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Frontline is a fortnightly English language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 magazine published by The Hindu Group
The Hindu Group

The Hindu Group is a publishing organization located in Chennai. The initial publication of The Hindu Group was The Hindu, a daily newspaper that began as a weekly in 1878....
 of publications from Chennai
Chennai

Chennai , formerly Indian renaming controversy , is the fourth largest metropolitan area of India and the capital city of the Indian states and territories of India of Tamil Nadu....
, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. Narasimhan Ram
Narasimhan Ram

Narasimhan Ram is an Indian journalist. He has been the Editor-in-chief of The Hindu since June 27, 2003. Ram also heads the other publications of The Hindu Group such as Frontline , The Hindu Business Line and Sportstar, and has been awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India....
 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
Political economy

Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government. Political economy originated in moral philosophy....
, it also covers a wide range of topics including Arts, books, cinema, Science and English language.






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Frontline is a fortnightly English language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 magazine published by The Hindu Group
The Hindu Group

The Hindu Group is a publishing organization located in Chennai. The initial publication of The Hindu Group was The Hindu, a daily newspaper that began as a weekly in 1878....
 of publications from Chennai
Chennai

Chennai , formerly Indian renaming controversy , is the fourth largest metropolitan area of India and the capital city of the Indian states and territories of India of Tamil Nadu....
, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. Narasimhan Ram
Narasimhan Ram

Narasimhan Ram is an Indian journalist. He has been the Editor-in-chief of The Hindu since June 27, 2003. Ram also heads the other publications of The Hindu Group such as Frontline , The Hindu Business Line and Sportstar, and has been awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India....
 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
Political economy

Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government. Political economy originated in moral philosophy....
, 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.

Contributors and perspective

Its regular contributors include known leftwing writers such as C.P. Chandrasekhar, Praful Bidwai
Praful Bidwai

Praful Bidwai is an Indian journalism, political analyst, and activist....
, R.K.Raghavan, Jayati Ghosh
Jayati Ghosh

Jayati Ghosh is Professor of Economics and currently also Chairperson at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, in New Delhi, India....
 and Bhaskar Ghose. Aijaz Ahmad
Aijaz Ahmad

Aijaz Ahmad is a well-known Marxist literary theorist and political commentator based in India.Born in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India just before it gained independence from United Kingdom rule, Aijaz Ahmad along with his parents migrated to Pakistan following Partition of India....
, a Marxist literary critic and political analyst, also contributes occasional essays on various topics. Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad

Vijay Prashad is George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, USA....
, the Marxist historian, writes a regular "Letter from America" for the magazine, as well as reports on American issues.

Frontline is noted for its serious coverage of issues.The magazine has made it a point to analyse issues related to the working class
Working class

Working class is a term used in academic sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe, depending on context and speaker, those employed in specific fields or types of work....
es, the unorganized sectors, tribal
Tribe

A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups ....
 regions, etc in India.

Since, 1991, the magazine has 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.

Awards

Regular correspondent, Dionne Bunsha
Dionne Bunsha

Dionne Bunsha is an award-winning journalist in Mumbai, India, who has written about suicide deaths among farmers, religious strife in India, human rights, environment and a range of other crucial issues....
 received the Ramnath Goenka Award in 2007 for outstanding reporting in the field of environment and books. Journalist, P.Sainath, a frequent contributor to Frontline won the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award
Ramon Magsaysay Award

The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City. With the concurrence of the Philippine government, the prize was created to commemorate Ramon Magsaysay, the late president of the Philippines, and to perpetuate his example of integrity in government, courageous...
 in the fields of creative arts, journalism and communication.

Other journalists such as Asha Krishnakumar and Praveen Swami
Praveen Swami

Praveen Swami is associate editor of The Hindu, and also writes for its sister publication, Frontline ....
 are also recipients of prestigious awards in journalism, such as the Lorenzo Natali prize.

See also

  • The Hindu Group
    The Hindu Group

    The Hindu Group is a publishing organization located in Chennai. The initial publication of The Hindu Group was The Hindu, a daily newspaper that began as a weekly in 1878....


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