The Hindu : WHAT THEY SAY

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Saturday, Sep 13, 2003

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WHAT THEY SAY

Sivanthi Adityan
M. A. M. Ramaswamy
K. Thimmappaiah
M. J. Gopalan
Balu Alaganan
Ramanathan Krishnan
P. T. Ummer Koya
P. T. Usha
S. Venkataraghavan.
P. R. Man Singh

"For me when I travel out of Chennai, my interest is to know of the sports activities happening back home. Ideally I look for The Hindu in the bunch of morning papers whether I am in Delhi or elsewhere and I am sure I will find everything there."

Sivanthi Adityan

"My day never starts without The Hindu. While I appreciate your paper giving three full pages for sports, I think it would have been wonderful if every sport had a fair share in the coverage."

M. A. M. Ramaswamy

"I have been a reader of The Hindu close to 60 years now and the reason is obvious: It is the best English daily in the country. As regards the sports news, it was always well presented, the reports are balanced, instructive to many young sportsmen. They could read and know what went wrong."

K. Thimmappaiah

"I am 97 now, but hardly a day goes by without me reading The Hindu. I find the sports coverage unbiased and interesting. All the games are given adequate coverage, and I am sure a lot of young sportspersons must have benefited. The Hindu has a rich tradition and has so much credibility. It has maintained its standard over the years."

M. J. Gopalan

"The Hindu has been dependable and reliable. I mean, you can quote from the newspaper without any fear. Some other newspapers might go in for gossip, but The Hindu does not indulge in sensationalism. It just states facts. This is what both players and the lovers of sports would prefer...but I suppose a little bit of spice is necessary at times."

Balu Alaganan

"As a sportsman, I have followed The Hindu reports for nearly 55 years. My father had saved paper cuttings on tennis matches since the `30s, which I have read. The Hindu's coverage too changed over the years. Those days, it was pure reporting of the event with the stress being more on the match _ the breakpoints, the backhands and forehands. That trend is gone. Today it is more professional and glamorous. The accent is more on the psychological and technical aspects of the game."

Ramanathan Krishnan

"To the Indian chess community, The Hindu is its official newspaper. The wide coverage of all our nationals, numbering 40 in all, with pictorial support given by The Hindu over the years, is one of the key reasons for the popularity that chess enjoys."

P. T. Ummer Koya

"As a regular reader of The Hindu over the last two decades, I have always been enamoured by the deep commitment shown by The Hindu to promote the cause of Indian sport. The care taken by the newspaper in providing adequate coverage of Indian athletics, over the years, has been exemplary."

P. T. Usha

"I just love the sports pages of The Hindu for the newspaper's content, presentation, depth, and analysis of all sports. The coverage has been widespread. I do feel that a day is not complete unless I read The Hindu. As a youngster I used to follow three sports, cricket, tennis and hockey. And I had a collection of cuttings of the Test matches, Wimbledon and the Olympics from The Hindu and its sister publication Sport & Pastime."

S. Venkataraghavan.

"With the readership growing in variety and numbers, The Hindu now caters to the need of one and all, from children to grown ups. What I like most about The Hindu is that while the paper has kept in tune with the changing times, it still retains that element of conservativeness in reportage which is probably the reason why people of the old school like me will always continue to be ardent readers of The Hindu."

P. R. Man Singh

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