{"id":9951,"date":"2022-11-28T09:39:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T09:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/2022\/11\/28\/nikhil-parekh-wins-poetry-publication-prize-for-his-book-seeking-solace-of-proverse-publishing-hong-kong\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T09:39:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T09:39:35","slug":"nikhil-parekh-wins-poetry-publication-prize-for-his-book-seeking-solace-of-proverse-publishing-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/2022\/11\/28\/nikhil-parekh-wins-poetry-publication-prize-for-his-book-seeking-solace-of-proverse-publishing-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikhil Parekh Wins \u201cPoetry Publication Prize\u201d for his book \u201cSeeking Solace\u201d of Proverse Publishing, Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], November 28<\/strong>: On the 17th<\/sup> November 2022, Nikhil Parekh, an accomplished Poet from Ahmedabad, won the Poetry Publication Prize \u20132021 instituted by Proverse Publishing of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

Proverse Publishing, Founded in 1970 \u00a0by Dr Verner & Dr Mrs Bickley, is a renowned publishing house, supported by the Hong Kong Cultural Council and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. Apart from the general publishing of novels, short stories, Poetry, non-fiction, travel as well anthologies, in English, Proverse promotes young high-caliber \u00a0& upcoming writers from all over the world through competitions (since 2008), prizes, bi-annual receptions etc. In their competitions they award variety of prizes including professional publication, cash etc To their credit and record, they have encouraged several high-potential writers over the years.<\/p>\n

In her announcement on the 17th<\/sup> Nov 22, virtually, from Hong Kong, of the Poetry Publication Prize \u20132021 to Nikhil Parekh for his book \u201cSeeking Solace\u201d, Dr (Mrs) Bickley highlighted:<\/p>\n

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  1. Nikhil\u2019s having written 47 differently titled books<\/li>\n
  2. Being the Ten times National Record Holder in Limca Book of Records ( Indian equivalent of the Guiness Book of records )<\/li>\n
  3. Professor George Watt, Adelaide, Australia, in his review of the book says \u201cParekh is to Poetry what superheroes are to Marvel and DC comics \u201c.Further, he compares Nikhil\u2019s advocacy to all-time great writers Voltaire & Walt Whitman.<\/li>\n
  4. Professor Jason Polley, Dept of English, Hong Kong Baptist University, in his review of the book says \u201c Parekh exhorts his listeners to espouse words, that is, to take solace in the sensual experience of listening \u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The book \u00a0SEEKING SOLACE encompasses and glorifies one of the most quintessential of human needs, \u201cSelf Help\u201d. The Poet takes the view that in the current world scenario\u2014disastrously fraught with terrorism, war, prejudice, and unemployment of varied kinds\u2014if you want to help another of your counterpart mortals, you must first help yourself. This is because positivity can diffuse efficaciously from a soul which is harmonious in itself with the spirit of victorious existence. Various of the poems embodied in this collection earnestly aim at applying the balm of uninhibited hope, optimistic enlightenment, righteous empowerment, and self-friendship upon humanity.<\/p>\n

    Nikhil\u2019s poetic work has received numerous accolades ( can be seen on www.nikhilparekh.net<\/a>) including over 200 quotes drawn from his poetries in a famous compilation \u201cwww.Wisesayings.com\u201d ,USA, which puts him in league with some 5-6 all-time greats of Indian origin & who\u2019s who on global stage !!!!<\/p>\n

    In February 2022, yet another of his pathbreaking book \u201cLove versus Terrorism\u201d was published by The Write Order which has also received some high reviews.<\/p>\n

    His 47 other books cover\u00a0 a wide range of topics related to Human Values and sensitivities and are titled \u201cThe Womb \u201c,\u201dYou Die ,I Die\u201d(Love Poems), \u201cYou Cut a Tree ,You Cut your own Mother \u201c,\u201dHide and Seek\u201d ,\u201dLife=Death\u201d, \u201cThe Power of Black\u201d etc .<\/p>\n

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    Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], November 28: On the 17th November 2022, Nikhil Parekh, an accomplished Poet from Ahmedabad, won the Poetry Publication Prize \u20132021 instituted by Proverse Publishing of Hong Kong. Proverse Publishing, Founded in 1970 \u00a0by Dr Verner & Dr Mrs Bickley, is a renowned publishing house, supported by the Hong Kong Cultural Council and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-9951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-news-networks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnetworks.co.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}