Welcome to Mumbai. It was only a day ago that I got to know about the grand entry of The Hindu into western India. I now have Day 3 of the edition with me.
I hope the management would be able to work out half-yearly or annual subscription offers. There is absolutely no doubt that the daily will reach greater heights because of the hard work and perseverance of the Editor, the management and the editorial and other staff.
Manish Ramesh Chaumal,
Thane
Living in Pune for the past 13 years after my retirement, I have been getting the Karnataka edition, delivered every day but a day late. It is now an excellent development to have a proper Mumbai edition. I am also sure that Bollywood will never be able to overpower content in the daily, as a reader seemed worried about (Nov.30).
Sukumar Shidore,
Pune
My cousin, a resident of Tirunelveli, had to move to Mumbai recently to be with his son. He was quite upset and used to grumble to me over the phone about missing his favourite daily. Reading rival publications only made him angrier still. His joy knew no bounds when he received a copy of The Hindu a day ago . He telephoned me and shouted out, “Good morning. I am with The Hindu this morning.”
Rajakumar Arulanandam,
Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu
This is one more feather in The Hindu ’s cap. What is the edge that the daily has over the others? Clean journalism, and the fact that it is India’s best family newspaper. Having lived in Mumbai for 27 years, at Chembur, and then having moved back to my home base, Chennai, in 2010, I recall my days in Mumbai when I used to buy The Hindu in the evening. My best wishes to the management and the editorial team for a memorable innings in Mumbai.
T.D. Govindrajan,
Chennai
I am a lecturer in an engineering college. A few months ago I was chatting with the Principal about newspapers in India and their quality. She asked me to try reading The Hindu once. She added that the quality of content and language is unmatched. Curiosity got the better of me and I browsed through the online version the same day. My interest didn’t stop there. A search for the “Top Ten English Newspapers” most often ranked The Hindu as “#1”. Since then, I have had to be content reading the online version. The print edition now changes things. A hearty welcome to Mumbai.
Nikhil Kishor Parmar,
Mumbai
As a die-hard fan of The Hindu , there have been times when I have had to literally walk miles in order to buy a copy as the print edition was very often available in pockets of the city, only on Sundays and in the afternoon. Even then it was a matter of luck. The only times one could lay one’s hands on a copy was if someone had been on a flight from the south to Mumbai and gave you a copy. An almost 25-year-old wait, right from my student days, has now ended, thanks to a friendly newspaper delivery boy who makes morning deliveries.
Ganesh Sankaran,
Mumbai
The print edition will be a welcome addition to the bouquet of newspapers published in Mumbai. I am sure that like the newspaper’s various other editions, this one too will provide contemporary, sober content as against the competition’s sensational and shallow material. In an era where most newspapers have given up publishing readers’ letters or have shrunk this space, The Hindu ’s management ensuring that there is dedicated space for readers’s opinions and the Readers’ Editor’s column shows how much it cares for readers’ views.
Y.G. Chouksey,
Pune
I have been an avid reader of The Hindu for over six decades. One hopes that the launch of the Mumbai edition will now lead the Editor and the management to contemplate similar projects across untapped markets in India. Now for the edition of November 28. For a very long time, this was a national newspaper that never printed anything related to the field of cinema. It was surprising that much of the focus on the front page was on a filmstar, and with an extensive interview in the inside pages. One hopes that when there are so many iconic figures in Mumbai who have been rendering valuable and selfless service in the fields of literature, science and technology, education, sports, music, dance and drama, there is more balance.
A.C. Ramakrishna,
Mysuru
