Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence appealed to him more. Searching for truth, he studied Gandhi and Karl Marx comparatively. His Spiritual background was inspired by Saint Dhnyaneshwar, Saint Tukaram and Saint Kabir. He was attracted to the philosophy (Indian ancient thinking) of the Vedas, Upanishads, and all ancient Granthas. While working from 1972-1990, he also wrote many media articles on agriculture, while experimenting with new farming techniques. Having learned of pesticides and artificial fertilizers at college, Palekar started applying them on his farm. In 1972 he joined the family farm with his father, a natural farmer. During college education he was working with tribal people in Satpuda Tribal region. Palekar has a bachelor's degree in Agriculture from the College of Agriculture, Nagpur. He was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2016
He conducted many workshops all over India. He practised Zero Budget Natural Farming without using pesticides to cultivate. Subhash Palekar was born in 1949 in a small village Belora in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in India, and he has an agricultural background. Savour them.Subhash Palekar is an Indian agriculturist who practiced and wrote many books about Subhash Palekar Natural Farming (SPNF) Formerly ZBNF (Zero Budget Natural Farming). Thenkachi’s message for the day was: ‘There are many pleasant things in life. Sentamizhselvi recalls that Thenkachi’s story on television the day he died was about a sage, who enjoys a sweet in the last moments before his death.
When in hospital, his friend remarked, "There is a man on TV who walks and talks like you." "Can he take my place in the hospital?" said Thenkachi. All his earnings from the programme were donated to orphanages," says Komal Anbarasan, who wrote Thenkachi’s biography ‘Kadai Rajavin Kadai’. "He refused SUN TV’s offer to provide transportation, and travelled by bus from Madipakkam to the studio. Thenkachi always made use of public transport. His work was recognised through many awards including the Kalaimamani, Devan memorial award, an award from Bharatiyar University. Thenkachi’s face was a reflection of the kind of man he was - placid, with no emotional swings. But that would have been a challenge even for Nadikar Thilakam, for Thenkachi had no peculiar mannerisms, and told jokes with an impassive countenance. Sivaji had wanted to do some mono acting based on Thenkachi’s mannerisms. Now for the first time, listeners could put a face to the voice. After his retirement as assistant director, AIR, Thenkachi began the programme ‘Inda Naal Iniya Naal’ on SUN TV, which went on for eight years, the pattern being similar to his radio programme. What was your husband’s message?" And that’s when the family came to know about it. "We didn’t even own a radio!" After the programme had been running for two years, one of Thenkachi’s colleagues said to his wife: "I missed yesterday’s programme. What did Thenkachi’s family think of the programme? "We didn’t know about it," says his daughter Sentamizhselvi. When Sivaji was in hospital, he asked for a transistor radio, so that he wouldn’t miss ‘Indru Oru Thagaval’.
The programme had many celebrity fans such as A V M Saravanan, director S P Muthuraman and Sivaji Ganesan. Such was his fan following that a group of visually challenged people visited Madras AIR station, and told Thenkachi that since only a few books were available in Braille, his programme was their window to the world. Quite a feat, at a time when television had a strong presence in households. In ‘Indru Oru Thagaval’, a programme broadcast on AIR Madras, Thenkachi narrated a story through which he gave listeners information about science, history or current affairs, and signed off with a joke, and all of this in just five minutes. Many of his old listeners miss those days of the radio and his work is worth remembering ahead of his 79th birth anniversary on June 27. With his breezy, conversational style, he made the programme appealing to everyone. When he was 14, his poems were published in journals like Bharatidasan’s ‘Kuyil’, and communist leader Jeeva’s ‘ Thamarai.’ With a BSc in agriculture, Thenkachi was appointed host in an agricultural programme in All India Radio (AIR)- Tirunelveli station. Born in the village of Thenkachi, he came to be known by the prefix Thenkachi. He made listeners laugh, even while disseminating nuggets of information, through his programme on All India Radio. Literally, because his work was "speaking!". CHENNAI: Thenkachi Ko Swaminathan let his work speak for him.