''Frontline'' is a
fortnightly English language
magazine
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published by
The Hindu Group of publications headquartered in
Chennai
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, India. Vaishna Roy is the editor of the magazine. It is a news and views magazine that provides in-depth coverage on various topics such as politics, world affairs, culture, science, health, business and personalities. ''Frontline'' gives coverage to developmental issues and issues related to the
working class
The working class (or labouring class) comprises those engaged in manual-labour occupations or industrial work, who are remunerated via waged or salaried contracts. Working-class occupations (see also " Designation of workers by collar colou ...
es, unorganized sectors,
tribal regions and other under-served regions in India.
History
''Frontline'' was first published in December 1984.
It was originally intended to be a newspaper when it was started by the founders. They later had differences of opinion regarding the content and intent of the publication, and the magazine was sold to PL Investments Ltd, which later sold it to
The Hindu Group.
Contributors and perspective
The magazine's long-serving editor was R. Vijaya Sankar, who retired in May 2022. The magazine's regular contributors include well-known
progressive writers such as C.P. Chandrasekhar,
Praful Bidwai,
Jayati Ghosh
Jayati Ghosh (born 16 September 1955) is an Indian development economist. She is the Chairperson of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and her core areas of study include international econ ...
and Bhaskar Ghose.
Aijaz Ahmad
Aijaz Ahmad ( hi, ऐजाज़ अहमद, ur, اعجاز احمد; 1941 – 9 March 2022) was an Indian-born American Marxist philosopher, literary theorist, and political commentator. He was the Chancellor's Professor at the University ...
, the late
Marxist
Marxism is a left-wing to far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict and a dialecti ...
literary
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critic and political analyst, contributed to the magazine on various topics.
Vijay Prashad, the Marxist historian, used to be a regular columnist who sent the "Letter from America" piece for the magazine, as well as reported on American issues. R. Ramachandran is the magazine's long-time contributor to the Science and Health segments.
''Frontline'' is noted for its thorough and rigorous coverage of issues, its long-form interviews, essays and columns.
Aijaz Ahmed has called it the "best English language newsmagazine anywhere in the world".
Since 1991, the magazine has opposed the economic reforms of successive governments that encouraged disinvestment in state-owned corporations, and the opening up of areas like telecom and insurance to private and foreign players among others.
Awards
Regular correspondent
Dionne Bunsha received the
Ramnath Goenka in 2007 for outstanding
reporting in the field of environment and books.
Journalist
P. Sainath, a frequent contributor to ''Frontline,'' won the 2007
Ramon Magsaysay Award
The Ramon Magsaysay Award ( Filipino: ''Gawad Ramon Magsaysay'') is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic ideal ...
in the fields of creative arts, journalism and communication.
Other journalists such as Asha Krishnakumar and
Praveen Swami
Praveen Swami (born 1969) is an Indian journalist and author specialising on international strategic and security issues. He is currently the Group Consulting Editor at Network18 Group. He was the Diplomatic Editor of ''The Daily Telegraph'' new ...
are also recipients of prestigious awards in journalism, such as the
Lorenzo Natali Media Prize.
See also
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The Hindu Business Line
''Business Line'' or ''The Hindu Business Line'' is an Indian business newspaper published by Kasturi & Sons, the publishers of the newspaper ''The Hindu'' located in Chennai, India. The newspaper covers priority industry verticals, such as Agri ...
References
External links
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News magazines published in India
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