Om Thanvi
Om Thanvi | |
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| Thanvi during a conference, 2012 Thanvi during a conference, 2012 | |
| Born | Omprakash Thanvi August 1, 1957 Phalodi, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
| Occupation | Journalist, Editor |
| Language | Hindi |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Memoir, Criticism |
| Subject | Harappan Culture |
| Notable work | Muanjodaro Apne Apne Agyey |
| Notable awards | |
| Years active | 1978―Present |
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Om Thanvi (born August 1, 1957) is a Hindi writer, senior journalist, editor, and critic.[3] Thanvi is currently the senior editor of Indian Express Newspaper Group and editor of Hindi's main daily newspaper Jansatta.[3][4][5] His most famous work is a book titled Muanjodaro. [6]
Early Life
Om Thanvi was born in the town of Phalodi in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan.[7] His father was a teacher. He grew up in Bikaner and took his post-graduation degree in Business Administration from Rajasthan University.[citation needed]
Journalism and Editing
Thanvi started journalism in his student days in 1977 contributing to weekly 'Marudeep', daily 'Yugpaksh' (Bikaner) and weekly 'Reviver' (Calcutta). After completing his studies, Thanvi started his mainstream journalism in 1978 with 'Itwari', a weekly paper from the Rajasthan Patrika in Jaipur, Rajasthan. From 1980 to 1989 (for about nine years) he worked in Rajasthan Patrika. After this, he joined the Hindi daily Jansatta of the Indian Express Group and was associated with this newspaper for the next twenty-six years (from 1989 to 2015), serving as a journalist, local editor (Chandigarh edition, 1989–99), and editor (1999–2015).[4]
After separating from Jansatta, Thanvi also worked as a visiting professor at the famous university of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the Center for Media Studies.[citation needed]
Other Involvements
Thanvi had been Secretary General of Editors Guild of India for two terms as well as Vice President of the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA). He was a member of the National Integration Council, headed by the Prime Minister of India, and is on the Advisory Council of the India International Center (IIC), New Delhi.
He has been deeply involved with environmental activities. In 1986 he was awarded the journalism fellowship by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) to study Conventional Water Harvesting Methods of the Desert. He travelled extensively through the arid zone to study the philosophy of water conservation, ways of living, particularly the unique relationship with water in the Thar desert. That study later became a much-talked-about and researched subject among environmentalists. The Times of India interviewed him on the front page: an unusual occasion in journalism when one journalist (Usha Rai) was interviewing another. He attended the UN’s first conference on climate change called Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and its preparatory conference held in Paris. In 2012, Thanvi was among few journalists who attended Rio summit, called Rio+20, again.
He is a frequent political commentator on major Hindi TV networks, mainly NDTV, RSTV, Aaj Tak, ABP News, and Etv.
Creativity
- Muanjodaro - Excerptive travelogue tracing remains of the Indus Valley Civilisation.[6][3]
- Apne Apne Agyey - A two-volume anthology of memoirs consisting of 100 contributions of writers from Hindi and other languages.[3]
Honour
Thanvi, for his work 'Muanjodaro', has received various awards.
- Honored with Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Puraskar for Journalism by the President of India.[2]
- Shamsher Award
- SAARC Literature Award
- Bihari Puraskar given by K. K. Birla Foundation [8][9][10]
References
- ↑ "Om Thanvi gets Bihari Puraskar". aajtak.in. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Profile at Jaipur Literary Festival". 8 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "लेखक ओम थानवी का व्यक्तित्व OM THANVI". Hindisamay.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "About Om Thanvi". Bloomberg L.P. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ↑ "इस मीडिया समूह से जुड़े वरिष्ठ पत्रकार ओम थानवी". Samachar4media.com. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Muanjodaro written by Om Thanvi". aajtak.in. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ↑ "Writer-journalist Om Thanvi felicitated with Bihari Puraskar". India Today. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ Press Trust of India. "Bihari Puraskar for writer-journalist Om Thanvi | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ↑ "'मुअनजोदड़ो' के लिए ओम थानवी को बिहारी पुरस्कार - bihari puraskar for writer journalist om thanvi - AajTak". Aajtak.intoday.in. 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ↑ vanson (2015-04-18). "Bihari Puraskar for writer journalist Om Thanvi in Hindi". Jagranjosh.com. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
External Links
- Om Thanvi Archived 2018-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, writer introduction, Vani Prakashan.
- Muanjodaro, introduction of the book by Vani Prakashan
- Blog by Rajendra Upadhyay, Webdunia
- Few articles written by Om Thanvi, Kalpana.it
- Life down Muanjodaro’s street, blog by Kuldeep Kumar, The Hindu
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