PREM PRAKASH, founder and chairman of ANI, India’s premier multimedia news agency, is a veteran journalist. He has worked with foreign broadcasters such as Gaumont Actualités in France, Deutsche Wochenschau in Germany, and Warner– Pathé News in the US—pioneers of their time. He was also part of the group that launched the news agency Visnews in London in 1957. With a career spanning over seventy five years, Prem Prakash has traveled the world, covering major global events. He was at the forefront of war reporting during the 1962 India-China War, as well as the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan Wars. Over the decades, he has interacted with every Indian prime minister—from Jawaharlal Nehru to Manmohan Singh. Now, he dedicates his time to writing books. History That India Ignored chronicles the sacrifices, resilience, and determination that shaped India’s struggle for Independence, shedding light on lesser-known events and unsung heroes who played a pivotal role in the nation’s freedom movement.
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HISTORY THAT INDIA IGNORED
Sa Kandasamy (23 July 1940 – 31 July 2020) -Tamil novelist, short story writer, literary critic and documentary filmmaker, Sa Kandasamy wrote his first novel Saaya Vanam at the age of 25, naming it after a village that he had lived in as a child. Now in its twelfth edition, Saaya Vanam is one of the earliest examples of modern Indian literature focussing on environmental issues. Sa Kandasamy’s Visaaranai Commission, which dealt with custodial violence and the police, won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 1998, one of several awards and fellowships received by him. Sahitya Akademi published a series of Tamil biographies introduced by him. He wrote extensively for the literary magazine Ka Sa Da Tha Pa Ra, which featured the work of artists, writers, scholars, and translators of all hues. His film Kaval Deivangal documenting the history and techniques relating to traditional terracotta art in South India won the first prize at the Angino Film Festival, in Cyprus, in 1989. ‘Sa Kandasamy believed in expressing profound ideas in simple words and was not trapped by labels,’ says A S Panneerselvan.
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WILDERNESS UNTAMED (PAPERBACK)
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