Deccan Herald
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The Printers, Mysore[1] |
| Founder(s) | K.N. Guruswamy |
| Staff writers | 160 news staff (2018) |
| Founded | 1948 (1948) |
| Political alignment | Independent |
| 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. It has seven editions printed from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Davanagere, Hosapete, Mysuru, Mangaluru and Kalburgi.[2]
Contents
1 Controversies
1.1 Mohammad the Idiot
1.2 Background
2 Notable employees (past and present)
3 References
4 External links
Controversies
Mohammad the Idiot
Mohammad the Idiot was a controversial short story published in the Sunday magazine supplement of Deccan Herald newspaper in December 1986.[3]
Background
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]
Notable employees (past and present)
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
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^ "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.
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