Faiz Ahmad Faiz (Urdu), Jibanananda Das, Navakanta Barua, Agyeya, etc. Although his literature from the post-1950s started expressing disparity it also possesses the values of unity of humankind and peace that he expressed in the early 30s. As early as 1945 and 1947, Joshi's poetry started expressing his disillusionment and disparity araised from events of that decade. After the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attack, Joshi questioned victory came from such devastation in his poem: