Ved Pratap Vaidik ( ) ( hi, वेद प्रताप वैदिक; 30 December 1944 – 14 March 2023) was an Indian journalist, political analyst, and freelance columnist. He worked with the
Press Trust of India
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, and was the founder and editor of its Hindi news agency "Bhasha". Before that he was the editor for views for the '' Navbharat Times'' of the Times Group. Later he was the chairman of Bhartiya Bhasha Sammelan. He was born in Indore on 30 December 1944, and died in Gurugram, Haryana on 14 March 2023, at age 78.
Published work
Vaidik published several award-winning research publications. His published books include:
*Soviet-American Rivalry in Afghanistan
*Hindi Journalism : Various Dimensions
*Indian Foreign Policy : New Pointers
*Bhartiya Bhashayen Lao : Kyon Aur Kaise?
*Hindi ka Sampurna Samachar Patra Kaisa ho?
*Vartmaan Bharat
*Afghanistan : Kal, Aaj aur Kal
*Mahshakti Bharat
*Ethnic Crisis in Sri Lanka : India's Options
In English:
* Meri Jati Hindustani (Diamond Books)
* swabhasha Lao: Angreji Hatwo ( Prabhat Prakashan)
* Hindi Kaisa Bane vishwabhasha (Vani Prakashan)
* Modi ki Videshniti (Diamond Books)
Awards
Some of the awards received by Vaidik are:
*
Govind Vallabh Pant
Govind Ballabh Pant (10 September 1887 – 7 March 1961) was an Indian freedom fighter and the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabh Bhai Patel, Pant was a key figure in the movement fo ...
award 1976
*
Purushottam Das Tandon
Purushottam Das Tandon (; 1 August 1882 – 1 July 1962) was a freedom fighter from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is widely remembered for his opposition to the partition of India, as well as efforts in achieving the ''Official Langu ...
award 1988
*Hindi Academy Delhi award for Journalism 1990
*
Ram Manohar Lohia
Ram Manohar Lohia ; (23 March 1910 – 12 October 1967) was an activist in the Indian independence movement and a socialist political leader. During the last phase of British rule in India, he worked with the Congress Radio which was broadcast s ...
award
Kanpur
Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...
1990
* Ramdhari Singh Dinkar award 1992
* Lala Lajpat Rai award 1992
* Vishwa Hindi Sammalan Samman, Surinam 2003
* Newsmakers Achievers Awards 2022
References
Sources
* Agrawal Giriraj Sharan & Agrawal Meena ''HINDI SAHITYAKAR SANDARBH KOSH'' Volume II 2006 Hindi Sahitya Niketan