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Gunupati Keshava Reddy, better known as G. K. Reddy (1923 - 1987), was an Indian journalist that attained national and international acclaim for his articles and news stories.〔 〕 He was a major contributor to the newspaper ''The Hindu'' for more than two decades, becoming a household name with his front-page articles every day. == Life and career == Reddy was born in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, in 1923. His journalistic career began with the newspaper ''Kashmir Times'' in Srinagar in the 1940s inside the-then princely state of Kashmir and Jammu. In 1947, he witnessed large-scale massacres of Muslims in the Jammu region under the Government of Maharaja Hari Singh. He, along with his newspaper, advocated the accession of Kashmir to the Dominion of Pakistan, as a result of which he was expelled from Kashmir by the Maharaja's Government.〔 〕 He went to Lahore to work for the Associated Press of India (Pakistan division), which later became the Associated Press of Pakistan. While there, on 21 October 1947, he received a press call from the Public Relations Officer of the Pakistan Army that Kashmir was being invaded and that the press releases should be tagged as coming from the Azad Kashmir Headquarters in Palandri.〔 〕 Reddy was close to Abdul Qayyum Khan, the Chief Minister of Northwest Frontier Province, and acted as the press advisor to him as well as Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, the President of Azad Kashmir.〔 〕 At some point, he is believed to have been interned by Pakistani authorities who regarded him as a spy. He escaped to India in 1948, and the evidence he carried with him of the US and Pakistan involvement in the invasion of Kashmir was published in the weekly ''Blitz'' in a series of articles starting 9 June 1948, causing a national and international sensation. Reddy worked for the ''Blitz'' from 1948 to 1951, writing incisive articles that put him up against the Government authorities. His journalistic accreditation was cancelled twice by the authorities due to his irksome coverage. While at Blitz, Reddy also wrote a "Delhi Daily" column with humorous coverage of Delhi's developments, which used to rock the capital into splits of laughter. B. K. Karanjia mentions that Reddy's output from Delhi was so prolific that they had to sometimes produce mid-week editions of Blitz. In 1951, Reddy became the foreign correspondent to the ''The Times of India'' reporting from Korea, Beijing, Bandung and London. He wrote a lively "Letter from London" published in The Times of India every week. In 1962, he returned to Delhi to become the Chief of the News Bureau, and took to political reporting with panache. In 1969, Reddy moved to ''The Hindu'' as its Chief of News Bureau in Delhi, a position that he developed into one of "considerable power and prestige." He was widely read, and enjoyed the confidence of many in the corridors of power. According to Inder Malhotra, "he made it his business to explain every complexity with clarity." President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy summed up the nation's feelings in the words, "G.K. Reddy's rich experience mellowed his political reporting and analysis so much so that his byline meant authenticity, in depth reporting, an eye for detail and above all fairness and balance." Reddy died of cancer in 1987 in New York. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「G. K. Reddy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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