The Hindu is an English-language
Indian daily
newspaper founded and continuously published from Chennai since
1878. According to the Indian Readership Survey in 2012 it is the
third most widely read English newspaper in India (after the Times
of India and Hindustan Times) with a readership of 2.2
million people.[3]
The Hindu has its largest base of circulation in southern India, especially
in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and it is
also the most widely read English daily in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Headquartered
at Chennai (formerly called Madras),
The Hindu was published weekly when it was launched in 1878, and started
publishing daily in 1889.
Modern history
In the late 1980s when its ownership passed into the hands of the family's younger members, a change[citation needed] in political leaning was observed. Worldpress.org lists The Hindu as a left-leaning independent newspaper.[10] Joint managing director N. Murali said in July 2003, "It is true that our readers have been complaining that some of our reports are partial and lack objectivity. But it also depends on reader beliefs."[11] N. Ram was appointed on 27 June 2003 as its editor-in-chief with a mandate to "improve the structures and other mechanisms to uphold and strengthen quality and objectivity in news reports and opinion pieces", authorised to "restructure the editorial framework and functions in line with the competitive environment".[12] On 3 and 23 September 2003, the reader's letters column carried responses from readers saying the editorial was biased.[13][14] An editorial in August 2003 observed that the newspaper was affected by the 'editorialising as news reporting' virus, and expressed a determination to buck the trend, restore the professionally sound lines of demarcation, and strengthen objectivity and factuality in its coverage.[15]Managing-directors
A close up view of the entrance to Kasturi Buildings, the
head office of The Hindu
- M. Veeraraghavachariar (1878–1904)
- S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar (1904–1923)
- K. Srinivasan (1923–1959)
- G. Narasimhan (1959–1977)
- N. Ram (1977–2011)
- K. Balaji (2011 – present)
Editors
- G. Subramania Iyer (1878–1898)
- C. Karunakara Menon (1898–1905)
- Kasturi Ranga Iyengar (1905–1923)
- S. Rangaswami Iyengar (1923–1926)
- K. Srinivasan (1926–1928)
- A. Rangaswami Iyengar (1928–1934)
- K. Srinivasan (1934–1959)
- S. Parthasarathy (1959–1965)
- G. Kasturi (1965–1991)
- N. Ravi (1991–2003)
N. Ram (2003–2012) Board of directors
The Hindu Group is managed by the descendants of Kasturi Ranga Iyengar. As of 2010, there are 12 directors in the board of Kasturi & Sons—N. Ram, N. Ravi and N. Murali (sons of G. Narasimhan); Malini Parthasarathy, Nirmala Lakshman and Nalini Krishnan (daughters of S. Parthasarathy); Ramesh Rangarajan, Vijaya Arun and Akila Iyengar (children of S. Rangarajan); K. Balaji, K. Venugopal and Lakshmi Srinath (children of G. Kasturi).[21]- Siddharth Varadarajan (2012–present)[20]
Achievements
The Hindu has many firsts in India to its credit,[16][22] which include the following- 1940: First to introduce colour
- 1963: First to own fleet of aircraft for distribution
- 1969: First to adopt facsimile system of page transmission
- 1980: First to use computer aided photo composing
- 1986: First to use satellite for facsimile transmission
- 1994: First to adopt wholly computerised integration of text and graphics in page make-up and remote imaging
- 1995: First newspaper to go on Internet
Online presence
The Hindu was the first newspaper in India to have a website, launched in 1995.On 15 August 2009, the 130-year-old newspaper, launched the beta version of its redesigned website at beta.thehindu.com. This was the first redesign of its website since its launch. On 24 June 2010 the beta version of the website went fully live at www.thehindu.com.[23]
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