Gopalan Kasturi is an Indian journalist who served as the Editor of The Hindu

The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...

from 1965 to 1991. Till date, he is the longest serving editor of the newspaper.

Personal life

Kasturi was born in Madras on December 17, 1924 to K. Gopalan and Ranganayaki. Gopalan was the son of S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar

S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar

Sesha Iyengar Kasturi Ranga Iyengar was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician and journalist who served as the Managing Director of The Hindu from April 1, 1905 till his death in December 1923....

, the patriarch of the Kasturi family. His brother was K. Srinivasan

K. Srinivasan

Kasturi Srinivasan was an Indian journalist and businessman. He was the eldest son of S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar.- Biography :...

 who served as editor from 1934 to 1959. Kasturi graduated from the Presidency College, Madras and joined The Hindu, the family newspaper.

Kasturi married Kamala and has two sons and a daughter - K. Balaji, K. Venugopal and Lakshmi Srinath. Kasturi's elder brother, G. Narasimhan

G. Narasimhan

Gopalan Narasimhan was an Indian journalist and entrepreneur who served as the Managing Director of The Hindu from 1959 to 1977. He is the father of the present Editor-in-Chief N. Ram.- Early life :...

, served as Managing-Director of The Hindu from 1959 to 1977.

Editorship

Kasturi became the Editor of The Hindu in 1965 on the early death of its editor, S. Parthasarathy. Kasturi served as its editor from 1965 to 1991. Kasturi retired in 1991 and was succeeded by N. Ravi

N. Ravi

Narasimhan Ravi is an Indian journalist who served as the Editor-in-chief of The Hindu from 1991 to 2003.- Early life and education :...

.