| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The Printers, Mysore[1] |
| Founder(s) | K.N. Guruswamy |
| Staff writers | 160 news staff (2018) |
| Founded | 1948; 71 years ago |
| Political alignment | Independent |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 75 MG Road Bangalore, Karnataka 560001. |
| Circulation | 253,253 Daily (Audit Bureau of Circulations July-Dec 2017) |
| Readership | 560,000 (IRS 2017) |
| OCLC number | 185061134 |
| Website | www.deccanherald.com |
| Free online archives | www.deccanheraldepaper.com |
Deccan Herald (DH) is an English daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka by The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited, a family business run by the Nettakallappa family. It has seven editions printed from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Davanagere, Hosapete, Mysuru, Mangaluru and Kalburgi.[2]
- 1Controversies
Deccan Herald Online Epaper. About Newspaper: The Deccan Herald is a popular English daily newspaper in Karnataka State from India. It was started in the year 1948. It has other publications named Prajavani daily, Sudha weekly magazine in Karnataka State.
Controversies[edit]
Mohammad the Idiot[edit]
Mohammad the Idiot was a controversial short story published in the Sunday magazine supplement of Deccan Herald newspaper in December 1986.[3]
Background[edit]
The story was about a handicapped, half-witted boy named Mohammad who committed suicide because of the travails of his family suffering from poorness. It was a fiction story originally written by PKN Namboodri a decade earlier in Malayalam language and had nothing to do with the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It, in fact, created no turmoil when first published in the Kannada language.[4] However, Muslims in the city of Bengaluru took that story as a reference to their prophet and protested violently.[5] Marchers went on a rampage and attacked police personnel in the city of Bengaluru, Mysore and Mandya.[6] Curfew was declared in Bengaluru and its suburban areas. The newspaper’s editor who happened to be its publisher was arrested for ‘fomenting enmity between two communities and writing articles in a manner prejudicial to public peace.’ However, he was soon released on bail.[7] The incident claimed at least 4 lives and over 50 people were injured.[8][9]
Notable employees (past and present)[edit]
- K.N. Guruswamy, Founder and former Chairman
- Pothan Joseph, Founding Editor
- Rajan Bala, former Sports Editor
- Suresh Menon (sports writer), former Reporter
- Ajit Bhattacharjea, former Editorial Adviser and Columnist
- Kuldip Nayar, Columnist and Director on the Board
- M J Akbar, former Columnist
References[edit]
- ^'Deccan Herald,Prajavani,Sudha,Mayura'. printersmysore.com.
- ^'The Printers Mysore'. printersmysore.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^'4 Killed and 50 Hurt in Riots Over Indian Magazine Article'. The New York Times. 8 December 1986.
- ^'The Taslima Nasrin 'article' that cost two lives'. Sans Serif. 2 March 2010.
- ^'Caught in a cliché'. Deccan Chronicle. 5 May 2015.
- ^'Moslems rampage in India over magazine story'. United Press International. 9 December 1986.
- ^'India Moslems Riot A 3d Day Over Story'. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^'4 Killed and 50 Hurt in Riots Over Indian Magazine Article'. The New York Times. 8 December 1986.
- ^'Violence stalks Karnataka as mobs of Muslims battle it out with police in Bangalore, Mysore'.
External links[edit]
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