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For the Scottish Marxist magazine called Frontline see International Socialist Movement

Frontline (ISSN 0970-1710)is a fortnightly English language magazine published by The Hindu Group of publications from Chennai, India. N. Ram is the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine.

Niche

Frontline is a bi-weekly current affairs magazine published from Chennai, India. It covers a wide range of topics including politics, political economy, Arts, books, cinema, Science and the English language. Belonging to The Hindu stable of publications, the magazine is regarded as having left-leaning editorializing views.

Contributors and Perspective

Its regular contributors include known leftwing writers such as C.P. Chandrasekhar, Praful Bidwai, R.K.Raghavan, Jayati Ghosh and Bhaskar Ghose. Aijaz Ahmad, a Marxist literary critic and political analyst, also contributes occasional essays on various topics.

Frontline is noted for its serious coverage of issues.[1]The magazine has made it a point to analyse issues related to the working classes[2], the unorganized sectors, tribal regions[3], etc in India.

Since, 1991, the magazine has opposed the economic reforms of successive governments comprising divestment[4] in state owned corporations, opening of areas like telecom and insurance to private and foreign players among others.

On the foreign news coverage front, the Frontline's worldview is dominated by what it claims is a strong anti-imperialist[5] [6][7] [8][9][10][11] [12] sentiment.

Awards

Regular correspondent, Dionne Bunsha received the Ramnath Goenka Award in 2007 for outstanding reporting in the field of environment and books.[13] Journalist, P.Sainath, a frequent contributor to Frontline won the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award in the fields of creative arts, journalism and communication.[14]

Other journalists such as Asha Krishnakumar and Praveen Swami are also recipients of prestigious awards in journalism, such as the Lorenzo Natali prize.[15]

Criticism

  • Critics point out that notwithstanding the pointing out of human right violations and transgressions in freedoms in several countries, the editorializing position is appreciative of China without commensurate criticism. Media watch group The Hoot published a letter by Tibetan filmmaker and writer, Tenzing Sonam written to the Editorial board of Frontline .[16].

External link

See also

References

  1. ^ "'The Invisible Intellectual'". ZNET. March 11 2004. Retrieved 2007-07-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "'Weavers in Distress'". Frontline. August 07 2002. Retrieved 2007-08-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "'Tribal Issues'". Frontline. June 03 2005. Retrieved 2007-08-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "'Disinvestment Designs'". Frontline. June 04 2005. Retrieved 2007-08-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "'Iran: Imperialism's second strike'". Frontline. October 21 2005. Retrieved 2007-08-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "'A Timeless victory'". Frontline. November 15 2005. Retrieved 2007-09-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "'Fire in the plains, Fire in the mountains'". Frontline. January 15 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "'Morality and foreign policy'". Frontline. January 15 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "'Parallels in the past '". Frontline. May 09 2003. Retrieved 2007-09-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "'Reimposing the dollar hegemony '". Frontline. May 09 2003. Retrieved 2007-09-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "'THE IMPORTANCE OF CHOMSKY'S IDEAS'". Frontline. December 08 2003. Retrieved 2007-09-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "'The New War Against Terror'". Frontline. November 23 2001. Retrieved 2007-09-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ "Award for Bunsha". The Hindu. July 18 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "Award for Sainath". The Hindu. August 01 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ "Awards for journalists". Frontline. August 29 2003. Retrieved 2007-08-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "Letter to Frontline". The Hoot. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
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