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Nikhil Parekh, 30, is a three-time World Record holder poet with the Limca Book of Records India (Only 2nd in Official World Rankings to Guinness Book of World Records) for his poetry.
These 3 world records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records are for:-
(1) "Being the 1st Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is ‘Aids doesn’t kill. Your Attitude kills.”
(2) "Being the 1st Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book"
(3) "Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations".
Parekh has composed thousands of poems on several global topics like: Peace, Anti Terror, Friendship, Humanity, Environment & Wildlife Conservation, AIDS, Tsunami, Blindness, Spiritual Oneness, Human Rights, Immortal Love, Banning female foeticide etc.. His poems have appeared in the World’s leading and acclaimed magazines and websites which include ‘McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme’--rated as the World’s number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary, authored by acclaimed American Poet Bryant McGill and electronically downloadable from Verseperfect.com .
Parekh was ‘Poet of the Year 2006’ at Canadian Federation of Poets (federationofpoets.com) and has appeared as ‘India’s Treasured Poet’ on the Cover Page of ‘Poetry Canada’ which is the International publication of the federation. He was chosen as ‘Enchanting Poet’ for March 2008 at the Enchanting Verses International India (theenchantingverses.weebly.com)-- for his poem ‘Come lets embrace our new religion’ which won the 1st prize out of a 1873 poems submitted from across the globe . For the years 2004/2005/2006/2007 he was the only Indian in the TOP 10 rankings for Poems/Poets at Preditors & Editors- one of the top Internet readers poll in the World. The prestige lists of alltime classic and contemporary Poems/Poets at Poemhunter.com, feature him in their TOP 500 rankings.
Parekh’s poetry books ‘1 God/ 656 pages’ and ‘The Power of Black/621 pages’ have been published and released by Chipmunka Publishing (chipmunkapublishing.com) in the United Kingdom which is the World’s first ever Mental Health and wellness publisher.
Several of his other poetry books which include ----‘Love Versus Terrorism/605 pages’ ----‘The Womb/235 pages’---- ‘You die; I die/ 1380 pages’ ---- ‘Life = Death/ 1165 pages’---- ‘Longest Poem/77 pages’---- ‘Hide and Seek/607 pages’---- ‘If you cut a tree; You cut your own mother/200 pages’ --- are selling as EBooks via the World’s Largest E-book Publishing websites such as: Lulu.com( USA), Ebookomatic.com (USA), Cyberread.com ( USA) and Ebookmall.com (USA).
CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS—PAREKH IS GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL TREATY FOR WORLD PEACE (GOODWILLTREATY.ORG) & THE INDIAN CHAIR OF THE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF POETS (FEDERATIONOFPOETS.COM)
Currently, Nikhil Parekh is a Goodwill Ambassador for the International ‘Goodwill Treaty’ for World Peace (Goodwilltreaty.org) aimed at getting signatures of everyone across the world irrespective of caste; creed; color; religion and race- in a solemn pledge for peace and betterment of humanity. This Treaty is an invincible gift to all mankind; conceptualized by Celebrity Consultant & Inspirational Author Bryant Mcgill. Parekh is also the “Indian Chair” of the “Canadian Federation of Poets (Federationofpoets.com)- which is Canada’s National Poetry body patronized by the Governor General of Canada.
-> Click here for more elaborate internet links, web pages, to Parekh’s achievements, world records, publications and various works
-> Click here to view a selection of Letters from World Leaders to Parekh at Picasaweb, Google
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PRESS/MEDIA ON PAREKH
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1. PAGE CLIPPINGS FROM LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS INDIA FEATURING PAREKH & MEDIA RELEASES ON THE LIMCA BOOK:-
Media Release on Limca Book of Records 2006 which holds Parekh’s 1st Record—at Coca-Cola India (Click to view)
Media Release on Limca Book of Records 2007 which holds Parekh’s 2nd Record—at Coca-Cola India (Click to view)
Page clipping from Limca Book of Records (2006 edition) featuring Parekh for his 1st Record. (Click to view)
Page clipping from Limca Book of Records (2007 edition) featuring Parekh for his 2nd Record. (Click to view)
2. FIND BELOW---A SELECTION OF ARTICLES ON PAREKH WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN GLOBAL & NATIONAL ENGLISH MEDIA
-> “Poet of Contrasts-Nikhil Parekh is a Poet at Heart”, Ahmedabad Mirror, The Times of India, May 6th 2008 (Click to view)
-> Enchanting Verses International launches—Chooses Nikhil Parekh for 1st Prize from amongst 1873 other poems submitted across the globe, PR-USA.net, Bulgaria, Mar 28th 2008 (Click to view)
-> “SPOTLIGHT---Words are all he has--- The Times of India Website (Click to view)
-> “SPOTLIGHT---Words of Change--- The Times of India Website (Click to view)
-> “SPOTLIGHT---Words are all he has--- The Times of India Delhi, Delhi Times, July 30th, 2007- E-Paper Version of Article. (Click to view)
-> “SPOTLIGHT---Words for change--- The Times of India Calcutta, Calcutta Times, July 13th, 2007- E-Paper Version of Article. (Click to view)
-> “SPOTLIGHT---Words are all he has, Nirmala Govindarajan speaks to Nikhil Parekh about being listed in the Limca Book of Records thrice over” --- The Times of India Mumbai, Mumbai Times, July 12th, 2007- E-Paper Version of Article. (Click to view)
-> “SPOTLIGHT---Words for Change” --- The Times of India Bagalore, Bangalore Times, July 8, 2007- E-Paper Version of Article. (Click to view)
-> “SPOTLIGHT---Words for Change” --- The Times of India Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad Times, July 7, 2007- E-Paper Version of Article. (Click to view)
-> “Words of Change” --- The Times of India Hyderabad, Hyderabad Times, July 7 2007- E-Paper Version of Article. (Click to view)
-> “Sunrise Careers in 2007—Poetry” ---Featuring Parekh under heading “Poetry”--- Education Times, All India Editions, The Times of India, Jan 1, 2007- E-Paper Version of Article. (Click to view)
-> “The Prolific Poet—The Queen Appreciated the Poems that I sent her” --- The Times of India, Ahmedabad Times, December 30th, 2006- E-Paper Version of Article. (Click to view)
-> “Poetic Musing Continues” --- The Times of India, Ahmedabad Times, Sept 27th, 2006- E-Paper Version of Article (Click to view)
-> “Musing Continues, Poetic Corner”, The Times of India, Ahmedabad Times, May 31st 2006 –Epaper version of article(Click to view)
-> “Poetry etched in bytes”- Epaper version of article, The Times of India , March 7th 2006. (Click to view)
-> [Spotlight] “Poetic Musings” -The Times of India, Ahmedabad Times, Sept 26th 2005-E-paper version of Article (Click to view)
-> “On Record” --- The Indian Express, Ahmedabad Newsline, Sept. 7th 2006 (Click to view)
-> “City Poet gets Global Response”-Asian Age , The Gujarat Age, January 11, 2006 (Click to view)
-> “Poet Nikhil Parekh, who has been writing to heads of state and world organizations finds place in Limca Book of Records”-Indian Express , Ahmedabad Newsline, Dec 30th 2005(Click to view)
-> “Poetic Laurels on the Web”, PRWEB (U.S.), Oct 2nd 2006 (Click to view)
-> AFABW “Spirit of Humanity” Poets Announced---Nikhil Parekh included in global list of Poets in the AFABW’s Poetry Anthology, Hollywood, US, May 31st 2006 (Click to view)
-> Excellence in e-Books Celebrated in San Antonio- EPIC Announces The 7th Annual EPPIE Winners---Nikhil Parekh wins the EPPIE Award for best Poetry Ebook, Prweb (U.S), March 28 th 2006(Click to view)
-> “Limca Book of World Records Acknowledges Letters from World Leaders”-Prweb (U.S.), Dec 31st 2005(Click to view)
-> “Poet Fights for World Peace”-PressBox (U.K.), Nov 15th 2005 (Click to view)
-> “A World of Freedom for the Poet”- Prweb (U.S.), Nov 26th 2004 (Click to view)
-> “Poet's Recognition from World Leaders on Anti-Terrorism”- Prweb (U.S.), June 23rd 2004 (Click to view)
-> “From a beggar’s Outstretched Arms”- Prweb (U.S.), March 23rd 2004 (Click to view)
4. FIND BELOW---A SELECTION OF ARTICLES ON PAREKH WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN GLOBAL & NATIONAL GUJARATI MEDIA:-
-> “A Living Factory of Poetry—Nikhil Parekh----Webdunia.com, Amazing World, April 27, 2008 (Click to view)
-> “People’s special --What I think is what I express in words-Nikhil Parekh, Divya Bhaskar, Bhaskar City, Feb 12, 2008” (Click to view)
-> “Poet Nikhil included in World’s No. 1 Encyclopedia”, Divya Bhaskar, Bhaskar City, Gujarat, Oct 16 2006 (Click to view)
-> “Not Made, but Uncontrollably Mad”, Sandesh, City Life Supplement, Gujarat, Sept 20 2006 (Click to view)
-> “2 Limca Records in just 1 Year”, Divya Bhaskar, Bhaskar City Supplement, Gujarat, Aug 25th 2006 (Click to view)
-> “Ahmedabad Poet Nikhil Parekh would give his poetry renditions at American Art Festival”, Gujarat Times, US/UK, Week of July 14th-21st 2006 (Click to view)
-> “Nikhil’s poetry would cross seven seas to reach Hollywood California”—Divya Bhaskar US/UK/Canada, Week of July 14th-21st, 2006 (Click to view)
-> “Nikhil of Thaltej, Ahmedabad will go to Hollywood, California to read his poetry” Divya Bhaskar, Bhaskar City Supplement, June 20th 2006.(Click to view)
-> “Writing Poetry taking Inspiration from Nature is Nikhil Parekh”-Divya Bhaskar- Kalash Supplement, April 26th 2006(Click to view)
-> “Registering a World Record through poetry is Thaltej’s Nikhil Parekh”-Sandesh, Feb 2nd 2006. (Click to view)
-> “City Poet gets Global Response” –Sambhav Metro, Jan 12th 2006.(Click to view)
5. APPEARANCES IN COMMONWEALTH NEWSLETTER AND OTHER GLOBAL NEWSLETTERS
-> 2005 Commonwealth HIV-AIDS Newsletter containing Parekh’s Poem on AIDS— ‘Parekh wins his 3rd Limca World record for being the 1st Indian Poet to be published for his poem on AIDS in the Commonwealth Newsletter’ [Click here to view and download the newsletter from Commonwealth Website]
-> Scanned page from 2005 Commonwealth HIV-AIDS Newsletter holding parekh’s poem on AIDS-- “Aids doesn’t kill. Your Attitude Kills.”(Click to view)
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Parekh featured as India’s Treasured Poet on Cover Page of “Poetry Canada”-Canadian National Magazine. ( Right Click to download Poetry Canada in PDF )
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March 2007 Issue of Artists for better World International Hollywood Newsletter featuring Parekh ( Right Click to download Newsletter in PDF )
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Dec 2007 Issue of Winning Writers (U.S) Newsletter Featuring Parekh for publication of his poem in the Commonwealth Newsletter [Click to view]
-> Oct 2006 Issue of Winning Writers (U.S) Newsletter Featuring Parekh [Click to view]
-> July 2006 Issue of the Canadian Federation of Poets Newsletter featuring Parekh-‘A Poet’s Journey’. (Click to view)
-> Feb 2007 Issue of the Canadian Federation of Poets Newsletter featuring Parekh-‘India’s CFP launches’. (Click to view)
-> April 2007 Issue of the Canadian Federation of Poets Newsletter featuring Parekh—‘Nikhil Parekh is Poet of the Yr 2006 at Canadian Federation of Poets’ (Click to view)
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