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changes in the hindu

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B V RAAGHAVAN said:
Mr. Ram is slightly communisam oriented. Now, hopefully, with the changes we may see a new "The Hindu" of yester years.

Anbudan
Adiyen
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ram and ravi had a fight a few years back. ram won. sid var came in as a result.

now does that mean, ravi has won today, and ram moved up to honorary but powerless position? who knows?
 
Hope The Hindu wil fail badly

Hope the anti Hindu journal will follow the path of self destruction and collapse. Not a single article they wrote about poor /pathetically poor Brahmins in past decades. Only acting as if they are the saviour of secularism,humanity ,plurality etc,but they wont give up top post for others.In my view, if you have talent no problem in family control.But I suspect its the case with The (anti) Hindu. The day tambrahms shun the Hindu, that day will be the funeral for the Hindu.
 
examples of institutional excellence in the hindu

here is a letter in livemint india in response to the same news..

Sachi Mohanty

Back in August, when the one year anniversary of the landing on Mars of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity occurred, The Hindu covered Dr. Anita Sengupta's lecture at IIT Madras. However, the story had a huge error as the article 'claimed' that Dr. Sengupta said that humans are going to land on Mars 'within the next five years.'

I got together Mr. Varadarajan and Dr. Sengupta via Twitter and had that error fixed. Of course, it's probably not a 'big deal' in the scheme of things in India.

2) Just the other day, The Hindu carried an obituary of Scott Carpenter. I did not come across a similar obituary of one of the Mercury 7 legends in any other Indian paper. Of course, such obits may have been published in other Indian papers too and I may have simply missed them.

3) When Peter Higgs won the Nobel, The Hindu had a good article explaining why 'our own' S. N. Bose had nothing to do with the prediction of the existence of the Higgs field and particle.

Just three instances ... call them 'institutional excellence' if you will which will endure no matter who holds the post of Editor or Executive Editor or Managing Editor or whatever.


Siddharth Varadarajan quits The Hindu; family rift resurfaces

sid var had a u.s. passporrt and the case file sub swamy is in the supreme court. even if sid var is out, the hindu could face a hefty fine and possible imprisonment because it broke the rules. surprised that the hindu did not check out re editor post and nationality.

surprised to note, that sid var was considered pro bjp. pro modi. i didnt notice any overt pro modi slant in the hindu, except coverage of his recent tamil nadu visit. but then, i read only the e-edition.
 
Is it family feud or on going case file by Swamy in the Supreme court as Sid was a US Citizen or competition from Times on ad revenues?

I think the publication has to be neutral if not swinging to the either left or right!
 
kunjuppu said:
Changes at the Helm: Editorial and Businesss

does this mean ram has been kicked up and shutted up?

sid var is gone, which may be good?

malini is now day to day editor. what does this portend? back to being the mount road mahavishnu? :) don't mind that really!
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Some time back there was an e-mail circulating in the web, giving details of how foreign capital controls almost the entire media in India, including tv channels. If my memory is correct, Shri N. Ram, it was stated in that e-mail, has married a foreign lady and through her the Hindu has sizeable foreign shareholding. The present changes, I am inclined to view, as the ultimate success of the foreign shareholding and the Hindu will get back to its former N. Ram days of the so-called "secular" tinge in full form.
 
kunjuppu said:
Changes at the Helm: Editorial and Businesss
does this mean ram has been kicked up and shutted up?
sid var is gone, which may be good?
malini is now day to day editor. what does this portend? back to being the mount road mahavishnu? :) don't mind that really!
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This was expected. "The Hindu" is a family run newspaper business and it will never allow independent editorial team to function.The changes at the top are done according to the family dictats. All other reasons are secondary. This paper thinks the readers are to be taught Politics. When the whole nation wants a political change, this paper will preach against Narendra Modi and BJP day in and day out. They will publish a photo of single digit groups demonstrations in MG Road, but never publish a photo of mammoth meetings of BJP. "The Hindu" should understand that the readers are not stupid to accept what ever they publish as news in their paper.
Articles in the following weblinks give the real reasons for the change in editorial set up "
Siddharth Varadarajan quits The Hindu; family rift resurfaces - Livemint
The Hindu family feud sees another change at helm | Business Standard
 
Not clear whether Ravi is enunciating the new policy or reiterating the old policy. Either way he will lead the hindu to oblivion. The board has admitted that market share and subscriber base have shrunk. Unless it charts a new and honest path, it has no future.

Ram said “no difference was maintained between news stories and editorial pieces”.
N. Ravi, the new editor-in-chief, said that the “news desk was given standing instructions not to take any stories on Narendra Modi on page one. The Hindu has always been anti-Hindutva, but it was always kept out of our news judgement”.
Modi, the Gujarat chief minister, has made two visits to Tamil Nadu since he was named last month as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate for the next general election.

Siddharth Varadarajan quits The Hindu; family rift resurfaces - Livemint
 
The Hindu cannot be neutral

Whoever the publisher I dont foresee The Hindu can be neutral. Even Nakeeran Gopal wont publish an article which can suggest Swamy Vivekanandas folded arm postures will encourage rape in India .The Hindu did it.

If you follow @MaliniP in twitter you can easily conclude she is psychologically far towards Congress and hates BJP.But she has the capability of bringing The anti Hindu down.

vgane said:
Is it family feud or on going case file by Swamy in the Supreme court as Sid was a US Citizen or competition from Times on ad revenues?

I think the publication has to be neutral if not swinging to the either left or right!
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The Hindu is a family held news paper. Only a member of the family could become Editor in chief.The Hindu had some of the excellent journalists in its fold like V S Ramaswami Sastry (brother of Rt.Hon.Sastry),N.Raghunatha Iyer (sotto voce), S A Govindarajan (brother of S A Venkatraman ICS) K Balaraman (New York), K S Shelvanker (London), S K Gurunathan (sports) P A Seshan (Finance) and V K Narasimhan. How ever none could ascend to the level of Editor in chief, for the simple reason they were not members of the family.

Though "The Hindu" claims to identify with left of centre philosophy, it has always been pro-establishment in its coverage. It will never cross the "laxman rekha". I don't expect any change in that who ever takes over the Editorial desk.
The infamous "emergency" proved that only two News papers "The Indian Express" and The Statesman" stood boldly against misdeeds of emergency and suffered for that reason.

"The Hindu's" plus points are its technical excellence in production and administrative efficiency. It has a well established system which constantly updates these two areas. The weakest are is its political Cartoons.

Today the situation of reader's response is different. The visual media gives update live coverage of the happenings in the Country. The dependence on newspapers is reduced to minimal.
 
hi
generally THE HINDU was patronised by tambram....no doubt it....still tambram's morning coffee with hindu is combo of

many households......now days changing.....many competition is there..like TOI EDITION IN CHENNAI.....online news are

cheaper/easier........many US newspapers difficult to survive.....wait and watch.....
 
Churning of the ‘Mountroad Mahavishnu’

The article is by M.G.Devasahayam, IAS (Retd.). Some excerpts:

[h=1]My first brush brought the Reader’s Editor Mr. AS Panneerselvam into the picture and he went to the extent of writing a full-fledged edit-column (29 April 2013) on the subject titled ‘Convergence vs divergence’ bringing out his position very candidly and thus diffusing the situation. Pl see Link: Convergence vs divergence - The Hindu[/h]In the second issue the confrontation (a more recent one) was more direct and the Reader’s Editor was only kept informed. This pitched General VK Singh and me on one side and the Editor on the other. A spate of emails were exchanged, but the Editor stuck to his position even after fully realizing that the ‘inputs’ based on which The Hindu has been publishing front page and op-ed write-ups were wrong and we were on the right. He then cannibalized and mutilated the Rejoinder issued by General VK Singh while printing the counter given out by the Chandigarh Bureau Chief, that contained several falsehoods, in toto. He bluntly and adamantly refused to publish the counter article written by me to clear the foul air caused by the lead article (The general and his stink bombs-30 September, 2013) published by him.

Bharatkalyan97: Churning of the ?Mountroad Mahavishnu? -- MG Devasahayam
 
fire said:
Whoever the publisher I dont foresee The Hindu can be neutral. Even Nakeeran Gopal wont publish an article which can suggest Swamy Vivekanandas folded arm postures will encourage rape in India .The Hindu did it.
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Dear "fire",

You have a keen sense of observation. I felt that the hindu under Sid Varadarajan was virulently anti-hindu. The hindu article that you are quoting was despicable. But then there have been instances of linking "Krishna leela" to "rape culture" in this very forum! No wonder publications like "the hindu" take hindus for granted!
 
Here in the U.S. conservatives, particularly the extreme ones like the so called tea-party conservatives, love to hate NY Times as the embodiment of left-wing liberalism and secularism (i.e. anti-Christian). It is kind of a badge of honor for them. But the truth is NY Times is an establishment newspaper, always deferential to the needs of the White House irrespective of which party is in power.

In this respect, it seems The Hindu is India's NY Times, though quite an establishment friendly paper, it is seen by the Hindutva/RSS types as ultra-left wing, "sickular" i.e. anti-Hindu (the religion).
 
After the dismissal of the CEO & Editpr finding some positive changes..Not being virulent anti-hindu...Modi is getting space too...May be too early to predict?
 
vgane said:
After the dismissal of the CEO & Editpr finding some positive changes..Not being virulent anti-hindu...Modi is getting space too...May be too early to predict?
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No, I don't believe in these cosmetic changes. The Hindu "can't change its spots" under the present editorial set up. Look at the coverage given to Shri Narendra Modi's speech at Patna, except for the photo, it is more on the security lapse, than on the speech of Shri Modi.
 
hi
survival and lakshman rekha in news paper very difficult.....production cost and income from ads are going down....many prefer

e paper now a days...its cheaper and convenient...i read dinamani/The Hindu e editions daily with out a single penny in USA every day....

internet gives a lot of information than a normal news paper can give...many news papers shutting down..the days are

not very long for print news papers...
 
Nov 2, 2013

changes in the hindu

the hindu was originally started by mr subramanya iyer, a pazhamaneri

brahacharnam, i think. Subsequently, it was bought by the vadagalai

iyenger sect. Till date the management is with them.


Vadagalai iyengars have two clear sides - one is extremely orthodox

and the other is extremely opposite. Interestingly, the hindu has both

the groups in its ranks. Despite misunderstanding, the management cannot

be broken by others, for the simple reason that vadagalai iyengars are

generally very united, closely held - i mentioned this in my earlier

blog related to pmk ramadoss column. The reason is vadagalai iyengars are

following a specific sampradaya and very rigid.


Many companies managed by iyers were out; but vadagalai iyengar

managed companies are still thriving and very successful.

Since the hindu has both the categories in its ranks, the category which

has the upper hand will ultimately dictate terms.


In the case of music academy, after passing of mantleship from enfield

sundaram iyer to tt vasu and now the hindu murali, the colour of

music academy has changed dramatically. One way or the other

iyengars are brought to limelight. This year, sudha raghunathan was

awarded with sangidha kalanidhi, though she is young and some

very musicians are yet to be awarded.

I am a subscriber of the hindu.


S chandrasekaran
 
CHANDRU1849 said:
Nov 2, 2013

changes in the hindu

the hindu was originally started by mr subramanya iyer, a pazhamaneri

brahacharnam, i think. Subsequently, it was bought by the vadagalai

iyenger sect. Till date the management is with them.


Vadagalai iyengars have two clear sides - one is extremely orthodox

and the other is extremely opposite. Interestingly, the hindu has both

the groups in its ranks. Despite misunderstanding, the management cannot

be broken by others, for the simple reason that vadagalai iyengars are

generally very united, closely held - i mentioned this in my earlier

blog related to pmk ramadoss column. The reason is vadagalai iyengars are

following a specific sampradaya and very rigid.


Many companies managed by iyers were out; but vadagalai iyengar

managed companies are still thriving and very successful.

Since the hindu has both the categories in its ranks, the category which

has the upper hand will ultimately dictate terms.


In the case of music academy, after passing of mantleship from enfield

sundaram iyer to tt vasu and now the hindu murali, the colour of

music academy has changed dramatically. One way or the other

iyengars are brought to limelight. This year, sudha raghunathan was

awarded with sangidha kalanidhi, though she is young and some

very musicians are yet to be awarded.

I am a subscriber of the hindu.


S chandrasekaran
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Come on Chandru! Even the Iyer companies are doing well such as the Simpsons group or the India cements group!

Why are you harping on partaility etc which is not there..Sudha is an outstanding vocalist ...Among the current crop of singers she is the best! She has been under the tutelage of Padma Bhushan, Sangita Kalanidhi Dr M.L.V...
 
Nov 6, 2013


dear member,

thank you for your comments.

My reply is as below:


Regarding iyer companies, simpsons is no more an iyer group, since mallika

married an iyengar and subsequent marriage alliance with infosys

narayanamurthy family, a madhwa brahmin.


Standard motors is more and so also enfield. Ss vansan's gemini studio is not

in operation.


Regarding sudha raghunathan, my argument is not her getting the sangidha

kalanidhi award from music academy, which is primarily controlled by iyengar

community, but the necessity for giving it so early. There are lot of seniors

like santhana gopalan, os thiagarajan, etc. Are available.


If mlv's student is a criteria for getting it early, thrisur ramachandran should

have been awarded early. He got it only after passing 70, while his

contemporary madurai seshagopalan got it early. Even percussionist vellore

ramabadhran was rewarded much ahead of him, for reasons best known only

to music academy.


Sometime back, one of the senior most mirudhangam artists made a reference

about the present condition of music academy.


Of late, tm krishna is being given lot of prominence and already there is a

talk that nisha rajagopal is getting special attention.


Last but not least, vv subramanyam, a fine violinist, who accomapnied

'ms' in most of her concerts and was awarded bharat ratna, and also

accompanied other senior most artists, has not been considered for any award

so far.

I have a feeling that music academy has been frantically searching, pushing

and giving iyengar musicians for such award, since majority of the musicians

are from iyer community.

Finally, sangidha kalanidhi award is not the ultimate decider about the quality

of musician.


Comments please


s chandrasekaran
 
Regarding present state of Music Academy suggest any other resident of Chennai & who is conversant about the matter to comment.

Since I had worked for the Iyengar & Iyer companies, I can comment on one aspect...Your caste will not help you to stand in good stead...I will give one example..Even in the 80's & 90's at Lucas TVS the premier automotive electrical company the top posts were all held by Non Iyengars ...Other communities were there (Murugan/Nayar, Augustine etc)...Only Merit counts..In Simpsons (even before the Mallika connection) there were many Iyengars in the top Management

Regarding inter marriage will India cements become a Chettiar company just because the son-in-law of top honcho is from that community...

Or will The Hindu become Christian group as the wife of the Chairman of the group has married one from that community?

I have seen partiality in the Marwari companies (Birla, Piramals, Bajaj, Mittal etc) as late as a few years back where all the key posts were pocketed by Chartered Accountants and they apparently belonged to their community....Now they too have started inducting professionals from other communities, tho' biases are yet to vanish
 
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