From the Philatelists' Diary

"From the Philatelists' Diary" provides links to the news items published on websites of newspapers and magazines about the achievements and works of the dedicated philatelic unsung heroes who did exceptional work for the promotion and development of philately in their respective areas. This is a small gesture from us to give tribute or honor to those fellow philatelists. We look forward for whatever information our readers have about news published anywhere to help us in this cause.

Note: Click on the Name of Publication from 'Link Courtesy' column to read the story.

Name of Philatelists / Location	Title of Story	Link Courtesy	Date of Publication
Shri Anil Kumar, Kochi	From a philatelist's diary	Indian Express	04.06.2013
Shri Anil Kumar Saxena, Gaya	My life after retirement	Second Innings	Apr-Jun 2015
Shri Anil Kumar Saxena, Gaya	Philately	Patliputra Darpan	-
Prof. Arvind Jain, Bhilwara	Stamping Approval On Sachin	Business World	19.11.2013
Shri Brijmohan Modi, Akola	Philately keeps me company in old age	Times of India	14.12.2013
Shri C. R. Pakrashi, New Delhi (Artist & Stamp Designer)	Meet the man behind some of India’s landmark postal stamps	Indian Express	22.06.2014
	Stamp of creativity	The Hindu	12.09.2014
Chandra Bhan Gupta, New Delhi	Stamped for life	The Indian Express	13.06.2010
Ms. Chhavi Mittal, Delhi	Extreme philatelia	Live Mint	11.02.2011
Shri G. Balakrishna Das, Chennai	The stamp of a collector	The Hindu	15.11.2014
	G.Balakrishna Das brings stamps closer to kids	Deccan Chronicle	23.07.2015
	Stamp of approval on long-lost hobby	DT Next	25.05.2016
Shri Gilbert Samuel, Kozhikode	He Values Them Most - Stamps, Coins, Currencies	Indian Express	23.05.2014
Shri H. M. Ananda Murthy, Bangalore	This philatelist does covers	Indian Express	17.02.2014
Shri Jagannath Mani	Once an Athlete, Mani now Owns 'Olympian' Stamp Collection	The New Indian Express	16.01.2016
Shri Jagannath Mani	Olympics on stamps	Deccan Herald	16.08.2016
Shri K. Sridhar, Mangaluru	Love for light houses, permanent picture cancellations	Deccan Herald	14.07.2015
Ms. Jeevan Jyoti, Kullu (Now Dehradun)	The stamp is online	The Hindu	07.01.2013
Shri M. K. Krishnayya, Udupi	He spreads the scent of philately among uninitiated	Times of India	12.09.2014
Shri Mahalingswar Athani	Tracking the Airmail Route	Times of India	26.11.2017
Shri Mahesh Parekh, Chennai	What keeps philatelists still glued to the stamps?Art mis-construed to be a hobby	Times of India	09.10.2016
		The New Indian Express	17.11.2016
Shri Mohan Raman, Chennai	When Mohan Raman was pleasantly surprised	Indian Express	06.05.2013
Ms. Muskan Malhotra, Ludhiana	Young philatelist from city bags bronze at Asian Exhibition	The Tribune	03.01.2016
Shri Nagendra A. Nayak, Udupi	Small island nations send messages of global warming via stamps	The Hindu	13.01.2014
	His collection has stamp of global warming	Times of India	03.07.2014
Shri Narinder Pal Singh, Ludhiana	Keeping history alive through philately	Hindustan Times	08.06.2014
Shri Nikhil Mundra, Chennai	Extreme philatelia	Live Mint	11.02.2011
Shri Prem Pues Kumar, Jamshedpur	Piyush Ka Stamp Ticket Prem (Hindi)	inext Epaper	15.11.2011
Shri Pradip Jain, Patna	City philatelist’s collection on airmails displayed in Delhi	Times of India	14.02.2011
	FIFA World Cup 2014: Indian involved in football through the world of stamps	Deccan Chronicle	08.17.2014
Shri Prashant Pandya,Vadodara	Stamps to taste, smell, touch, hear and learn from	Times of India	22.10.2001
	Extreme philatelia	Live Mint	11.02.2011
	Thematic Collection by Prashant Pandya (Gujarati)	Divya Bhaskar	04.05.2014
	Of philately and nation building	VCCIRCLE	25.09.2016
Shri Rajkumar Bhatia, Amritsar	It's philately that defines his life and passion	Deccan Herald	11.06.2014
Shri Ramu Srinivasa, Bangalore	Philately, no longer just a hobby	The Hindu	12.10.2015
Shri Roshan Prasad, Sikkim	Meet Roshan Prasad, a Celebrated Philatelist from Sikkim	The North East Today	21.11.2016
Shri Sandeep Chaurasia, Gorakhpur	Is Shouk ke Kya kehne (HIndi)	inext Epaper	13.10.2011
Dr. Satish Sondhi, Ludhiana	Master philatelist Dr Satish and his love for butterflies	Times of India	04.04.2012
Shri Sekhar Chakrabarti, Kolkata	Unfurling history	Harmony India	Feb. 2013
Dr. Sita Bhateja, Bangalore	Small in size but big in knowledge	The Hindu	27.11.2009
Shri Souvik Roy, Durgapur	Stamp of passion	The Telegraph	11.04.2009
Ms. N. Sridevi, Bangalore	Stamp it!	The Hindu	20.04.2017
Ms. N. Sridevi, Bangalore	The collector’s joy, told through one stamp at a time	The Hindu	25.05.2017
Dr. Sunil Sood, Chandigarh	For this homoeopath,collecting coins and stamps is more than a hobby	The Indian Express	15.07.2009
Commander (Retd.) G. Sri Ramarao, Visakhapatnam	‘Stamp’ of recognition for rare collection	The Hindu	05.08.2014
Shri Sunder Bahirwani, Hyderabad	No ordinary Fellow	The Hindu	11.06.2003
Shri Suraj Jaitly, Ludhiana	Bicycles and waterfalls this philatelist’s forte	Times of India	24.05.2012
Shri C. M. A. Tamilvanam, Vellore	Hobby turns passion for this physiotherapist	Indian Express	16.12.2012
Shri Timir R. Shah, Vadodara	Saving history through stamps (Gujarati)	Divya Bhaskar	18.05.2014
Shri Upender Vennam	Putting a Stamp on his love for Ramayana	Times of India	22.11.2017
Smt. Vidya Kishore Baglodi, Mangalore	This philatelist has an enviable pictorial cancellations	Times of India	15.11.2010
Shri V. R. Navelkar, Goa	When bits of paper became history keepers	Times of India	11.12.2014
Shri Vispi S. Dastur, Mumbai	Vispi Shapur Dastur: Philatelic achievements	Afternoon - Despacth & Courier	18.03.2013
Note: Names are given in alphabetical order.