Karpoor Chand Kulish

Karpoor Chand Kulish (1926-2006) was the founder of Rajasthan Patrika, a Hindi language newspaper of Rajasthan, India.

Born in Soda village in Tonk district in 1926 he started his career in journalism as an employee in a newspaper. On March 7, 1956, Kulish decided to start his own newspaper. With dedication and hard work he made his newspaper to be no. 1 in Rajasthan. He is best remembered for his fearless journalism in 1977 just after Indian emeregency 1975-1977 was lifted. His family consists of his wife and three kids. Two sons and one daughter. Kulish retired from Rajasthan Patrika on March 20, 1986.

Literary works

Amongst his many literary works, ‘America Ek Vihangam Drishti’ and ‘Mein Dekhta Chala Gaya’ gained a lot of recognition.His biography is available in Hindi in form of conversations with kulish under a title 'Dharapravah'.In his later years Kulish was writing a segment titled 'polampol' for the newspaper on current affairs. The series is published in form of a book, is a popular set of writingd in a local rajasthani dialect.

Awards

Kulish was felicitated with several awards for his contribution to journalism. In 1990, he was honoured with the BD Goenka Foundation award for ‘Outstanding Contribution in the Indian Language Newspaper’ category for the year 1987. In 1991, he was felicitated by the then Prime Minister of India, Chandra Shekhar, for influencing the national mainstream through his contributions at the golden jubilee of the All India Editors’ Conference. [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:Dy8F0y_eDlwJ:www.rajasthanpatrika.com/aboutus/abt_awards.asp+Karpoor+Chand+Kulish&hl=en&gl=nz&ct=clnk&cd=8]

He also received the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award in 2000. The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan gave him the highest honour of Prayag ‘Sahitya Vachaspati’. The Maharishi Sandipani Rashtriya Ved Vidya Pratisthan, Ujjain, also honoured him.

Post retirement

Kulish later developed an interest in spirituality and Vedic sciences.He put forth the various dimensions of the Vedas for the common man to understand and educate himself.

He died on January 17, 2006.

External links

* [http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/18/stories/2006011814130500.htm Doyen of Hindi journalism dead]
* [http://jainsamaj.org/magazines/january2006-3.htm Karpoor Chandra Kulish of Rajasthan Patrika is dead]