Veteran journalist Bipin Kumar Shah passes away
He was associated with Gujarati daily ‘Sandesh’ for around 50 years
Veteran journalist Bipin Kumar Shah passed away on Tuesday night after a brief illness. The 83-year-old was working in the Gujarati daily ‘Sandesh’ for around 50 years.
State BJP president C R Paatil expressed grief over Bipinbhai’s death and said that he was an institution who groomed many young journalists.
His columns titled ‘Shaher ni Sargam’ and ‘Vidhan Sabha na Dware’ were very popular among readers. He was doyen of reporting on Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation affairs and covered it for the last 50 years. It is said that he knew more about AMC than even the Mayor and other officials. Senior journalists in the city said an era has ended with Bipinbhai’s passing.
