"I want to be remembered for my writings and not for anything else."
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Raju Parulekar
Raju Parulekar is a writer, journalist, poet, researcher and political analyst of national and international issues since more than twenty five years. Parulekar’s analytical and research-based writings have been published in several national as well as international journals and periodicals. He has been active in the audio-visual media for the past 20 years as an anchor and researcher.
Parulekar has been dynamic as an author, expert and writer and has written columns for Maharashtra Times, Loksatta newspaper and magazine and many periodicals. He has penned TV serials, screenplays and dialogues for films. Raju Parulekar’s books cover social and political issues and bring forth harsh truth about Indian political and social system.
"A man cannot live one’s life without at least one revolution. That revolution can be a revolution within. In oriental philosophical way of life, realisation of the self is not about knowing God but enlightenment about thy self, which is 'brighter than a thousand suns' This knowingness is the most creative experience and at the same time most destructive like a nuclear-bomb."
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Awards
In 2005, Parulekar was bestowed with the RAPA Award for Excellence by the Radio and Television Advertising Practitioners’ Association of India for the show ‘Sanvaad’, telecast on ETV Marathi.
He has likewise won a honour from the Gandhi Peace Foundation for his research based political writings.
In 2008, Raju Parulekar was awarded Maharashtra Times Award for best interviewer and writer.
He won Maharashtra State Govt Award for his book very first book ‘Ideas are Dangerous’. The award was the Bhai Madhavrao Bagal Sanman.
In recent times, he has received the Ulugulan Puraskar, the Bhai Vaidya Yuva Puraskar, the voice of democracy award and the OP Shah Chhaya Foundation award which was presented to him by Javed Akhtar.
“I want to be remembered for my writings and not for anything else.”
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