History
Sakal was a classic newspaper of the nationalist period. Its idealistic founder, Dr. N.B. alias Nanasaheb Parulekar had been influenced by American papers during his years at Columbia University. And though he started Sakal (morning) to advance Mahatma Gandhi’s movement for independence, he also introduced genuine daily journalism to Marathi.
Though begun as a part of the nationalist cause, it established itself as a successful business by making day-to-day concerns, not just of Pune but also of its rural neighborhoods, a preoccupation. By the 1960s, Sakal appointed full-time correspondents, each with a telephone, in every town in its neighborhood. It ran training camps for its journalists, promotions and cultural events for its readers and letters to the editor on its front page.
When Dr. Parulekar died in 1973, he left the paper with many good practices and rich traditions. It survived the first shocks of India’s revolution in newspaper technology and carried on for more than 10 years. The Pawar family took over Sakal in 1985. The Pawar family turned the paper into a public limited company in 1989, and Mr. Pratap G. Pawar became Managing Director.
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