Yashwant Vyas is an Indian author, journalist, translator and editor. He is Group editorial adviser with

Amar Ujala ''Amar Ujala'' () is a Hindi-language daily newspaper published in India which was founded in 1948. It has 22 editions in six states and two union territories covering 180 districts. It has a circulation of around two million copies. The 2019 ...

newspaper group and founder of Antara Infomedia. 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,

Dainik Bhaskar ''Dainik Bhaskar '' () is a Hindi-language daily newspaper in India which is owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. According to the World Association of Newspapers, it ranked fourth in the world by circulation in 2016 and per the Indian Audit ...

, Hans,

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among others. Yari Dushmani,

Tathastu ''Tathastu'' () is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language drama film starring Sanjay Dutt and directed by Anubhav Sinha. It is based on the 2002 American film '' John Q.'' Plot Ravi Rajput comes from a poor family; his father was a foreman at a mill and ...

, Rasbhang and

Namaskar ''Namaste'' (, Devanagari: नमस्ते), sometimes called ''namaskār'' and ''namaskāram'', is a customary Hindus, Hindu manner of respectfully greeting and honouring a person or group, used at any time of day. It is used worldwide am ...

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''. Another work of research was done by him in the form of a book, ''Kal Ki Taza Khabar'', published by Vagdevi. He joined the Navjyoti Group in Jaipur in 1996 as group adviser. After working with a multilingual news portal company in Delhi for a year, he moved to

Group as an editor. Later, he created Aha ''Zindagi'', first of its own style magazine. Its circulation reached 134,000 print copies and over 500,000 readers. Five years later, he left DB Corp and joined Amar Ujala newspaper group as Group Adviser. He is a co-founder of Antara Infomedia, a collaboration of digital and print. His first novel ''Chinta Ghar'' 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. 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 Bharatiya Jnanpith a literary and research organization, based in New Delhi, India, was founded on February 18, 1944Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 1, p. 298 1987, Sahitya Akademi, by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain family and h ...

. He has written a book on management, ''Hit Updesh: The Book of Razor Management'', an analysis of the

Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.* * * * * With a cinemati ...

brand titled ''Amitabh Ka A'', and ''Boskiyana'', a conversation with filmmaker

Gulzar Gulzar (born Sampooran Singh Kalra; 18 August 1934) is an Indian Urdu poetry, Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this era. He starte ...

. A collection of short satirical stories, ''Kavi Ki Manohar Kahaniyan'', was released in January 2021. His latest collection of satirical stories, Mohabbat Ki Dukaan released in May 2024.

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Boskiyana :Gulzar in conversation with Yashwant Vyas
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