T.V.Krishna
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T. V. Krishna better known as TVK (July 1, 1919 - January 30, 1985), was a journalist
from Andhra Pradesh
.
He was born on July 1, 1919 in Govada, Tenali
taluka, and brought up in Chinnapulivarru in the same taluka in Andhra Pradesh, India
. He gave up Government service and joined the Communist Party of India
. He was a freedom fighter and a journalistic writer.
His career in Journalism
began in 1947 when he joined Prajasakti
. He has worked for both big and small papers. His ethics gave him a wide horizon. He worked in newspapers - Visalandhra Deccan Herald
, Indian Express, Andhra Prabha
, Andhra Patrika, Eenadu
, Skyline
, Evidence
and Mahajana. News Agencies that he worked in were NAFEN, UNI, and NSS. T.V.Krishna edited and Published a fortnightly Events and Comments during early 80's. His book The Difficult Decades, a collage of articles by him and his Journalistic friends was left incomplete with TVK's sudden demise on January 30, 1985 when he was 65 years old. This book was later brought out as a Souvenir in his memory by his wife, T.Savitri Devi with the help of journalistic friends and well wishers.
He was the founder President of the Journalists' Cooperative Housing Society. The Press Club called the Desodharaka Bhavan and the first phase of Journalists' Colony in Hyderabad saw the light during his tenure.
His name is referred to in the legal sphere as a case study T.V. Krishna vs. Andhra Prabha [Pvt.] Ltd; while referring to the Companies Act 1956, Promotion and Formation of a Company. A simpleton, humane and with lots of human values, TVK attracted a good number of well wishers. He always thought about the fellow workers first. His career is intermittent with being unemployed for considerable periods of time due to this very nature.
In the inaugural speech at the function organized by DNF College of Journalism (promoted by Satish Babu) in 1995, the then Chief Minister
, Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy remarked There are very few journalists who keep their ideologies to a side and report news - News as News. Krishna is first amongst them. His unbiased and factual reporting was appreciated by one and all. Many new entrants into the field of journalism were groomed by him and revere his guidance.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
from Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
.
He was born on July 1, 1919 in Govada, Tenali
Tenali
Tenali , is a town and a mandal in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, South India. It has a population of 149,839 . It is located 16 miles east of Guntur City. Three canals of the Krishna River flow through Tenali making it a part of the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh. One of the canals is...
taluka, and brought up in Chinnapulivarru in the same taluka in Andhra Pradesh, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He gave up Government service and joined the Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...
. He was a freedom fighter and a journalistic writer.
His career in Journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
began in 1947 when he joined Prajasakti
Prajasakti
Prajasakti is a Telugu newspaper that is published in Andhra Pradesh, India. It started as a daily newspaper in 1981 with Vijayawada as the centre. Currently it is being published with nine centres at Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati , Khammam, Kurnool, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam and...
. He has worked for both big and small papers. His ethics gave him a wide horizon. He worked in newspapers - Visalandhra Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
The Deccan Herald is a leading English-language daily newspaper distributed in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is published by the Printers Private Limited and has a number of editions in Bangalore, Hubli, Mysore, Mangalore and Gulbarga....
, Indian Express, Andhra Prabha
Andhra Prabha
Andhra Prabha is a Telugu daily newspaper launched in 1938. It is a part of the New Indian Express Group of Companies.-Early history:The paper was started from Chennai on August 15, 1938 by Ramnath Goenka to challenge the sway of the leading Telugu newspaper at the time, Andhra Patrika...
, Andhra Patrika, Eenadu
Eenadu
Eenadu , headquartered in Hyderabad, India, is the largest circulated Telugu news daily in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the world. According to NRS 2011 it has a readership of 17,00,000 and is the third most circulated regional language daily and 10th most circulated daily in India...
, Skyline
Skyline
A skyline is the overall or partial view of a city's tall buildings and structures consisting of many skyscrapers in front of the sky in the background. It can also be described as the artificial horizon that a city's overall structure creates. Skylines serve as a kind of fingerprint of a city, as...
, Evidence
Evidence
Evidence in its broadest sense includes everything that is used to determine or demonstrate the truth of an assertion. Giving or procuring evidence is the process of using those things that are either presumed to be true, or were themselves proven via evidence, to demonstrate an assertion's truth...
and Mahajana. News Agencies that he worked in were NAFEN, UNI, and NSS. T.V.Krishna edited and Published a fortnightly Events and Comments during early 80's. His book The Difficult Decades, a collage of articles by him and his Journalistic friends was left incomplete with TVK's sudden demise on January 30, 1985 when he was 65 years old. This book was later brought out as a Souvenir in his memory by his wife, T.Savitri Devi with the help of journalistic friends and well wishers.
He was the founder President of the Journalists' Cooperative Housing Society. The Press Club called the Desodharaka Bhavan and the first phase of Journalists' Colony in Hyderabad saw the light during his tenure.
His name is referred to in the legal sphere as a case study T.V. Krishna vs. Andhra Prabha [Pvt.] Ltd; while referring to the Companies Act 1956, Promotion and Formation of a Company. A simpleton, humane and with lots of human values, TVK attracted a good number of well wishers. He always thought about the fellow workers first. His career is intermittent with being unemployed for considerable periods of time due to this very nature.
In the inaugural speech at the function organized by DNF College of Journalism (promoted by Satish Babu) in 1995, the then Chief Minister
Chief Minister
A Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
, Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy remarked There are very few journalists who keep their ideologies to a side and report news - News as News. Krishna is first amongst them. His unbiased and factual reporting was appreciated by one and all. Many new entrants into the field of journalism were groomed by him and revere his guidance.