[1] He was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, and studied filmmaking and documentary photography at the University of Southern California.
He was awarded a gold medal by Soviet Land for his coverage of the Tashkent summit that marked the conclusion of the war.
[citation needed] After six years at the Hindustan Times, Parekh joined the Asia Magazine in Hong Kong in 1967.
His book on the subject, Bangladesh: A Brutal Birth, was a covered the atrocities committed by the Pakistani forces and the suffering of the native Bengali population.
Self-assigned, self-funded, driven by his own instincts, emotions and guts, in a two-week period he produced a startling set of images that became a powerful book and statement.