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Saturday, September 13, 2003
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An early lesson at a concertWhat does The Hindu mean to me? It means memories, cameos. Principally, of the Madras of the 1950s, of Bazullah Road in Tyagarayanagar, where my maternal grandfather lived his spartan life in a narrow and long upstairs room. There was ... 
'It belongs to all of us'I am 96 years old. My memory is not what it was. But I do know that The Hindu is what I call a 'classical' paper, dignified, restrained, sober. Nothing quirky or cheap can touch it. Whether you know English or not, just to be seen with ... Growing up with it Verdict: Idli level of passion! That was the reaction of some of us gathered in the café of the Delhi University in August 1945 on being shocked to learn from Som Benegal — one of our fellow `Madraasi' students — that The Hindu ... 
Those shattering editorialsThe information revolution of the second half of the last century and the knowledge revolution of this century will inevitably transform all institutions. To handle and manage these forces of chance in a meaningful way is a measure of the success ... The wealth in the archives Novelists and historians have written insightfully and at length about Indians living overseas. Less well known are the stories of those Indians who live (or lived) in part of India not originally their own. One of the finest accounts of this ... Striking the right note on reform process As an addict of The Hindu, one among the many thousands for the last 50 years, the copy of The Hindu to savour with a cup of coffee every morning has meant that it has primed and conditioned me for the world around on a daily basis. ... Presentation always fair and full The Hindu is completing 125 years. This is indeed a remarkable span of time in the history of modern India. It covers long years of freedom struggle, Partition, Independence and its aftermath and the efforts towards accelerating economic ... Correcting Churchill MY earliest recollections of The Hindu go back to 1936, when, as an eight-year-old boy, I followed the fortunes of the Indian cricket team touring England. Lala Amarnath had been sent back, our record was nothing to write home about till ... 
A 'born fighter' and his close tiesThe sole objective of Kasturi Ranga Iyengar was to put forth the nationalist cause by giving wide and full coverage of the movement. The Hindu created an awareness amongst the English speaking citizenry about the oppression of the British ... A case of love at forty Growing up in Delhi in the 1960s, The Hindu meant nothing to me. My parents read The Statesman, my aunt took the Times of India and thousands of people we didn't know read The Hindustan Times but my father had been ... 
'I have one grievance'MY day starts at 5.30 with Venkatesa Suprabhatam on the TV, The Hindu and a cup of coffee. I am fond of reading the column on religion and sometimes cut it out and keep it for ready reference. What I like here is not only the fact that it ... Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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