:The Hindu

The Hindu was founded in Madras on 20 September 1878 as a weekly newspaper, by what was known then as the Triplicane Six, which consisted of four law students and two teachers, that is, T. T. Rangacharya, P. V. Rangacharya, D. Kesava Rao Pantulu and N. Subba Rao Pantulu, led by G. Subramania Iyer (a school teacher from Tanjore district) and M. Veeraraghavacharyar, a lecturer at Pachaiyappa's College.{{cite news |first1=M.S. |last1=Ramnath |first2=Mitu |last2=Jayshankar |title=The Hindu board room becomes a battlefield |url=http://forbesindia.com/article/boardroom/the-hindu-board-room-becomes-battlefield/12462/0 |newspaper=Forbes India |date=22 April 2010 |access-date=4 March 2014 |archive-date=22 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622154613/http://www.forbesindia.com/article/boardroom/the-hindu-board-room-becomes-battlefield/12462/0 |url-status=live }}

The partnership between Veeraraghavachariar and Subramania Iyer was dissolved in October 1898. Iyer quit the paper and Veeraraghavachariar became the sole owner and appointed C. Karunakara Menon the editor. However, The Hindu{{'}}s adventurousness began to decline in the 1900s and so did its circulation, which was down to 800 copies when the sole proprietor decided to sell out. The purchaser was The Hindu{{'}}s Legal Adviser from 1895, S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar.{{cite web |url=http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl2020/stories/20031010005512800.htm |title=Navigation News - Frontline |access-date=18 May 2013 |archive-date=2 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502014026/http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl2020/stories/20031010005512800.htm |url-status=live }}

Joint managing director N. Murali said in July 2003, "It is true that our readers have been complaining that some of our reports are partial and lack objectivity. But it also depends on reader beliefs." N. Ram was appointed on 27 June 2003 as its editor-in-chief with a mandate to "improve the structures and other mechanisms to uphold and strengthen quality and objectivity in news reports and opinion pieces", authorised to "restructure the editorial framework and functions in line with the competitive environment".{{cite web |url=http://www.prdomain.com/feature/feature_details.asp?id=119&area=J&typ=A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317091805/http://www.prdomain.com/feature/feature_details.asp?id=119&area=J&typ=A |url-status=usurped |archive-date=17 March 2006 |title=The job of a reporter is to write news, not to comment |date=11 November 2005 |access-date=20 April 2006 }} An interview with N. Ram, editor-in-chief of The Hindu On 3 and 23 September 2003, the reader's letters column carried responses from readers saying the editorial was biased.{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/09/03/stories/2003090302701002.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041104060404/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/09/03/stories/2003090302701002.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2004 |department=Opinion – Letters to the Editor |title=Biased editorial |date=3 September 2003}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/09/23/stories/2003092300861002.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310174944/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/09/23/stories/2003092300861002.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 March 2007 |department=Opinion – Letters to the Editor |title=Biased |date=23 September 2003}} An editorial in August 2003 observed that the newspaper was affected by the 'editorialising as news reporting' virus, and expressed a determination to buck the trend, restore the professionally sound lines of demarcation, and strengthen objectivity and factuality in its coverage.{{cite news |department=Opinion – Editorials |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/08/27/stories/2003082700621000.htm |title=The Hindu |date=27 August 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310174913/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/08/27/stories/2003082700621000.htm |archive-date=10 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}

In 1987–88, The Hindu's coverage of the Bofors arms deal scandal, a series of document-backed exclusives, set the terms of the national political discourse on this subject.{{cite web |url=http://centennial.journalism.columbia.edu/1989-scandal-in-india/index.html |title=1989: Scandal in India |website=centennial.journalism.columbia.edu |access-date=24 January 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122192815/http://centennial.journalism.columbia.edu/1989-scandal-in-india/index.html |url-status=dead }} The Bofors scandal broke in April 1987 with Swedish Radio alleging that bribes had been paid to top Indian political leaders, officials and Army officers in return for the Swedish arms manufacturing company winning a hefty contract with the Government of India for the purchase of 155 mm howitzers. During a six-month period, the newspaper published scores of copies of original papers that documented the secret payments, amounting to $50 million, into Swiss bank accounts, the agreements behind the payments, communications relating to the payments and the crisis response, and other material. The investigation was led by a part-time correspondent of The Hindu, Chitra Subramaniam, reporting from Geneva, and was supported by Ram in Chennai. The scandal was a major embarrassment to the party in power at the centre, the Indian National Congress, and its leader Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The paper's editorial accused the Prime Minister of being party to massive fraud and cover-up.{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/th125/stories/2003091300830500.htm |title=Developing a paper for a new reader |work=The Hindu |date=13 September 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041124154440/http://www.hinduonnet.com/th125/stories/2003091300830500.htm |archive-date=24 November 2004 |url-status=dead}}

In 1991, Deputy Editor N. Ravi, Ram's younger brother, replaced G. Kasturi as editor. Nirmala Lakshman, Kasturi Srinivasan's granddaughter and the first woman in the company to hold an editorial or managerial role, became Joint Editor of The Hindu and her sister, Malini Parthasarathy, Executive Editor.{{Cite news |title=The Hindu: Very Divided Family |work=Outlook (blog) |date=25 March 2010 |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/blog/story/ithe-hindui-very-divided-family/2225 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507130224/https://www.outlookindia.com/blog/story/ithe-hindui-very-divided-family/2225 |archive-date=7 May 2016}}

In 2003, the Jayalalithaa government of the state of Tamil Nadu, of which Chennai is the capital, filed cases against The Hindu for breach of privilege of the state legislative body. The move was perceived as a government's assault on freedom of the press. The paper garnered support from the journalistic community.{{cite web |author=Onkar Singh |url=http://inhome.rediff.com/news/2003/nov/08hindu.htm |title=Journalists protest TN assembly's arrest of scribes |date=8 November 2003 |access-date=14 March 2006 |archive-date=23 November 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051123222246/http://inhome.rediff.com/news/2003/nov/08hindu.htm |url-status=live }}

In 2010, The Indian Express reported a dispute within the publisher of The Hindu regarding the retirement age of the person working as the editor-in-chief, a post which was then being served by N. Ram. Following this report, Ram decided to sue The Indian Express for defamation, a charge which the Indian Express denied. N. Ravi and Parthasarathy voiced concern about Ram's decision, saying that doing so goes against The Hindu's values and that journalists should not fear "scrutiny", respectively.{{Cite web |author2=Shuchi Bansal |author1=Vidhya Sivaramakrishnan |date=2010-03-25 |title=Ram to initiate legal action against Express for story on internal tussle |url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/JLCZIVNqLgskfDNFDGB4LI/Ram-to-initiate-legal-action-against-Express-for-story-on-in.html |work=Mint |access-date=4 October 2020 |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123054754/https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/JLCZIVNqLgskfDNFDGB4LI/Ram-to-initiate-legal-action-against-Express-for-story-on-in.html |url-status=live }} During subsequent events, Parthasarathy tweeted that "issues relating to management of newspaper have come to the surface, including editorial direction" in her response to a question. Later, Parthasarathy called N. Ram and other The Hindu employees "Stalinists", alleging that they were trying to oust her from the newspaper.

In 2011, during the resignation of N. Ram, the newspaper became the subject of a succession battle between the members of the Kasturi family. Ram had appointed Siddharth Varadarajan as his successor as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper who justified the appointment on the ostensible basis of separation of ownership and management, which was opposed by N. Ravi as it deviated from the publication's tradition of family members retaining editorial control over it.{{Cite web |date=2011-04-22 |title=Succession battle for The Hindu turns ugly |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/succession-battle-for-the-hindu-turns-ugly/story-GUUNCN95Sffn0YlDiMv1PM.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=4 October 2020 |archive-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008085933/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/succession-battle-for-the-hindu-turns-ugly/story-GUUNCN95Sffn0YlDiMv1PM.html |url-status=live }} Varadarajan was subsequently accused by the dissident family members of being left leaning and the matter of Varadarajan's appointment was brought in front of the board of directors of the parent company, Kasturi & Sons. During the dispute, Narasimhan Murali alleged that N. Ram ran The Hindu "like a banana republic, with cronyism and vested interests ruling the roost". In the end the board voted 6–6 over a review of the appointment, the tie was broken by a deciding vote from Ram in his capacity as the chairman of the company and in favor of his decision.{{Cite web |author=Andrew Buncombe |title=The family feud which is gripping India's media: Editor of 'The Hindu' newspaper resigns |work=The Independent |date=7 November 2013 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/family-feud-which-gripping-india-s-media-editor-hindu-newspaper-resigns-8925384.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/family-feud-which-gripping-india-s-media-editor-hindu-newspaper-resigns-8925384.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |id={{ProQuest|1448886974}}}}

On 2 April 2013 The Hindu started "The Hindu in School" with S. Shivakumar as editor. This is a new edition for young readers, to be distributed through schools as part of The Hindu's "Newspaper in Education" programme. It covers the day's important news developments, features, sports, and regional news.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/the-hindu-goes-to-school/article3269801.ece |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |first=Liffy |last=Thomas |title=The Hindu goes to school |date=2 April 2012 |access-date=16 September 2013 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023064115/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/the-hindu-goes-to-school/article3269801.ece |url-status=live }} On 16 September 2013, The Hindu group launched its Tamil edition with K. Ashokan as editor.{{cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/dLro0NLJ7ujfKJbTswsGgL/The-Hindu-to-launch-Tamil-newspaper-on-16-September.html |title='The Hindu' to launch Tamil newspaper on 16 September |author=S. Bridget Leena |work=Livemint |date=4 September 2013 |access-date=2 October 2013 |archive-date=10 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010033348/http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/dLro0NLJ7ujfKJbTswsGgL/The-Hindu-to-launch-Tamil-newspaper-on-16-September.html |url-status=live }}

On 21 October 2013, changes were made in Editorial as well as business of The Hindu.

During the 2015 South Indian floods, for the first time since its founding in 1878, the newspaper did not publish a print edition in Chennai market on 2 December, as workers were unable to reach the press building.{{cite news |title=Chennai floods: The Hindu not published for first time since 1878 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34981328 |work=BBC News |date=2 December 2015 |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106214809/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34981328 |url-status=live }}

On 5 January 2016, Parthasarathy resigned with immediate effect. It was reported by the media that she resigned her post, Malini found herself involved in several disputes with the editorial team. In a recent incident, she engaged in a discussion with RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy regarding The Hindu's fact-checking of the 'sengol' controversy. The newspaper had contradicted the Union government's claim that the 'sengol' was presented to then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru by Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India. Gurumurthy contested the findings of the fact-checking article.{{Cite web |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/malini-parthasarathy-resigns-from-the-hindu-group-publishing-cites-narrowed-scope-for-editorial-views |title=Malini Parthasarathy Resigns from the Hindu Group Publishing, Cites 'Narrowed Scope' for Editorial Views |access-date=28 July 2023 |archive-date=28 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728113947/https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/malini-parthasarathy-resigns-from-the-hindu-group-publishing-cites-narrowed-scope-for-editorial-views |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malini-parthasarathy-resigns-hindu-s-board-178095 |title=Malini Parthasarathy resigns from the Hindu's board |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=5 June 2023 |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605200249/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malini-parthasarathy-resigns-hindu-s-board-178095 |url-status=live }} However, she continues to be a Wholetime Director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/resignation-of-editor-interim-arrangements-in-place/article8069501.ece?homepage=true |title=Resignation of Editor & interim arrangements in place |newspaper=The Hindu |date=5 January 2016 |access-date=5 January 2016 |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629113257/https://www.thehindu.com/news/Resignation-of-Editor-amp-interim-arrangements-in-place/article13988442.ece |url-status=live }} In July 2020, she became the chairperson of the group. On 5 June 2023, she stepped down, upon completion of her non-extendable three-year term as chairperson, and Nirmala Lakshman was unanimously appointed as chairperson of the group.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-05 |title=Malini Parthasarathy resigns from The Hindu's board |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malini-parthasarathy-resigns-hindu-s-board-178095 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The News Minute |language=en |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605200249/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malini-parthasarathy-resigns-hindu-s-board-178095 |url-status=live }}

Over the course of its history, the Kasturi Ranga Iyengar family has usually run The Hindu through the presence of family in editorial and business operations as well as on the Board. It was headed by G. Kasturi from 1965 to 1991, N. Ravi from 1991 to 2003, and by his brother, N. Ram, from 27 June 2003 to 18 January 2011.

As of 2010, there are 12 directors in the board of Kasturi & Sons.{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/battleforcontrolbreaksoutinthehinduverydividedfamily/595373/0 |title=Battle for control breaks out in The Hindu very divided family |author=Archna Shukla |date=25 March 2010 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=25 March 2010 |archive-date=30 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330073159/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/battleforcontrolbreaksoutinthehinduverydividedfamily/595373/0 |url-status=live }}

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• M. Veeraraghavachariar (1878–1904)
• S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar (1904–1923)
• K. Srinivasan (1923–1959)
• G. Narasimhan (1959–1977)
• N. Ram (1977–2011)
• K. Balaji (2011–2012)
• Rajiv C. Lochan (2013–2019)
• L. V. Navaneeth (2019–present)

• G. Subramania Iyer (1878–1898)
• C. Karunakara Menon (1898–1905)
• S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar (1905–1923)
• S. Rangaswami Iyengar (1923–1926)
• K. Srinivasan (1926–1928)
• A. Rangaswami Iyengar (1928–1934)
• K. Srinivasan (1934–1959)
• S. Parthasarathy (1959–1965)
• G. Kasturi (1965–1991)
• N. Ravi (1991–2003)
• N. Ram (2003–2011)
• Siddharth Varadarajan (2011–2013){{Cite web |date=July 20, 2011 |title=Siddharth Varadarajan appointed Hindu editor |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Chennai/Siddharth-Varadarajan-appointed-Hindu-editor/Article1-723450.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919085611/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Chennai/Siddharth-Varadarajan-appointed-Hindu-editor/Article1-723450.aspx |archive-date=September 19, 2013 |access-date=May 21, 2023 |website=Hindustan Times}}{{Cite web |last=Choudhary |first=Vidhi |date=2013-10-21 |title=Siddharth Varadarajan quits The Hindu; family rift resurfaces |url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/7Igh9ncxU6SfsvAg9sukZL/Siddharth-Varadarajan-resigns-from-The-Hindu.html |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=mint |language=en |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409012051/https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/7Igh9ncxU6SfsvAg9sukZL/Siddharth-Varadarajan-resigns-from-The-Hindu.html |url-status=live }}
• N. Ravi (2013–2015){{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/changes-at-the-helm-editorial-and-business/article5257829.ece?homepage=true |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |title=Changes at the Helm: Editorial and Business |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=22 October 2013 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225122227/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/changes-at-the-helm-editorial-and-business/article5257829.ece?homepage=true |url-status=live }}
• Malini Parthasarathy (2015–2016){{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/change-at-the-helm-at-the-hindu/article6805809.ece |title=Malini Parthasarathy is the Editor of The Hindu |newspaper=The Hindu |date=20 January 2015 |access-date=3 March 2015 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108095005/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/change-at-the-helm-at-the-hindu/article6805809.ece |url-status=live }}
• Mukund Padmanabhan (2016–2019){{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/mukund-padmanabhan-is-editor-of-the-hindu-raghavan-srinivasan-becomes-business-line-editor/article8390017.ece?homepage=true |title=Mukund Padmanabhan is Editor of The Hindu; Raghavan Srinivasan becomes Business Line Editor |newspaper=The Hindu |date=23 March 2016 |access-date=23 March 2016 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225122230/https://www.thehindu.com/news/mukund-padmanabhan-is-editor-of-the-hindu-raghavan-srinivasan-becomes-business-line-editor/article8390017.ece?homepage=true |url-status=live }}
• Suresh Nambath (2019–present){{cite news |title=Editorial transition |newspaper=The Hindu |date=March 2019 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/editorial-transition/article26401002.ece |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=16 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116054135/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/editorial-transition/article26401002.ece |url-status=live }}

The Hindu, the first newspaper in India to have a website, launched its website at thehindu.com in 1995.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/in-its-20-year-the-hindu-website-wins-major-award/article6937451.ece |title=In its 20th year, The Hindu website wins major award |date=26 February 2015 |work=The Hindu |access-date=8 May 2019 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809053659/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/in-its-20-year-the-hindu-website-wins-major-award/article6937451.ece |url-status=live }}

On 15 August 2009, the 130-year-old newspaper launched the beta version of its redesigned website at beta.thehindu.com. This was the first redesign of its website since its launch. On 24 June 2010 the beta version of the website went live.{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/23/stories/2010062362190100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626110341/http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/23/stories/2010062362190100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 June 2010 |title=Our new website goes fully live on 29 June |date=23 June 2010 |work=The Hindu}}

On 15 August 2022, for the first time in its 144-year-old history, The Hindu started publishing Hindi-translated editorials on its website.{{Cite web |last=प्रितम |first=अनमोल |title=144 सालों में पहली बार हिंदी में हाथ आजमा रहा है 'द हिंदू' |url=https://hindi.newslaundry.com/2022/08/18/the-hindu-news-paper-editorial-in-hindi |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=Newslaundry |date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818142048/https://hindi.newslaundry.com/2022/08/18/the-hindu-news-paper-editorial-in-hindi |url-status=live }}

Narasimhan Murali alleged that N. Ram ran The Hindu "like a banana republic, with cronyism and vested interests ruling the roost".https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/07/17/who-owns-your-media-the-hindu-divided-family-is-losing-revenue-and-readershiphttps://www.thenewsminute.com/news/hindu-responds-allegations-sainath-and-praveen-swami-did-not-fit-their-roles-21597

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Its editorial stances have earned it the nickname, the 'Maha Vishnu of Mount Road'.{{cite web |title=Vizhippunarvu - Kuthusigurusami - Kuruvikarambaivelu - Periyar - Kudiarasu |url=http://keetru.com/vizhippunarvu/oct08/kuthusigurusami.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023114/http://keetru.com/vizhippunarvu/oct08/kuthusigurusami.php |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=14 May 2016}} "From the new address, 100 Mount Road, which was to remain The Hindu's home till 1939, there issued a quarto-size paper with a front-page full of advertisements—a practice that came to an end only in 1958 when it followed the lead of its idol, the pre-Thomson Times [London]—and three back pages also at the service of the advertiser. In between, there were more views than news."{{cite web |author=S. Muthiah |date=13 September 2003 |title=Willing to strike and not reluctant to wound |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300770200.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050929154239/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300770200.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& |archive-date=29 September 2005 |work=The Hindu}}

In 1965, The Times listed The Hindu as one of the world's ten best newspapers. Discussing each of its choices in separate articles, The Times wrote: "The Hindu takes the general seriousness to lengths of severity... published in Madras, it is the only newspaper which in spite of being published only in a provincial capital is regularly and attentively read in Delhi. It is read not only as a distant and authoritative voice on national affairs but as an expression of the most liberal—and least provincial—southern attitudes... Its Delhi Bureau gives it outstanding political and economic dispatches and it carries regular and frequent reports from all state capitals, so giving more news from states, other than its own, than most newspapers in India...However, most news is from the southern states. It might fairly be described as a southern newspaper. The Hindu can claim to be the most respected paper in India."{{cite news |work=The Times |date=3 March 1965 |title=Newspapers of the World: VI - The Hindu |page=11 |issue=56260}}

In 1968, the American Newspaper Publishers Association awarded The Hindu its World Press Achievement Award. An extract from the citation reads:

"Throughout nearly a century of its publication The Hindu has exerted wide influence not only in Madras but throughout India. Conservative in both tone and appearance, it has wide appeal to the English-speaking segment of the population and wide readership among government officials and business leaders... The Hindu has provided its readers a broad and balanced news coverage, enterprising reporting and a sober and thoughtful comment... It has provided its country a model of journalistic excellence... It has fought for a greater measure of humanity for India and its people... and has not confined itself to a narrow chauvinism. Its Correspondents stationed in the major capitals of the world furnish The Hindu with world-wide news coverage... For its championing of reason over emotion, for its dedication to principle even in the face of criticism and popular disapproval, for its confidence in the future, it has earned the respect of its community, its country, and the world."{{Primary source inline|date=December 2022}}

In 2012, The Hindu became the only Indian newspaper to appoint a Readers Editor, an independent internal news ombudsman.{{cite news |title=Panneerselvan, The Hindu's new Readers' Editor |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/Readers-Editor/panneerselvan-the-hindus-new-readers-editor/article3911966.ece |work=The Hindu |date=18 September 2012 |access-date=16 January 2020 |archive-date=16 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116053648/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/Readers-Editor/panneerselvan-the-hindus-new-readers-editor/article3911966.ece |url-status=live }}{{Primary source inline|date=December 2022}}

A 2014 article in the Indian Journal of Pharmacology praised The Hindu's ongoing journalism and critique of clinical trials in India.{{cite journal |first1=Y. K. |last1=Gupta |last2=Kumar |first2=B. Dinesh |title=Clinical trials and evolving regulatory science in India |journal=Indian Journal of Pharmacology |date=2014 |volume=46 |issue=6 |pages=575–578 |doi=10.4103/0253-7613.144887 |pmid=25538325 |pmc=4264069 |doi-access=free }}

On 7 October 2019, The Hindu announced that "Two editorial meetings a month will be opened up to readers in order to expand conversations and build trust", a first in India's media industry.{{cite news |author=A. S. Panneerselvan |title=Dialogue to bridge divides |work=The Hindu |date=7 October 2019 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/Readers-Editor/dialogue-to-bridge-divides/article29611507.ece |access-date=16 January 2020 |archive-date=16 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116053650/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/Readers-Editor/dialogue-to-bridge-divides/article29611507.ece |url-status=live }}{{Primary source inline|date=December 2022}}

As of 2012, the newspaper had foreign bureaus in eleven locations – Islamabad, Colombo, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Beijing, Moscow, Paris, Dubai, Washington, D.C., London, and Addis Ababa.{{cite news |newspaper=The Hindu |title=The Hindu returns to Africa |date=22 August 2012 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/the-hindu-returns-to-africa/article3804615.ece |location=Chennai, India |access-date=22 October 2012 |archive-date=2 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502020345/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/the-hindu-returns-to-africa/article3804615.ece |url-status=live }}

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• {{cite web |author=T. S. Subramanian |title=The Hindu at 125 |work=The Hindu |date=10 October 2003 |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20031010005512800.htm&date=fl2020%2F&prd=fline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430123920/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20031010005512800.htm&date=fl2020%2F&prd=fline |archive-date=30 April 2011 |url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web |author=N. Ram |title=Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow |work=The Hindu |date=13 September 2003 |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300500100.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219213310/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300500100.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& |archive-date=19 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}
• Looking Back: The history of The Hindu as told by historian S. Muthiah.
• {{cite web |title=Willing to strike and not reluctant to wound |work=The Hindu |date=13 September 2003 |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300770200.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050929154239/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300770200.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& |archive-date=29 September 2005 |url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web |title=Making news the family business |work=The Hindu |date=13 September 2003 |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300800200.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310193335/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300800200.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& |archive-date=10 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web |title=A clarion call against the Raj |work=The Hindu |date=13 September 2003 |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300810200.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112002540/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300810200.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& |archive-date=12 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web |title=Treading softly – but modernizing apace |work=The Hindu |date=13 September 2003 |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300820400.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015064319/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300820400.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& |archive-date=15 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web |title=Developing a paper for a new reader |work=The Hindu |date=13 September 2003 |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300830500.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310193354/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091300830500.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& |archive-date=10 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web |author=N. Murali |title=Core values and high quality standards |work=The Hindu |date=13 September 2003 |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091301020800.htm&date=2003/09/13/&prd=th125& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127134111/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2003091301020800.htm&date=2003%2F09%2F13%2F&prd=th125& |archive-date=27 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}

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