Stamp in honour of Karpoor Chandra Kulish, Patrika's founder

On 11th July 2012 (Wednesday) Honorable Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed his belief that Rajasthan Patrika with its healthy and positive journalism walking on the path & principals, laid down by its founder, Karpoor Chandra ‘Kulish’ will take the legacy forward.

 

He expressed his views at the Prime Minister’s office at South Block while talking to Shri Gulab Kothari, Group Chairman & Chief Editor. Also present was Shri Sachin Pilot, Honourable Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology.

 

Recently Indian Postal Department has issued a stamp honouring the memory of Karpoor Chandra 'Kulish'.

 

At a brief programme organized at the occasion of presentation of the stamp to Honorable Prime Minister. Gulab kothari informed him about the various journalistic campaigns being run in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh. Prime Minister appreciated Patrika saying that in the scenario when media does not any more considers good news as news, Patrika’s news illumining the reader’s on all good and bad aspects gives satisfaction. He expressed hope that Patrika shall maintain its sharpness, in future as well. Kothari presented the Prime Minister with a copy of ‘Shabd Veda’.  

Karpoor Chandra 'Kulish', the man who started Rajasthan Patrika as an evening newspaper and took it to the heights of glory was a visionary par excellence, a many-splendoured genius who had lived the ideal as embodied in the oft-quoted puranic aphorism “charaiveti-charaiveti” (move on and on and rest not) and above all a man of extraordinary versatility as reflected in his ablility to convert a small newspaper into an unmatched daily of Rajasthan. He was a brilliant journalist, a scholar of Vedas, a thinker, a philosopher and a poet. When he was in his early twenties, much before he had achieved anything worthy of mention, he had awarded himself the appellation of 'Kulish' - the Invincible One.

 

The man who strode across the land and dreamt of hitting the sky had a humble beginning. He was born on March 20, 1926 in a relatively unknown village called Soda which was a part of the erstwhile state of Diggi and Lawa of Tonk Distt in Rajasthan. He is best remembered for his fearless journalism.

 

Kulishji was a voracious reader and versatile writer. He has to his credit a number of books, among them ‘Saat Sainkda’ is a poetic composition, 'Amerika Ek Vihangam Drishti’, ‘Mein Dekhta Chala Gaya’ and his biography in the form of a conversation under the title ‘DharaPravah’. 'Polampol' is his later years, segment on current affairs. He also rendered his valuable contribution towards ‘Veda’ with his two popular works i.e. “Vedas as Science” and “Ved-Vidya Praveshika”. His famous compilation of all existing 11 samhitas of four vedas, titled as “Shabd Vedas” has been a rare work.

 

He gave talks at the Universities of Bonn and Hamburg, the Institute of Indology in Frankfurt and the International Forum for a Better World, Cologne.His talks had also been serialized by the BBC, Voice of America and Voice of Germany. Kulishji was credited with having brought Pandit Madhusudan Ojha's work on Vedas to light. He has set high standards and healthy traditions for his successors to imbibe and follow.

 

Today, Patrika Group is 2nd largest Hindi newspaper group of India (as per ABC July- Dec 2011). it reaches more than 19 million readers every day through its over 2.3 million circulated copies all India.

 

Patrika Group has its presence in 7 states with 30 Edition covering a major portion of the India’s heartland. Patrika group is emerging as one of the largest media houses in India, with its 360-degree media presence. The group's legacy lies in its fearless journalistic pursuits