NEWSFIRE - A 50-Year Connect with Media & Nature
NEWSFIRE is the story of journalism lived on the frontlines - a compelling memoir spanning five decades of India's political upheavals, media transformations and public-interest activism.
From an Army upbringing and rural Andhra roots, B N Kumar's journey moves into the high-pressure newsrooms of Hyderabad and Mumbai, where deadlines were relentless and every headline mattered. Through vivid anecdotes, political encounters, scoops, rivalries and moments of humour, the book captures the fire and fascination of journalism in an era driven by courage, credibility and field reporting.
A defining section runs through the Emergency, when censorship and political pressure tested Indian democracy and the independence of the press. Seen through a working journalist's eyes, readers enter tense newsrooms where difficult choices had to be made under extraordinary circumstances.
But this memoir does not end in journalism. As Director of NatConnect Foundation, B N Kumar carried his public mission into environmental advocacy. Through sustained campaigns, he helped spotlight wetland and mangrove destruction, threats to flamingo habitats, irresponsible dumping and ecological risks across Navi Mumbai and the Mumbai region.
NEWSFIRE is more than memoir - it is media history, political witness account and environmental testament in one volume. A story of headlines, hard choices and a lasting fight for the public good.
