Bunked the IIMC final exams but won the heart of the nation. Neelesh Misra journey from Storyteller to the Founder of a rural newspaper Gaon Connection.
“I was the only student in IIMC who didn’t appear in the final examination but got the degree.” “The story which won Ramnath Goenka Award started from just 10 Rs. RTI.” Most loved Storyteller and a journalist who paved his own path and showed the nation a different side of journalism by his newspaper Gaon Connection. ( For Hindi Readers ) Neelesh Misra. Image credit- Internet Neelesh Misra shared his journey from being a field reporter to a founder of the first Indian rural newspaper in an interview. Question- You’ve been in the field of journalism since 1990 . How different do you find being a founder member of a newspaper from being a journalist? Answer- You don’t have any set boundaries. Being a founder member, it gives you a certain, subtle kind of independence. This way we can work as honest journalists. Problems if any, are financial. To run a newspaper without compromising values is the toughest challenge and has been the roughest part of this journey! You have to
