Tarun Vijay joined
Panchajanya in 1986 as executive editor, after a decade of freelance journalism and work among the tribal people in
Dadra and Nagar Haveli as a
pracharak of
Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram. Vijay joined
Panchjanya in 1979. He has been Chief Editor for 20 years. The first editor of the 60-year-old
Panchjanya was former Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee. A
journalist since 1976, he began his career with
Russi Karanjia at the Mumbai-based tabloid
Blitz and then as a
freelance journalist for major dailies and magazines before spending five years as an RSS activist in the country's tribal areas. In the years as editor of
Panchajanya, he has visited various parts of the country, and various countries. Tarun Vijay, on 4 April 2013, first raised the issue by writing to the Survey of India about what he claimed was a "major threat to national security." Mr. Vijay said Google has already provided maps where many "strategic locations" have been marked like Parliament, Sena Bhawan, and various ministries. "A criminal case should be registered against Google for violating Indian defence regulations." In May 2016, Vijay was attacked by a mob for leading a group of
Dalits to the Silgur Devta Temple in the Punah village which is nearly 180 km from
Dehradun. As per reports, trouble started when Vijay and his group touched the
Devi Doli, which according to local belief should not be touched by someone from a local caste. The violence that erupted caused Vijay injuries to his head and ears. The mob also damaged his car by pushing it down a nearby gorge. He is actively contributing for many newspapers and websites as a freelance columnist, and
Prabhasakshi a Hindi-based news portal is one of them. == Views ==