Dilip Patel is among senior journalists covering secretariat for the last 13 years. But much of his writing is the reflection of his nose for the off beat. And it has paid him off well.
He wrote some articles about Gandhi. It was much before film Munnabhai revived interest of people in Gandhi and his ideology. This attracted the attention of a NGO promoting Gandhi and Dilip won a 22 day tour to South Africa in 2004.
He saw different places associated with Gandhi in South Africa and also participated in a 300 km long walk through Gandhian places. He and one other journalist were selected from media in this international tour.
Certainly, it is a great achievement from personal and professional point of view. For quite sometime Dilip is planning to write a book about his journey. But as usual pressing assignments are delaying his diary of South Africa. At a personal level, he witnessed the glory of an era that was Gandhi.
His writings about forest and environment and archaeological places attract reader's attention at the first sight. Many of his stories are picked up by the national media. He says political beat is his duty and off beat writing is his passion. During quarter century of his career he has worked with number of
Gujarat newspapers.
Dilip is a person who follows his convictions and conscience, something becoming rare in the journalism. At times, he is sticking to his views to give a feel of obstinate rigidity to others. He minces no words while expressing his dissent. His one liner dissents convey him well with the punch of brevity.
But if you know him, he is quite sensitive. One of his favorite pastimes is to produce Ayurvedic preparations to be distributed to friends. He has tested prescriptions for hair oil, tooth powder and chyawanprash. He himself prepares it and gives it to friends on no profit basis. Labour is free as love labour. He says that his preparations were becoming popular but time was a big constraint!!
This aspect of his personality has an interesting story. He was searching for some kind of preparation to be used as a stress buster. Something every journalist wishes. He tried many and found a hair oil preparation as the best. Since then, he is using it and preparing it for friends.
One day one of his relative wanted a video cassette of a swamiji about Pranayaam. He played the CD in his computer to test whether it is working or not. He was attracted by the Pranayaam techniques. This turned him towards Yoga and Pranayaam.
Recently, when Ahmedabad chapter of the Public Relations Society of India decided to introduce Journalist of the Year Award, Dilip attracted the jury for his convictions and off beat track. He was presented the first PRSI Journalist of the Year Award on Monday.
Dilip Patel is basically from Gujarati journalism. He is presently a senior staff of Ahmedabad Mirror of midloid clan of Times Group.
He wrote some articles about Gandhi. It was much before film Munnabhai revived interest of people in Gandhi and his ideology. This attracted the attention of a NGO promoting Gandhi and Dilip won a 22 day tour to South Africa in 2004.
He saw different places associated with Gandhi in South Africa and also participated in a 300 km long walk through Gandhian places. He and one other journalist were selected from media in this international tour.
Certainly, it is a great achievement from personal and professional point of view. For quite sometime Dilip is planning to write a book about his journey. But as usual pressing assignments are delaying his diary of South Africa. At a personal level, he witnessed the glory of an era that was Gandhi.
His writings about forest and environment and archaeological places attract reader's attention at the first sight. Many of his stories are picked up by the national media. He says political beat is his duty and off beat writing is his passion. During quarter century of his career he has worked with number of
Gujarat newspapers.
Dilip is a person who follows his convictions and conscience, something becoming rare in the journalism. At times, he is sticking to his views to give a feel of obstinate rigidity to others. He minces no words while expressing his dissent. His one liner dissents convey him well with the punch of brevity.
But if you know him, he is quite sensitive. One of his favorite pastimes is to produce Ayurvedic preparations to be distributed to friends. He has tested prescriptions for hair oil, tooth powder and chyawanprash. He himself prepares it and gives it to friends on no profit basis. Labour is free as love labour. He says that his preparations were becoming popular but time was a big constraint!!
This aspect of his personality has an interesting story. He was searching for some kind of preparation to be used as a stress buster. Something every journalist wishes. He tried many and found a hair oil preparation as the best. Since then, he is using it and preparing it for friends.
One day one of his relative wanted a video cassette of a swamiji about Pranayaam. He played the CD in his computer to test whether it is working or not. He was attracted by the Pranayaam techniques. This turned him towards Yoga and Pranayaam.
Recently, when Ahmedabad chapter of the Public Relations Society of India decided to introduce Journalist of the Year Award, Dilip attracted the jury for his convictions and off beat track. He was presented the first PRSI Journalist of the Year Award on Monday.
Dilip Patel is basically from Gujarati journalism. He is presently a senior staff of Ahmedabad Mirror of midloid clan of Times Group.
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