The Citizen (India)

The Citizen is a digital newspaper based in New Delhi, India. It was founded in January 2014 by Indian journalist Seema Mustafa.[1] It is owned and operated by GSA Azadi Media Pvt Ltd.[2]

Board of advisors

The paper's board of advisors include former chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Regulatory Board A. Gopalakrishnan, former Indian Chief of Naval Staff Laxminarayan Ramdas, journalist and civil rights activist John Dayal, veteran journalist Inder Malhotra, professor Kamal Mitra Chenoy, senior journalist and political commentator Kuldip Nayar, noted historian Mushirul Hasan, senior journalist Pamela Philipose, journalist and author Prem Shankar Jha, journalist Shastri Ramachandaran, and journalist Sukumar Muralidharan.[3]

Columnists

The paper's columnists include journalist and author Alan Hart,[4] Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti,[5] activist Kancha Ilaiah,[6] Pakistani civilian military scientist Ayesha Siddiqa,[7] feminist activist Kamla Bhasin,[8] retired Indian army general Syed Ata Hasnain,[9] journalist Saeed Naqvi,[10] writer Javed Jabbar,[11] former chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities Wajahat Habibullah,[12] filmmaker Anand Patwardhan,[13] Middle east expert Alon Ben-Meir,[14] amongst several others.

History

The paper was launched on January 27, 2014, with Seema Mustafa as its editor-in-chief.

The paper first came into prominence following its coverage on the rape case involving Tarun Tejpal, for which, the paper was mentioned by The Hindu,[15] Network of Women in the Media,[16] Feminists India,[17] Scroll,[18] FirstPost,[19] and NDTV.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gsa Azadi Media Private Limited". Comapnyinfoz.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "About Us". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Alan Hart". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Omar Barghouti". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kancha Ilaiah". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "The Citizen - India’s First Online Newspaper - The Citizen". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Syed Ata Hasnain". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Saeed Naqvi". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Javed Jabbar". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Wajahat Habibullah". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Anand Patwardhan". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Alon Ben-Meir". Thecitizen.in. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  15. ↑ Amit Baruah. "The wrongs of writing in Tejpal case". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "Network of Women in Media, India(NWMI) - NWMI’s response to Seema Mustafa’s critique of our letter". Nwmindia.org. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "FeministsIndia". FeministsIndia. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  18. ↑ "Scroll.in - News. Politics. Culture.". Scroll.in. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  19. ↑ "Outlook essay on Tehelka CCTV footage sparks Twitter war". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  20. ↑ "Tarun Tejpal's daughter joins Twitter war over alleged rape case". NDTV.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

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