HYDERABAD TO WITNESS GRAND GATHERING OF JOURNALISTS

HYDERABAD TO WITNESS GRAND GATHERING OF JOURNALISTS

_Grand launch of National President Dr. Qais’s 6th book ‘Kalam Abhi Zinda Hai’_

 

By Shashi Dip, Mumbai

Hyderabad, 14 November 2026

Mumbai: Hyderabad — The City of Pearls — is ready to become the capital of the soldiers of the pen.

The All India organisation committed to the safety and welfare of journalists, Press Club of Working Journalists (Registered), is going to celebrate its 9th anniversary this year. The ceremony, to be held under the chairmanship of National President Dr. Syed Khalid Qais, Advocate, will be hosted by National Secretary Meer Mohammad Ali Telangana along with Digital Media Department Telangana Unit President Mohammad Shiraj. The ceremony, organised under the guidance of National President Dr. Khalid Qais and Organisation General Secretary Dr. Shashi Dip, Mumbai, will honour journalists from across the country. The ceremony will be held on 14th November in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Every year, National Press Day is celebrated on 16th November. On this very day in 1966, the Press Council of India was formed. But this time it is a confluence of two celebrations – National Press Day and the Foundation Day of Press Club of Working Journalists. Hyderabad is becoming the witness of this historic confluence.

The biggest highlight of this convention will be the grand launch of National President Dr. Syed Khalid Qais’s 6th book _’Kalam Abhi Zinda Hai’._ This book tells the story of today’s journalism, the struggle of journalists and the living truth of the pen.

Today there are many questions on journalism – fake news, paid news, the race for TRP, and the biggest question – the safety and dignity of the working journalist. Whether it is a journalist of a big media house or a journalist searching for news on a motorcycle in a district-tehsil, everyone has the same pain – there is journalism, but there is no one to listen to the journalist. Press Club of Working Journalists was born out of this very pain. It is a national organisation registered with the Government of India, whose objective is – to give a platform to journalists of small towns, to raise voice for their interests, pay scale, safety law and insurance, to promote ethics and training, and to separate real journalists from fake journalists.

Today, more than 1500 journalists from 22 states of the country are associated with this organisation. Every year Foundation Day is celebrated in different states, so that local problems can be raised at the national level. Last year the convention was held in Betul. There are three reasons for choosing Hyderabad this time. First, the confluence of South-North. With this, journalists of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala will join the mainstream. Second, schemes like health card, accreditation and housing for journalists in Telangana are good. There will be a national deliberation on this model. Third, Hyderabad is a big centre of YouTube journalism and digital media. Here there will be discussion on the gap between print and digital.

In the convention there will be registration, and in the evening there will be a convention session and honour ceremony. The topic of the session will be – Is the journalist safe? In this, a report will be presented on attacks on journalists, false cases and trolling. The organisation will demand – Journalist Safety Law should be implemented in the country, as has happened in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Four proposals will be passed – Health insurance up to Rs 10 lakh should be mandatory for journalists, Working Journalist Act should be implemented strictly, a national register should be made for action on fake press cards, and there should be training of fact-check and AI tools for young journalists.

Today when words like Godi Media, media trial and fake news are common, this organisation reminds us that journalism is still alive, because in the streets and neighbourhoods, a reporter is still writing the truth without fear. That reporter who, even in a job of Rs 5000, takes a risk of Rs 50,000. Hyderabad convention is not just a celebration, but a resolve – The pen will not be sold, will not bow down, will not fear. On National Press Day, we should take a pledge that we will honour not the journalist, but journalism. Because as long as even one true working journalist is alive, the fourth pillar of democracy is alive.