Yashwant Vyas
{{Short description|Indian author, journalist, translator and editor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Yashwant Vyas
| image = Yashwant Vyas Author Collection.jpg
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| birth_date = 1964
| birth_place = Madhya Pradesh
| nationality = Indian
| education = Doctorate in Hindi Literature
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Author
- Journalist
}}
| notable_works = Mohabbat Ki Dukaan, Kavi Ki Manohar Kahaniyan,Chinta Ghar, Comrade Godse, Khwab ke Do Din, Amitabh Ka A, Boskiyana, Apane Gireban Men
| honours = Sharad Joshi Samman, Bihari Samman, KKB Journalism Fellowship
| website = {{URL|http://yashwantvyas.com}} {{URL|http://yashwantvyas.in}}
}}
Yashwant Vyas is an Indian author, journalist, translator and editor. He is Group editorial adviser with Amar Ujala newspaper group and founder of Antara Infomedia.[https://bestmediainfo.com/2018/01/irs-2017-dainik-jagran-hindustan-and-amar-ujala-top-three-hindi-dailies/ IRS 2017: Dainik Jagran, Hindustan and Amar Ujala top three Hindi dailies,] bestmediainfo.com - India, Saturday 19 January 2018. He headed an Indian multilingual portal group in the 1990s and has worked for three national newspapers. He has written more than ten books and scripts.
Career and works
Yashwant Vyas started his career as a journalist with Naiduniya, a Hindi newspaper group in 1985. He wrote columns for Naiduniya, Amar Ujala, Dainik Bhaskar, Hans, Jansatta among others. Yari Dushmani, Tathastu, Rasbhang and Namaskar were his columns. He was awarded the KK Birla-HT journalism Fellowship under which his research regarding changing face of regional Hindi press was much appreciated. This research is published by Radhakrishna as Apane Gireban Men.{{Cite book|last=Vyāsa, Yaśavanta, 1964-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47230085|title=Apane girebāna meṃ :b patrakāritā kā badalatā ceharā|date=1999|publisher=Rādhākrasna Prakāśana|isbn=81-7119-441-9|edition=1. saṃskaraṇa|location=Nayī Dillī|oclc=47230085}} Another work of research was done by him in the form of a book, Kal Ki Taza Khabar, published by Vagdevi.[http://www.vagdeviprakashan.com/books/kal-ki-taja-khabar/105.html KAL KI TAJA KHABAR by Yasvant Vyas"]
He joined the Navjyoti Group in Jaipur in 1996 as group adviser.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} After working with a multilingual news portal company in Delhi for a year, he moved to Dainik Bhaskar Group as an editor.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Later,{{when|date=March 2021}} he created Aha Zindagi, first of its own style magazine. Its circulation reached 134,000 print copies and over 500,000 readers.{{Cite web|title='Aha! Zindagi' attains circulation of 1.34 lakh in a year|url=https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/12813_aha-zindagi-attains-circulation-of-134-lakh-in-a-year|access-date=2021-01-02|website=afaqs!}} Five years later, he left DB Corp and joined Amar Ujala newspaper group as Group Adviser.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} He is a co-founder of Antara Infomedia, a collaboration of digital and print.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
His first novel Chinta Ghar [https://www.rajkamalprakashan.com/default/chintaghar Chintaghar by Yasvant Vyas"] was published by Rajkamal Prakashan with an introduction by Shrilal Shukla. His second novel, Comrade Godse, discussed media, politics and the murky "art of riots". Both novels won awards, One from Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Parishad and other from the K.K. Birla Foundation.[https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/K.K.-Birla-Foundation-awards-presented/article15206230.ece "K.K. Birla Foundation awards presented"] www.thehindu.com - India, Sunday 09 October 2016. The novels were later published together as Khwab Ke Do Din. Comrade Godse also translated in Gujarati. In Dinon Prem urf Lout Aao Neelkamal and Yaari Dushmani are collection of his columns. His collection of satires AbT ak 56 is published by Bhartiya Jnanpith.
He has written a book on management, Hit Updesh: The Book of Razor Management,{{Cite book|last=Vyas, Yashwant.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/449202185|title=Hiṭa upadeśa : da buka ôpha rezara mainejameṇṭa|date=2008|publisher=Antara|isbn=978-81-903713-3-9|edition=1st|location=Jaipur, India|oclc=449202185}} an analysis of the Amitabh Bachchan brand titled Amitabh Ka A,[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8199515._Yashwant_Vyas Amitabh Ka A Book by Yashwant Vyas"] and Boskiyana, a conversation with filmmaker Gulzar.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-10|title=New book peeks into Gulzar's life, philosophies|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/new-book-peeks-into-gulzar-s-life-philosophies/story-q9311sQnBAHMt9KCQllJEM.html|access-date=2021-01-13|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}} A collection of short satirical stories, Kavi Ki Manohar Kahaniyan, was released in January 2021.{{Cite web|title=After Boskiyana with Gulzar, Yashwant Vyas presents|url=https://www.easypresswire.com/release/2447-after-boskiyana-with-gulzar-yashwant-vyas-presents-kavi-ki-manohar-kahaniyan.html|access-date=2021-01-13|website=www.easypresswire.com}} His latest collection of satirical stories, Mohabbat Ki Dukaan released in May 2024.{{Cite book |last=Vyas |first=Yashwant |url=https://www.amazon.in/Mohabbat-Dukaan-Jumla-stories-times/dp/8195335411 |title=Mohabbat ki Dukaan : Jumla stories of our times |date=2024-04-30 |publisher=Antara Infomedia Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-953354-1-1 |edition= |language=Hindi}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://yashwantvyas.com}}
- [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/new-book-peeks-into-gulzars-life-philosophies/articleshow/79170592.cms Boskiyana :Gulzar in conversation with Yashwant Vyas]
- https://antarabooks.com/
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