Profile of Parul

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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Osmania University as the Team Leader in All India Radio InterUniversity Radio-Discussion & Vrindagaan Competitions.".
(-"RASHTRA NAYAK" : Hindi : Hyderabad, Otober, 1985)
Apart from her above Post Graduate Attainments in Hindi Literature, she also fared well in her Hindustani Vocal Music Exams. at the Govt. Thyagaraja College of Music & Dance and in her Instrumntal-SITAR- lessons from Shri K. Atmaram, Sitar Lecturer and Nadanand Bapuraoji's worthy grandson, simultaneously.
After completing the above strenuous studies at Hyderabad, she returned back to Bangalore. resumed Music Studies from us as well as at the local Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan under Pandit Ravishankar ji's disciple Shri Rama Rao, on one hand and registered at Karnataka University, Dharwar, for her Ph. D. on, "MAHAYOGI ANANDGHANJI, SRIMAD RAJCHANDRAJI & OTHER JAIN SAINT-POETS' CONTRIBUTION TO HINDI LITERATURE" and began writing her thesis, on the other. Studious Parul had no time to waste and she continued her hard studies in the faculties of her interests and likings.
In addition to her mastery in Hindi Language & Literature, she had good bent of pen in English writings. English Literature was one of her Main Subjects also at her rank-winning B.A. Exam. As a result, she went on writing articles in English also. She received invitations from several English Magazines too in addition to the Hindi ones to contribute her articles. Side by side with her Ph. D. Research Work, a flow of her English & Hindi writings commenced and her interest in Journalism took concrete shape. Apart from contributing remarkably in some News Magazines, she joined a Diploma Course in Journalism and Mass Communications at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore. There too she studied so hard that she bagged ALL THE SEVEN AWARDS-but alas ! they were all POSTHUMOUS...!!! (Pl. refer to Tributes Section for further details)
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