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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Raju launched the first successful Indian newspaper in the US, [[India Abroad]], in 1970.<ref name=ia>{{cite news |title=Pioneering publisher Gopal Raju passes away | Raju launched the first successful Indian newspaper in the US, [[India Abroad]], in 1970.<ref name=ia>{{cite news |title=Pioneering publisher Gopal Raju passes away |url= http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/apr/10mrraju.htm |work= [[India Abroad]] |date=10 April 2008 |access-date=4 May 2008}}</ref><ref name=th>{{cite news |title=Veteran journalist Gopal Raju passes away |url= http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200804102001.htm |work= [[The Hindu]] |date=10 April 2008 |access-date=3 May 2008}}</ref><ref name=iw>{{cite news |first=Michel W. |last=Potts |title=Pioneer Publisher Gopal Raju Dies |url= http://www.indiawest.com/view.php?subaction=showfull&id=1208385444&archive=&start_from=&ucat=11 |work= India-West |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080629051357/http://www.indiawest.com/view.php?subaction=showfull&id=1208385444&archive=&start_from=&ucat=11 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=29 June 2008}}</ref> The India Abroad newspaper refers to itself as the "oldest Indian newspaper published in North America."<ref name=iht/> The newspaper quickly became an influential voice for the growing Indian American community in the United States.<ref name=ia/> Raju's India Abroad was considered to be an important milestone for the growth of ethnic media in the U.S and one of the most credible Indian American publications.<ref name=ia/><ref name=ti/> ''[[The Economist]]'', a respected British weekly [[international relations|international affairs]] magazine, once referred to Raju's ''India Abroad'' as a daily publication of "unusually high quality".<ref name=iw/><ref name=ti/> | ||
|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/apr/10mrraju.htm |work= [[India Abroad]] |date=10 April 2008|access-date=4 May 2008}}</ref><ref name=th>{{cite news |title=Veteran journalist Gopal Raju passes away |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200804102001.htm |work= [[The Hindu]] |date=10 April 2008 |access-date=3 May 2008}}</ref><ref name=iw>{{cite news |first=Michel W. |last=Potts |title=Pioneer Publisher Gopal Raju Dies |url=http://www.indiawest.com/view.php?subaction=showfull&id=1208385444&archive=&start_from=&ucat=11 |work= India-West |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080629051357/http://www.indiawest.com/view.php?subaction=showfull&id=1208385444&archive=&start_from=&ucat=11 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 29 June 2008}}</ref> The India Abroad newspaper refers to itself as the "oldest Indian newspaper published in North America."<ref name=iht/> The newspaper quickly became an influential voice for the growing Indian American community in the United States.<ref name=ia/> Raju's India Abroad was considered to be an important milestone for the growth of ethnic media in the U.S and one of the most credible Indian American publications.<ref name=ia/><ref name=ti/> ''[[The Economist]]'', a respected British weekly [[international relations|international affairs]] magazine, once referred to Raju's ''India Abroad'' as a daily publication of "unusually high quality".<ref name=iw/><ref name=ti/> | |||
In 1997, Raju held talks to merger India Abroad with India-West, an ethnic [[Indian American]] newspaper published in California.<ref name=iw/> Raju and India-West publisher, [[Ramesh Murarka]], went as far a jointly purchasing a building in [[San Leandro, California]], to house the offices of the proposed, combined newspaper.<ref name=iw/> Under the proposal, the existing India Abroad offices would have become the East Coast offices of the new newspaper, while the offices of India-West in California would have become the West Coast headquarters of the publication.<ref name=iw/> However, in the end Raju and Murarka decided to abandon the proposed merger of the publications.<ref name=iw/> Raju later sold India Abroad in April 2001 to [[Rediff.com]], which currently owns and operates the newspaper.<ref name=ia/> | In 1997, Raju held talks to merger India Abroad with India-West, an ethnic [[Indian American]] newspaper published in California.<ref name=iw/> Raju and India-West publisher, [[Ramesh Murarka]], went as far a jointly purchasing a building in [[San Leandro, California]], to house the offices of the proposed, combined newspaper.<ref name=iw/> Under the proposal, the existing India Abroad offices would have become the East Coast offices of the new newspaper, while the offices of India-West in California would have become the West Coast headquarters of the publication.<ref name=iw/> However, in the end Raju and Murarka decided to abandon the proposed merger of the publications.<ref name=iw/> Raju later sold India Abroad in April 2001 to [[Rediff.com]], which currently owns and operates the newspaper.<ref name=ia/> | ||
Raju also founded the India Abroad News Service, which was later renamed the [[Indo-Asian News Service]] (IANS).<ref name=ia/> | Raju also founded the India Abroad News Service, which was later renamed the [[Indo-Asian News Service]] (IANS).<ref name=ia/> | ||
The IANS, which is headquartered in [[New Delhi]], focuses its reporting on issues affecting [[India]], South Asia and the [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian Diaspora]] around the world.<ref name=iht>{{cite news |title=Obituaries in the news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/12/america/Deaths.php | | The IANS, which is headquartered in [[New Delhi]], focuses its reporting on issues affecting [[India]], South Asia and the [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian Diaspora]] around the world.<ref name=iht>{{cite news |title=Obituaries in the news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/12/america/Deaths.php |agency= [[Associated Press]] |work=International Herald Tribune |location= Paris |date=12 April 2008 |access-date=3 May 2008}}</ref><ref name=ms>{{cite news |title=Gopal Raju, pioneer in Indian ethnic press, dies in NY |url= http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/4/12/apworld/20080412090428&sec=apworld |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121005002755/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F4%2F12%2Fapworld%2F20080412090428&sec=apworld |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2012 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=The Star |location= Kuala Lumpur |date=12 April 2008 |access-date=3 May 2008 }}</ref> | ||
Raju remained involved with the Indian American media following his sale of India Abroad to Rediff.com in 2001.<ref name=ia/> He began publishing several [[weekly newspaper]]s in the United States, including the [[News India Times]], the [[Gujarat Times]] and [[Desi Talk]]. | Raju remained involved with the Indian American media following his sale of India Abroad to Rediff.com in 2001.<ref name=ia/> He began publishing several [[weekly newspaper]]s in the United States, including the [[News India Times]], the [[Gujarat Times]] and [[Desi Talk]]. | ||
In 2006, Raju held discussions and agreed to a merger and alignment of News India Times, Desi Talk | In 2006, Raju held discussions and agreed to a merger and alignment of News India Times, Desi Talk operations with South Asian Insider, a weekly newspaper run by Sharanjit Singh Thind. Thind is a self made media owner, who started his career in US with India Abroad as Marketing Manager and later formed NuWay Group, a media company. There was also an agreement between Mr. Raju and Thind to buy the whole News India Times Group later if Thind wishes. The agreement was short lived and never fully materialized because of overall declining Print market and respective papers.<ref name=ia/><ref name=th/><ref name=iht/> Raju remained the publisher of these three weekly publications until his death in 2008.<ref name=ti/> | ||
===Philanthropy=== | ===Philanthropy=== | ||
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Gopal Raju died at the age of 80 at a hospital in New York City on 10 April 2008.<ref name=th/><ref name=iht/><ref name=ms/> He had been hospitalised for about a week for the treatment of [[jaundice]] and is believed to have died from complications of the disease.<ref name=th/><ref name=iw/> | Gopal Raju died at the age of 80 at a hospital in New York City on 10 April 2008.<ref name=th/><ref name=iht/><ref name=ms/> He had been hospitalised for about a week for the treatment of [[jaundice]] and is believed to have died from complications of the disease.<ref name=th/><ref name=iw/> | ||
Tributes poured in from friends and colleagues. | Tributes poured in from friends and colleagues. Former [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Inder Kumar Gujral]] stated, "He was a institution and also the most significant bridge between India and [[United States|America]]."<ref name=ms/> [[Sreenath Sreenivasan]], the current [[dean of students]] at the [[Columbia University]] School of Journalism, also paid tribute to Raju saying, "Raju paved the way for every Indian journalist working in the US today. He was also tremendously supportive of SAJA (South Asian Journalists Association) and my own work."<ref name=ms/> | ||
Raju was once quoted as saying, "My job is to publish a quality newspaper and not to project myself."<ref name=iw/> | Raju was once quoted as saying, "My job is to publish a quality newspaper and not to project myself."<ref name=iw/> | ||
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[[Category:20th-century American philanthropists]] | [[Category:20th-century American philanthropists]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian journalists]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian journalists]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman]] | |||