Frontline (magazine)
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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.
As a current affairs magazine, it covers domestic and International news. Unlike many other mainstream magazines published in India, Frontline gives a prominent place to various issues of development and hindrances in the Indian states. Apart from topics of political economy, it also covers a wide range of topics including Arts, books, cinema, Science and English language.
The perspective provided in the magazine is of a strong leftist nature, wherein views are often solicited from eminent leftist intellectuals. C.P. Chandrasekhar, Praful Bidwai, R.K.Raghavan, Jayati Ghosh and Bhaskar Ghose have been contributing regular columns for the magazine. Aijaz Ahmad, the eminent Marxist literary critic and political analyst also contributes occasional essays on various topics.
At a time, when the magazine space in India is occupied increasingly by news tinged with lifestyles of middle and upper class people in urban areas, mundane "gossip", sensationalism and total non-coverage of livelihood issues, Frontline is noted for its serious coverage of issues.[citation needed] The magazine has made it a point to analyse issues related to the working classes, the unorganized sectors, tribal regions, etc in India.
Since, 1991, the magazine has consistently opposed the economic reforms of successive governments comprising divestment in state owned corporations, opening of areas like telecom and insurance to private and foreign players among others. Because of its strong opposition to India's neoliberal economic reforms, it is panned by critics who favour neoliberal policies.
On the foreign news coverage front, the Frontline's worldview is dominated by a strong anti-imperialist sentiment, coupled with a sympathetic reporting about leftist regimes across the world.[citation needed]
