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{{short description|English-language newspaper in India}}
{{About|the English newspaper|the Tamil newspaper|The Hindu (Tamil)|other uses|The Hindu (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{primary sources|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Hindu
| logo =
| logo_size = 250px
| image = [[File:NewsPaperTheHindu.png|225px]]
| caption = 16 March 2005 front page of ''The Hindu''
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| owners = [[The Hindu Group]], and<br />Kasturi and Sons Limited
| founder = [[G. Subramania Iyer]]
| publisher = [[N. Ravi]]
| editor = Suresh Nambath<ref name="Editorial transition">{{cite news |title=Editorial transition |newspaper=The Hindu|date=March 2019|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/editorial-transition/article26401002.ece}}</ref>
| foundation = {{start date and age|1878|09|20|df=yes}}
| political = 
| language = {{nowrap|[[English language|English]]|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]}}
| headquarters = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| publishing_country = India
| circulation = 1,415,792 Daily<ref name=ABCIND>{{cite web| url= http://www.auditbureau.org/files/JD%202019%20Highest%20Circulated%20(across%20languages).pdf | title=Highest Circulated daily Newspapers (language wise)| publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>
| circulation_date = December 2019
| ISSN = 0971-751X
| oclc = 13119119
| website = {{URL|http://www.thehindu.com}}
}}

'''''The Hindu''''' is an English-language, [[India]]n [[daily newspaper]] owned by [[The Hindu Group]], headquartered in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/aboutus/|title=About Us News|website=The Hindu|language=en|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref> It is one of the Indian [[Newspaper of record|newspapers of record]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BkhHC6AgRrgC&q=%22newspaper+of+record%22+%22the+hindu%22+-thehindu.com&pg=PA163|title=The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 1: Entitlement and Well-being|last1=Drèze|first1=Jean|last2=Sen|first2=Amartya|date=21 February 1991|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=9780191544460|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSW8fg7zr8gC&q=%22newspaper+of+record%22+%22the+hindu%22&pg=PA185|title=The Sun Never Sets: South Asian Migrants in an Age of U.S. Power|last1=Bald|first1=Vivek|last2=Chatterji|first2=Miabi|last3=Reddy|first3=Sujani|last4=Vimalassery|first4=Manu|date=22 July 2013|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0814786437|language=en}}</ref> and the second [[List of newspapers in India by circulation|most circulated English-language newspaper in India]], after ''[[The Times of India]]''. As of March 2018, ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/expanding-footprint/article22872967.ece | title=Expanding footprint| newspaper=The Hindu| date=27 February 2018}}</ref>

==History==
=== Early years ===
''The Hindu'' was founded in [[Madras]] on 20 September 1878 as a weekly newspaper, by what was known then as the '''Triplicane Six''' consisting of four law students and two teachers:- T. T. Rangacharya, P. V. Rangacharya, D. Kesava Rao Pantulu and [[N. Subba Rao Pantulu]], led by [[G. Subramania Iyer]] (a school teacher from [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore district]]) and M. Veeraraghavacharyar, a [[lecturer]] at Pachaiyappa's College.<ref>{{cite news|first1=M.S.|last1=Ramnath|first2=Mitu|last2=Jayshankar|title=The Hindu board room becomes a battlefield|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/boardroom/the-hindu-board-room-becomes-battlefield/12462/0|access-date=4 March 2014|newspaper=Forbes India|date=22 April 2010}}</ref> Started in order to support the campaign of [[Sir T. Muthuswamy Iyer]] for a judgeship at the [[Madras High Court]] and to counter the campaign against him carried out by the [[Anglo-Indian]] press, ''The Hindu'' was one of the newspapers of the period established to protest the policies of the [[British Raj]]. About 100 copies of the inaugural issue were printed at Srinidhi Press, [[Georgetown, Chennai|Georgetown]], on one rupee and twelve annas of borrowed money. Subramania Iyer became the first editor and Veera Raghavacharya, the first [[managing director]] of the newspaper.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

The paper was initially printed from Srinidhi Press but later moved to Scottish Press, then to The Hindu Press, [[Mylapore]]. Started as a weekly newspaper, the paper became a tri-weekly in 1883 and an evening daily in 1889. A single copy of the newspaper was priced at four [[Indian anna|anna]]s. The offices moved to rented premises at 100 [[Mount Road]] on 3 December 1883. The newspaper started printing at its own press there, named "The National Press," which was established on borrowed capital as public subscriptions were not forthcoming. The building itself became ''The Hindu''{{'}}s in 1892, after the Maharaja of [[Vizianagaram]], [[Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju]], gave The National Press a loan both for the building and to carry out needed expansion.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

'Its editorial stances have earned it the nickname, the '[[Maha Vishnu]] of Mount Road'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://keetru.com/vizhippunarvu/oct08/kuthusigurusami.php|title=Vizhippunarvu - Kuthusigurusami - Kuruvikarambaivelu - Periyar - Kudiarasu|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref> "From the new address, 100 Mount Road, which was to remain ''The Hindu''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> home till 1939, there issued a [[quarto]]-size paper with a front-page full of advertisements—a practice that came to an end only in 1958 when it followed the lead of its idol, the pre-[[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet|Thomson]] ''[[The Times|Times]]'' [London]—and three back pages also at the service of the advertiser. In between, there were more views than news."<ref name="WillingToStrike">{{cite web | author=S. Muthiah | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300770200.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& | title=Willing to strike and not reluctant to wound | date=13 September 2003 | access-date=25 April 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050929154239/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300770200.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& | archive-date=29 September 2005 | url-status=usurped | df=dmy-all }}</ref> After 1887, when the annual session of [[Indian National Congress]] was held in Madras, the paper's coverage of national news increased significantly, and led to the paper becoming an evening daily starting 1 April 1889.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

=== Kasturi family ===
The partnership between Veeraraghavachariar and Subramania Iyer was dissolved in October 1898. Iyer quit the paper and Veeraraghavachariar became the sole owner and appointed [[C. Karunakara Menon]] the editor. However, ''The Hindu''{{'}}s adventurousness began to decline in the 1900s and so did its circulation, which was down to 800 copies when the sole proprietor decided to sell out. The purchaser was ''The Hindu''{{'}}s Legal Adviser from 1895, [[S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl2020/stories/20031010005512800.htm|title=Navigation News - Frontline|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref> a politically ambitious lawyer who had migrated from a [[Kumbakonam]] village to practise in [[Coimbatore]] and from thence to [[Madras]].{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} Iyengar's son, Kasturi Srinivasan, became managing editor of The Hindu upon his father's death in 1923 and Chief Editor in February 1934. The  Kasturi family, descendants of Kasturi Ranga Iyengar,  have since  owned and, through most of the paper's life, held the top editorial positions in the company.

Joint managing director N. Murali said in July 2003, "It is true that our readers have been complaining that some of our reports are partial and lack objectivity. But it also depends on reader beliefs."<ref name="ChangeOfGuard">{{cite web |author=Venkatachari Jagannathan |url=http://www.domain-b.com/companies/companies_k/kasturi_sons/20030701_change_of_guard.htm |title=Change of guard |date=1 June 2003 |access-date=20 April 2006}}</ref> N. Ram was appointed on 27 June 2003 as its [[editor-in-chief]] with a mandate to "improve the structures and other mechanisms to uphold and strengthen quality and objectivity in news reports and opinion pieces", authorised to "restructure the editorial framework and functions in line with the competitive environment".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prdomain.com/feature/feature_details.asp?id=119&area=J&typ=A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317091805/http://www.prdomain.com/feature/feature_details.asp?id=119&area=J&typ=A |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 March 2006 |title=The job of a reporter is to write news, not to comment |date=11 November 2005 |access-date=20 April 2006 }} An interview with N. Ram, editor-in-chief of ''The Hindu''</ref> On 3 and 23 September 2003, the reader's letters column carried responses from readers saying the editorial was biased.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/09/03/stories/2003090302701002.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041104060404/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/09/03/stories/2003090302701002.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=4 November 2004 |title=Opinion&nbsp;– Letters to the Editor |date=3 September 2003 |access-date=20 April 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/09/23/stories/2003092300861002.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310174944/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/09/23/stories/2003092300861002.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=10 March 2007 |title=Opinion&nbsp;– Letters to the Editor |date=23 September 2003 |access-date=20 April 2006}}</ref> An editorial in August 2003 observed that the newspaper was affected by the 'editorialising as news [[Journalism|reporting]]' virus, and expressed a determination to buck the trend, restore the professionally sound lines of demarcation, and strengthen [[Objectivity (journalism)|objectivity]] and [[factuality]] in its coverage.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/08/27/stories/2003082700621000.htm |title=The Hindu |date=27 August 2003 |access-date=20 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310174913/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/08/27/stories/2003082700621000.htm |archive-date=10 March 2007 |url-status=usurped  }}</ref>

In 1987–88, ''The Hindu'''s coverage of the [[Bofors arms deal scandal]], a series of document-backed exclusives, set the terms of the national political discourse on this subject.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://centennial.journalism.columbia.edu/1989-scandal-in-india/index.html|title=1989: Scandal in India|website=centennial.journalism.columbia.edu|language=en-US|access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref> The Bofors scandal broke in April 1987 with [[Sveriges Radio|Swedish Radio]] alleging that bribes had been paid to top Indian political leaders, officials and Army officers in return for the Swedish arms manufacturing company winning a hefty contract with the Government of India for the purchase of 155&nbsp;mm howitzers. During a six-month period, the newspaper published scores of copies of original papers that documented the secret payments, amounting to $50 million, into Swiss bank accounts, the agreements behind the payments, communications relating to the payments and the crisis response, and other material. The investigation was led by a part-time correspondent of ''The Hindu'', [[Chitra Subramaniam]], reporting from [[Geneva]], and was supported by Ram in Chennai. The scandal was a major embarrassment to the party in power at the centre, the [[Indian National Congress]], and its leader Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. The paper's editorial accused the Prime Minister of being party to massive fraud and cover-up.<ref name="DevelopPaperNewReader">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/th125/stories/2003091300830500.htm |title=Developing a paper for a new reader |work=The Hindu |date=13 September 2003 |access-date=20 April 2006 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041124154440/http://www.hinduonnet.com/th125/stories/2003091300830500.htm |archive-date=24 November 2004}}</ref><!--what became of the legal proceedings, how it fizzled out.. that deserves mention, right?-->

In 1991, Deputy Editor N. Ravi, Ram's younger brother, replaced G. Kasturi as editor. Nirmala Lakshman, Kasturi Srinivasan's granddaughter and the first woman in the company to hold an editorial or managerial role, became Joint Editor of ''The Hindu'' and her sister, Malini Parthasarathy, Executive Editor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/blog/story/ithe-hindui-very-divided-family/2225|title=The Hindu: Very Divided Family|work=www.outlookindia.com|access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2003, the [[Jayalalitha]] government of the state of Tamil Nadu, of which Chennai is the capital, filed cases against ''The Hindu'' for breach of privilege of the state legislative body. The move was perceived as a government's assault on freedom of the press. The paper garnered support from the journalistic community.<ref>{{cite web |author=Onkar Singh |url= http://inhome.rediff.com/news/2003/nov/08hindu.htm |title=Journalists protest TN assembly's arrest of scribes |date=8 November 2003 |access-date=20 April 2006}}</ref>

In 2010, ''[[The Indian Express]]'' reported a dispute within the publisher of ''The Hindu'' regarding the retirement age of the person working as the editor-in-chief, a post which was then being served by N. Ram. Following this report, Ram decided to sue ''The Indian Express'' for defamation, a charge which the ''Indian Express'' denied. [[N. Ravi]] and [[Malini Parthasarathy]] voiced concern about Ram's decision, saying that doing so goes against ''The Hindu''’s values and that journalists shouldn’t fear “scrutiny”, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bansal|first=Vidhya Sivaramakrishnan and Shuchi|date=2010-03-25|title=Ram to initiate legal action against Express for story on internal tussle|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/JLCZIVNqLgskfDNFDGB4LI/Ram-to-initiate-legal-action-against-Express-for-story-on-in.html|access-date=2020-10-04|website=mint|language=en}}</ref> During subsequent events, Parthasarathy tweeted that “issues relating to management of newspaper have come to the surface, including editorial direction” in her response to a question. Later, Parthasarathy called N. Ram and other ''The Hindu'' employees “stalinists”, alleging that they were trying to oust her from the newspaper.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=25 March 2010|title=The Hindu: Very Divided Family|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/blog/story/ithe-hindui-very-divided-family/2225|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Outlook}}</ref>

In 2011, during the resignation of [[N. Ram]], the newspaper became the subject of a succession battle between the members of the Kasturi family. Ram had appointed [[Siddharth Varadarajan]] as his successor as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper who justified the appointment on the ostensible basis of separation of ownership and management, which was opposed by [[N. Ravi]] as it deviated from the publication's tradition of family members retaining editorial control over it.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-22|title=Succession battle for The Hindu turns ugly|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/succession-battle-for-the-hindu-turns-ugly/story-GUUNCN95Sffn0YlDiMv1PM.html|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Varadarajan was subsequently accused by the dissident family members of being [[Left-wing politics|left]] leaning and the matter of Varadarajan's appointment was brought in front of the board of directors of the parent company, Kasturi & Sons. During the dispute, [[Narasimhan Murali]] alleged that [[N. Ram]] ran ''The Hindu'' “like a banana republic, with cronyism and vested interests ruling the roost”. In the end the board voted 6–6 over a review of the appointment, the tie was broken by a deciding vote from Ram in his capacity as the chairman of the company and in favor of his decision.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2013-11-07|title=The family feud which is gripping India's media: Editor of 'The Hindu' newspaper resigns|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/family-feud-which-gripping-india-s-media-editor-hindu-newspaper-resigns-8925384.html|access-date=2020-10-04|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>

On 21 October 2013, changes have been made in Editorial as well as business of ''The Hindu''.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> N. Ravi took over as Editor-in-chief of ''The Hindu'' and Malini Parthasarathy as Editor of ''The Hindu''. As a consequence, Siddarth Varadarajan submitted his resignation. N. Ram has become Chairman of Kasturi & Sons Limited and Publisher of The Hindu and Group publications; and N. Murali, Co-chairman of the company.

=== Trivia ===
In 2012, ''The Hindu'' became the only Indian newspaper to appoint a Readers Editor, an independent internal news ombudsman.<ref>{{cite news |title=Panneerselvan, The Hindu's new Readers' Editor |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/Readers-Editor/panneerselvan-the-hindus-new-readers-editor/article3911966.ece|access-date=16 January 2020|work=thehindu.com|date=18 September 2012}}</ref>

On 2 April 2013 ''The Hindu'' started "The Hindu in School" with S. Shivakumar as editor. This is a new edition for young readers, to be distributed through schools as part of ''The Hindu'''s "Newspaper in Education" programme. It covers the day's important news developments, features, sports, and regional news.<ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/the-hindu-goes-to-school/article3269801.ece |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |first=Liffy |last=Thomas |title=''The Hindu'' goes to school |date=2 April 2012}}</ref> On 16 September 2013, The Hindu group launched its [[Tamil language|Tamil]] edition with K. Ashokan as editor.<ref name="livemint.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/dLro0NLJ7ujfKJbTswsGgL/The-Hindu-to-launch-Tamil-newspaper-on-16-September.html|title='The Hindu' to launch Tamil newspaper on 16 September|author=S. Bridget Leena|work=livemint.com/|date=4 September 2013|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>

During the [[2015 South Indian floods]], for the first time since its founding in 1878, the newspaper did not publish a print edition in Chennai market on 2 December, as workers were unable to reach the press building.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chennai floods: The Hindu not published for first time since 1878|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34981328|access-date=2 December 2015|work=BBC News|date=2 December 2015}}</ref>

On 5 January 2016, Malini Parthasarathy, the Editor of the newspaper, resigned with immediate effect. It was reported by the media that she resigned her post, citing "general dissatisfaction" with her performance.<ref name="scroll.in">{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/801411/malini-parthasarathy-steps-down-as-editor-of-the-hindu-saying-she-has-been-harshly-judged|title=Malini Parthasarathy steps down as editor of the Hindu, saying she has been 'harshly judged'|author=Rohan Venkataramakrishnan|work=Scroll.in|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/resignation-of-editor-interim-arrangements-in-place/article8069501.ece?homepage=true|title=Resignation of Editor & interim arrangements in place|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=14 May 2016|date=5 January 2016}}</ref> However, she continues to be a Wholetime Director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd.<ref name="ReferenceC" />

On October 7, 2019, ''The Hindu'' announced that "Two editorial meetings a month will be opened up to readers in order to expand conversations and build trust", a first in India's media industry.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dialogue to bridge divides |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/Readers-Editor/dialogue-to-bridge-divides/article29611507.ece|access-date=16 January 2020|work=thehindu.com|date=7 October 2019|last1=Panneerselvan|first1=A. s.}}</ref>

The newspaper has foreign bureaus in eleven locations&nbsp;– [[Islamabad]], [[Colombo]], [[Dhaka]], [[Kathmandu]], [[Beijing]], [[Moscow]], [[Paris]], [[Dubai]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[London]], and most recently [[Addis Ababa]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Hindu |title=''The Hindu'' returns to Africa |date=22 August 2012 |access-date=22 October 2012 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/the-hindu-returns-to-africa/article3804615.ece |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

A 2014 article in the ''[[Indian Journal of Pharmacology]]'' praised ''The Hindu'''s ongoing journalism and critique of [[clinical trials in India]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gupta |first1=Yk |last2=Kumar |first2=BDinesh |title=Clinical trials and evolving regulatory science in India |journal=Indian Journal of Pharmacology |date=2014 |volume=46 |issue=6 |pages=575–578 |doi=10.4103/0253-7613.144887|pmid=25538325 |pmc=4264069 }}</ref>

==Management==
Over the course of its history, the Kasturi Ranga Iyengar family has usually run ''The Hindu'' through the presence of family in editorial and business operations as well as on the Board. It was headed by G. Kasturi from 1965 to 1991, N. Ravi from 1991 to 2003, and by his brother, N. Ram, from 27 June 2003 to 18 January 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hindu: Very Divided Family |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/blog/story/ithe-hindui-very-divided-family/2225 |access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>

As of 2010, there are 12 directors in the board of Kasturi & Sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/battleforcontrolbreaksoutinthehinduverydividedfamily/595373/0|title=Battle for control breaks out in The Hindu very divided family|last= Shukla |first=Archna |date=25 March 2010|work=The Indian Express  |access-date=25 March 2010}}</ref>

==Managing directors==
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2021}}
[[File:The Hindu front.jpg|thumb|A close-up view of the entrance to Kasturi Buildings, the head office of ''The Hindu''|284x284px]]

*[[M. Veeraraghavachariar]] (1878–1904)
*[[S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar]] (1904–1923)
*[[K. Srinivasan]] (1923–1959)
*[[G. Narasimhan]] (1959–1977)
*[[N. Ram]] (1977–2011)
*[[K. Balaji (publisher)|K. Balaji]] (2011–2012)
*Rajiv C. Lochan (2013- 2019)
* L. V. Navaneeth (2019–present)

==Editors==

*[[G. Subramania Iyer]] (1878–1898)
*[[C. Karunakara Menon]] (1898–1905)
*Kasturi Ranga Iyengar (1905–1923)
*[[S. Rangaswami Iyengar]] (1923–1926)
*K. Srinivasan (1926–1928)
*[[A. Rangaswami Iyengar]] (1928–1934)
*K. Srinivasan (1934–1959)
*[[S. Parthasarathy]] (1959–1965)
*[[G. Kasturi]] (1965–1991)
*[[N. Ravi]] (1991–2003)
*[[N. Ram]] (2003–2012)
*[[Siddharth Varadarajan]] (2012–2013)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.livemint.com/2012/01/09180625/N-Ram-to-step-down-as-editor.html |title=N. Ram to step down as editor-in-chief of The Hindu |access-date=19 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/svaradarajan/status/392258645586493440|title=Siddharth on Twitter|publisher=Twitter|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>
*[[N. Ravi]] (2013–2015)<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/changes-at-the-helm-editorial-and-business/article5257829.ece?homepage=true |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |title=Changes at the Helm: Editorial and Business |date=21 October 2013}}</ref>
*[[Malini Parthasarathy]] (2015–2016)<ref name="ReferenceC" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/change-at-the-helm-at-the-hindu/article6805809.ece|title=Malini Parthasarathy is the Editor of The Hindu|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=14 May 2016|date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
*Mukund Padmanabhan (2016–2019)<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/mukund-padmanabhan-is-editor-of-the-hindu-raghavan-srinivasan-becomes-business-line-editor/article8390017.ece?homepage=true|title=Mukund Padmanabhan is Editor of The Hindu; Raghavan Srinivasan becomes Business Line Editor|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=14 May 2016|date=23 March 2016}}</ref>
*Suresh Nambath (2019–present)<ref name="Editorial transition">{{cite news |title=Editorial transition |newspaper=The Hindu|date=March 2019|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/editorial-transition/article26401002.ece}}</ref>

==Online presence==
''The Hindu'' was the first newspaper in India to have a website, launched in 1995.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/in-its-20-year-the-hindu-website-wins-major-award/article6937451.ece|title=In its 20th year, The Hindu website wins major award|date=26 February 2015|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 May 2019|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

On 15 August 2009, the 130-year-old newspaper launched the beta version of its redesigned website at [https://web.archive.org/web/20091020110349/http://beta.thehindu.com/ beta.thehindu.com]. This was the first redesign of its website since its launch. On 24 June 2010 the beta version of the website went fully live at [http://www.thehindu.com www.thehindu.co.in].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/23/stories/2010062362190100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626110341/http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/23/stories/2010062362190100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 June 2010 |title=Our new website goes fully live on 29 June |date=23 June 2010 |access-date=26 June 2010 |work=The Hindu |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

==Reviews==
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[[File:The Hindu Chennai.jpg|thumb|200px|Headquarters of ''The Hindu'' in [[Anna Salai]], [[Chennai]]]]In 1965, ''[[The Times]]'' listed ''The Hindu'' as one of the world's ten best newspapers. Discussing each of its choices in separate articles, ''The Times'' wrote: "''The Hindu'' takes the general seriousness to lengths of severity... published in Madras, it is the only newspaper which in spite of being published only in a provincial capital is regularly and attentively read in Delhi. It is read not only as a distant and authoritative voice on national affairs but as an expression of the most liberal—and least provincial—southern attitudes... Its Delhi Bureau gives it outstanding political and economic dispatches and it carries regular and frequent reports from all state capitals, so giving more news from states, other than its own, than most newspapers in India... It might fairly be described as a national voice with a southern accent. ''The Hindu'' can claim to be the most respected paper in India."<ref name="DevelopPaperNewReader" /><ref>{{cite news |work=The Times |date=3 March 1965 |title=Newspapers of the World: VI - The Hindu |page=11 |issue=56260}}</ref>

In 1968, the American Newspaper Publishers' Association awarded ''The Hindu'' its World Press Achievement Award. An extract from the citation reads:
"Throughout nearly a century of its publication The Hindu has exerted wide influence not only in Madras but throughout India. Conservative in both tone and appearance, it has wide appeal to the English-speaking segment of the population and wide readership among government officials and business leaders... ''The Hindu'' has provided its readers a broad and balanced news coverage, enterprising reporting and a sober and thoughtful comment... It has provided its country a model of journalistic excellence... It has fought for a greater measure of humanity for India and its people... and has not confined itself to a narrow chauvinism. Its Correspondents stationed in the major capitals of the world furnish ''The Hindu'' with world-wide news coverage... For its championing of reason over emotion, for its dedication to principle even in the face of criticism and popular disapproval, for its confidence in the future, it has earned the respect of its community, its country, and the world."<ref name="DevelopPaperNewReader" />

== See also ==
{{Portal|India|Journalism}}

*[[Business Line|''The Hindu Business Line'']]
*[[Frontline (magazine)|''Frontline'' magazine]]
*[[The Hindu Group]]
*[[List of newspapers in India]]
*[[List of newspapers in India by readership]]
*[[The Hindu Literary Prize|''The Hindu'' Literary Prize]]
*[[Lit for Life]]
*[[Sportstar]]

==References==
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==Further reading==

*Merrill, John C. and Harold A. Fisher. ''The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers'' (1980) pp 162–69
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110430123920/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20031010005512800.htm&date=fl2020%2F&prd=fline& 125 years of ''The Hindu'']}}
*{{cite web | author=N. Ram | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300500100.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& | title=Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow | work=The Hindu | date=13 September 2003 | access-date=20 April 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219213310/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300500100.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& | archive-date=19 February 2007 | url-status=usurped | df=dmy-all }}
*Looking Back: The history of ''The Hindu'' as told by historian S. Muthiah.
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**{{cite web | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300770200.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& | title=Willing to strike and not reluctant to wound | date=13 September 2003 | access-date=28 April 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050929154239/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300770200.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& | archive-date=29 September 2005 | url-status=usurped | df=dmy-all }}
**{{cite web | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300800200.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& | title=Making news the family business | date=13 September 2003 | access-date=28 April 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310193335/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300800200.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& | archive-date=10 March 2007 | url-status=usurped | df=dmy-all }}
**{{cite web | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300810200.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& | title=A clarion call against the Raj | date=13 September 2003 | access-date=28 April 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112002540/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300810200.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& | archive-date=12 January 2009 | url-status=usurped | df=dmy-all }}
**{{cite web | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300820400.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& | title=Treading softly&nbsp;– but modernizing apace | date=13 September 2003 | access-date=28 April 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015064319/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300820400.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& | archive-date=15 October 2007 | url-status=usurped | df=dmy-all }}
**{{cite web | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300830500.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& | title=Developing a paper for the new reader | date=13 September 2003 | access-date=28 April 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310193354/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300830500.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& | archive-date=10 March 2007 | url-status=usurped | df=dmy-all }}
*{{cite web | author=N. Murali | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091301020800.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& | title=Core values and high quality standards | work=The Hindu | date=13 September 2003 | access-date=20 April 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127134111/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091301020800.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& | archive-date=27 November 2007 | url-status=usurped | df=dmy-all }}

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