{"product_id":"newsfire-b-n-kumar-9798904513733","title":"Newsfire: A 50-Year Connect With Media and Environment","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEWSFIRE - A 50-Year Connect with Media \u0026amp; Nature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEWSFIRE 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEWSFIRE 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e B N Kumar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798904513733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Notion Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"B N Kumar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174312517887,"sku":"9798904513733","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/newsfire-b-n-kumar-9798904513733","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}