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. Narasimhan Ram is the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine. As a current affairs magazine, it covers domestic and International news. Frontline gives a prominent place to various issues of development and hindrances in the Indian states. Apart from topics of politics and political economy, it also covers a wide range of topics including Arts, books, cinema, Science and English language. Belonging to The Hindu group of publications, the magazine is regarded as having left-leaning editorializing views.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Awards

Regular correspondent, Dionne Bunsha received the Ramnath Goenka Award in 2007 for outstanding reporting in the field of environment and books.[5] Journalist, P.Sainath, a frequent contributor to Frontline won the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award in the fields of creative arts, journalism and communication.[6]

Other journalists such as Asha Krishnakumar and Praveen Swami are also recipients of prestigious awards in journalism, such as the Lorenzo Natali prize.[7]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ 'The Invisible Intellectual'. ZNET (March 11, 2004). Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
  2. ^ 'Weavers in Distress'. Frontline (August 07, 2002). Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  3. ^ 'Tribal Issues'. Frontline (June 03, 2005). Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  4. ^ 'Disinvestment Designs'. Frontline (June 04, 2005). Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  5. ^ Award for Bunsha. The Hindu (July 18, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  6. ^ Award for Sainath. The Hindu (August 01, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  7. ^ Awards for journalists. Frontline (August 29, 2003). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.

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