Frontline (magazine)
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Frontline (ISSN 0970-1710) is a fortnightly English language magazine published by The Hindu Group of publications from Chennai, India. Narasimhan Ram is the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine. As a current affairs magazine, it covers domestic and International news. Frontline gives a prominent place to various issues of development and hindrances in the Indian states. Apart from topics of politics and political economy, it also covers a wide range of topics including Arts, books, cinema, Science and English language.
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[edit] History
This was intended to be a newspaper started by Biswadip Mitra the current head of Texas Instruments India & Gautham Seth(A Frankfurt based investor).Due to the founders personal differences this magazine was sold to the PL Investments Ltd which was later sold to the Hindu Group in India.
[edit] Contributors and perspective
Its regular contributors include known leftwing writers such as C.P. Chandrasekhar, Praful Bidwai, R.K.Raghavan, Jayati Ghosh and Bhaskar Ghose. Aijaz Ahmad, a Marxist literary critic and political analyst, also contributes occasional essays on various topics. Vijay Prashad, the Marxist historian, writes a regular "Letter from America" for the magazine, as well as reports on American issues.
Frontline is noted for its serious coverage of issues.[1]The magazine has made it a point to analyse issues related to the working classes[2], the unorganized sectors, tribal regions[3], etc in India.
Since, 1991, the magazine has opposed the economic reforms of successive governments comprising divestment[4] in state owned corporations, opening of areas like telecom and insurance to private and foreign players among others.
[edit] Awards
Regular correspondent, Dionne Bunsha received the Ramnath Goenka Award in 2007 for outstanding reporting in the field of environment and books.[5] Journalist, P.Sainath, a frequent contributor to Frontline won the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award in the fields of creative arts, journalism and communication.[6]
Other journalists such as Asha Krishnakumar and Praveen Swami are also recipients of prestigious awards in journalism, such as the Lorenzo Natali prize.[7]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "'The Invisible Intellectual'". ZNET. March 11, 2004. http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2004-03/11deshpande.cfm. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
- ^ "'Weavers in Distress'". Frontline. August 7, 2002. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1917/19171250.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- ^ "'Tribal Issues'". Frontline. June 3, 2005. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2211/stories/20050603001508800.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- ^ "'Disinvestment Designs'". Frontline. June 4, 2005. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2212/stories/20050617004901000.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- ^ "Award for Bunsha". The Hindu. July 18, 2007. http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/18/stories/2007071856131500.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ "Award for Sainath". The Hindu. August 1, 2007. http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/01/stories/2007080156480100.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ "Awards for journalists". Frontline. August 29, 2003. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2017/stories/20030829008513400.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
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