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Dr Prakash Hindustani-A Story of a Hopeless Optimist and Journalist

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My Story “Go as far as you can see. When you will reach there you will see further” J.P. Morgan I followed the above principle and took strange and bizarre decisions in my life. I left a government job and became a journalist at one third of the salary. Even in journalism, from daily to weekly, from newspaper to TV, from TV to web journalism, from web back to TV, the journey and switchovers continued. The bright side was that I got a chance to work across multiple platforms, from print to TV to web media. (Photo- Receiving ABP News Award from Dr Kumar Vishwas) One thing which I never gave too much thought to during these transitions was my salary. The paradox was that at one time, I was the highest paid editor of my city, and at other time I was a journalist who had switched jobs at two thirds of the salary. I didn’t think twice in shifting cities also and the result was that I got a chance to meet and work with a variety of friends in many media orga...

Interesting People in My Life V-Prakash Hindustani-The Hero of Hindi Journalism

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The Art and Science of Living (and Journalism ) Prakash was part of the launch team of Webduniya (Webworld), India’s first Hindi website. Presently he is the Head of Madhya Pradesh Bureau of a new Hindi news channel to be launched soon. He also posts frequently on Facebook in Hindi (ironies, satires and what not, 5,000 plus friends) and gives preference in replying to the comments posted in Hindi even if they use Roman script. Prakash recently wrote on Facebook, “In our day to day life, we are constantly using products and services created and innovated by others and our life is so comfortable because of sacrifices and efforts of so many people, living or dead. How dare we can be ungrateful?” So true and touching (Are we not ungrateful pigs very often?) Prakash being much older to me, I address him as Prakashji (ji being a symbol of respect in Indian culture, but for readers convenience, I will leave out the ji) He is such a balanced person, successful in all the roles he pla...