Ved Pratap Vaidik

Ved Pratap Vaidik

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Ved Pratap Vaidik Profile

  • Name:
  • Ved Pratap Vaidik
  • Born:
  • December 30, 1944

Ved Pratap Vaidik Biography

Ved Pratap Vaidik is an Indian journalist, columnist, a political analyst, author and PhD scholar from Indore, India. Currently he serves as the Chairman of Bhartiya Bhasha Sammelan and is the founder-editor of Press Trust of India’s Hindi news agency “Bhasha”, with which he is associated with. He is the former editor of Navbharat Times. He has a special interest in foreign affairs and Afghanistan is his mani area of interest. Former Prime Ministers – Narasimha Rao wanted him to become his deputy while Vajpayee wanted him to become a mediator for 1999 Plane hijacking of Taliban for the release of a few terrorists.

 

He sees himself as a messenger of peace and wants to improve the relationship between India and Pakistan. His unauthorized meeting with the mastermind of 26/11 terror attack Hafiz Saeed though brought him to limelight and earned him instant fame, the recently formed BJP government has clarified before media that he is not an authorized person of the party or government. The government was quite embarrassed by his actions. It’s mainly due to his closeness with Congress government and praise for Rahul Gandhi. Vaidik is quite known as an outspoken journalist.

 

He has authored several non-fiction works which include - Ethnic Crisis in Sri Lanka: India’s Options, 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 and Mahashakti Bharat. Vaidik was once expelled from Indian School of International Studies because he insisted on writing his thesis in Hindi. He has written numerous articles for Dainik Bhaskar and Naidunia.

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Updated: July 21, 2014

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