The Hindu is one of India's best selling and most respected English-language newspapers. Published weekly since 1878 and daily since 1889, it has grown steadily to its current circulation of 1 million copies and a readership of over 3 million, both in India and abroad. It was also one of the first Indian newspapers to offer an online edition.

The Hindu enjoys considerable popularity, especially in South India, for its traditionally moderate and independent editorial stand and for its reliable and balanced presentation of the news.

The Hindu uses modern facilities for news gathering, page composition and printing. It is printed in twelve centres apart from the Main Edition at Chennai (Madras) where the Corporate Office is based. The printing centres at Coimbatore, Bangalore, Madurai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Vizag, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangalore and Tiruchirapalli are connected with high speed data lines for news transmission across the country.

On November 7, 2003 the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a resolution sentencing the publisher and four journalists of The Hindu to 15 days simple imprisonment for breach of privilege of the House after the Privileges Committee of the House pronounced them guilty. This was ironically in response to The Hindu's criticism of the government, which it alleged was "breeding intolerance" towards any form of dissent in the assembly (in three separate newpaper reports and an editorial in April 2003). The simple majority enjoyed by the ruling AIADMK ensured that the resolution was passed. The speaker of the assembly (who belonged to the ruling party) pronounced the reports to be contemptuous of the assembly. The police action that was taken after this event to place the accused under arrest was widely accused of having been carried out in violation of rules and etiquette, especially since the charges were non-criminal in nature and run with the intent of harassing the employees of The Hindu. The government action came under heavy fire from both the media and the opposition parties. The entire episode was decried as against freedom of speech and in violation of the principles of natural justice, especially because the accused were not given any opportunity to appear before the Privileges Committee (a temporarily elected body) and present their case. The Supreme Court stayed the arrests and the hearings of the case are still going on.[1]

Supplements provided

• On Mondays
  • Metro Plus
  • Education Plus
• On Tuesdays
  • Metro Plus
  • Open Page, Education & Book Review
• On Wednesdays
  • Metro Plus
  • Job Opportunities
• On Thursdays
  • Metro Plus
  • Science, Engineering, Technology & Agriculture
• On Fridays
  • Friday Features covering cinema, arts, music and entertainment
• On Saturdays
  • Sports Special
  • Young World, an exclusive children's supplement.
  • Signpost, meant mainly for young adults, appears once a month.
  • Quest, a supplement by children for children, appears once a month.
  • Property Plus
• On Sundays
  • Weekly Magazine covering social issues, art, literature, gardening, travel, health, cuisine, hobbies etc.
• Other supplement
  • Folio – a magazine featuring articles on a particular theme. Appears on Sunday once in six weeks.

Popular Columns include This day that year, Art Buchwald and Religion.

Other publications

• The Hindu Business Line – Business Daily
• The Hindu International Edition – Weekly
• The Sportstar – Weekly Sports magazine
• Frontline – Fortnightly features magazine
• Praxis – Quarterly Journal on Management
• Survey of Indian Industry – An annual review on Indian Industries
• Survey of Indian Agriculture – An annual review on Indian Agriculture
• Survey of the Environment – An annual review of the Environment
• Indian Cricket – An annual record book on Cricket
• The Hindu Index – Monthly and Cumulated Annual
• Special Publications under the series THE HINDU SPEAKS ON Libraries: Information Technology, Management, Education, Religious Values, Music, ...
• From the pages of The Hindu -- The Last 200 Days of Mahatma Gandhi

External link

• Online edition