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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...

I have been fortunate to have  great mentors and colleagues  (Including some celebrities like the famous television newsreader Mr Tejeshwar Singh). In the past two years, I have been blessed to have closely interacted with many super heroes and celebrities. As 2015 approaches I decided to reflect upon the lessons I learnt in 2014, especially the "Dos and Don'ts" while interacting with super achievers and celebrities. Here are some of the lessons:- Read Full article on LinkedIn

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Why the Ancient Art of Storytelling Needs to be Revived in India (Co-authored by Dr Amit Nagpal & Prakash Hindustani) There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.  - Ursula K. LeGuin Back to Storytelling (Image Source-Cameron Uganec, The Hootsuite Blog) Storytelling-The Omnipotent Medicine Storytelling is universal. It transcends languages, cultures and everything else. And the world is going back to storytelling. From  Harvard Business Review  to  LinkedIn , from  Social Media Examiner  to  Hoot suite , everyone in the western world is going gaga over storytelling. The craze for storytelling is so much in USA that storytelling trainings and workshops are as packed as Justin Bieber concerts.  What is so magical in storytelling after all? As we move from the broadcast era to the digitorial era, everyone owns ideas which move through social networks and...

"Future is Local News and Content" Mr. Prakash Hindustani is working in Hindi journalism since last 30 years. He is a well-known name in journalism and is an all-rounder journalist who has worked in all types of media i.e. print, web and television. In print media he started with Hindi daily Naidunia. Thereafter he worked for a weekly magazine Dharmyug by Times of India Group and in another Hindi daily Navbharat Times by the same group. After serving 17 years at various positions in renowned media brands he joined Dainik Bhaskar as News Editor. He has also been the founder editor of Choutha Sansaar. He has a number of accomplishments being Bureau Chief of Indore at Sahara Samay for eight years and now he is brightening the stars of Digi Cable as the Central India News Head.  Here are the few words I had with him: What was the motive of entering cable news industry after a satellite TV? Global Quality and Local Content is our tag line. It is no doubt that the...

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...