ബാള്‍ട്ടിക് ഡയറി

by Santhosh George Kulangara

പഴയ സോവിയറ്റ് രാജ്യങ്ങളായ ലാത്വിയ, ലിത്വാനിയ, എസ്‌റ്റോണിയ എന്നിവിടങ്ങളിലൂടെയും പോളണ്ടിലൂടെയും ലോകസഞ്ചാരിയായ സന്തോഷ് ജോര്‍ജ് കുളങ്ങര നടത്തിയ യാത്രയുടെ ഹൃദ്യമായ വിവരണം. കമ്യൂണിസത്തിന്റെ തകര്‍ച്ചയ്ക്കുശേഷമുള്ള ഈ രാജ്യങ്ങളുടെ ജീവിതമാണ് അദ്ദേഹം ഈ പുസ്തകത്തില്‍ വരച്ചിടുന്നത്.

Baltic Diary is a narrative of Santhosh George Kulangara's journey through the Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland. It describes the scenario in these countries after the fall of the Soviet Union.

104 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2009

About the author

Santhosh George Kulangara (born 25 December 1971) is the founder and chief explorer of Safari TV, the first and only exploration channel in India. He started his career in television media at the age of 17 and recognized well with production of a number of tele films, tele serials and documentaries for Doordarshan, Thiruvananthapuram. His most important contribution to the visual media is Sancharam – the first visual travelogue in Malayalam. It has crossed 1000 episodes. The traveler goes to cities and villages of different nations and captures in his camera the remnants of history, today’s life, uniqueness of nature, traditions, culture and everything. The direction and camera of Sancharam are by Santhosh George Kulangara. He has already completed his journey to more than 100 countries in Asian, African, Australian, American, European continents and Antarctica during last 19 years. After 16 years since he had started travelling, Sancharam has turned out to be an exclusive, round-the-clock exploration channel Safari. The channel offers a 24-hour live streaming. The program Sanchariyude Diarykurippukal in Safari is most notable; Santhosh himself shares his different experiences from journeys in this program.

Santhosh George Kulangara has written six books related to his travels and experiences around the world. These books, written in Malayalam, have received wide acceptance and appreciation.

1.Natashayude Varna Balloonukal (The Colourful Balloons of Natasha)
2.Oru Rabbiyude Chumbanangal (The Kisses of a Rabbi)
3.Ground Zeroyile Gayakan (The Musician at Ground Zero)
4.Zero Gravity
5.Baltic Diary
6.Spacilekku oru train yatra (A Train Journey To Space)

AWARDS
He won the Kerala Sahithya Accademi Award for the travelogue Baltic Diary (2014). He was also awarded Rapa National Award for the director of the best non-fiction TV programme (2003), The Kamal Patra award of Junior Chamber International for young businessmen (2002), Akshaya’ National Award (2003), Film Critics Association Award (2003, 2006), National Film Academy Award (2005), The Rapa National Award for the best director (2003, 2004), Rotary Star of The Year Award (2007), The Outstanding Young Indian Award of Indian Junior Chamber. (2005), Vivekananda Puraskaram (2007), Chancellor live mini screen award, K R Narayanan media award (2007), Youth Hostels Association award (2007), Asian Television award (2009), Outstanding Young Indian Award of Indian Junior Chamber (2010).

Reviews

[Bimal Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

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