Deshabhimani

For the defunct Tamil newspaper, see Deshabhimani (Sri Lanka).

Deshabhimani
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Editor-in-chiefPuthalath Dinesan
General managerK. J. Thomas
Founded1942
Political alignmentLeft
LanguageMalayalam
HeadquartersTrivandrum, Kerala
Circulation622,276[1] (as of 2022)
Websitewww.deshabhimani.com
Free online archiveswww.deshabhimani.com/epaper/

Deshabhimani is a Malayalam newspaper and the organ of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M). It started as a weekly in Kozhikode on 6 September 1942 and converted to a daily in 1946.[4] The paper now has ten different printing centres: Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Kottayam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Alappuzha, Kollam and Malappuram. At present, Puthalath Dinesan State Secretariat Member of the CPI(M) is the Chief Editor of the paper, K.J. Thomas, CPI(M), secretariat member of the CPI(M), the General Manager and V. B Parameshwaran, the Resident Editor.

Deshabhimani is the third-largest Malayalam language newspaper by circulation.[1] As of Indian Readership Survey of 2019, it was also in the third position in terms of readership in Kerala, after Malayala Manorama and Mathrubhumi.[5]

The news website is published under a public open license CC-BY 4.0.[6]

History

Deshabhimani has a predecessor, Prabhatham (which means 'Dawn'). It was started in 1935 and was the manifesto of the socialist group in the Indian National Congress. It was in 1942, through the efforts of eminent leaders like A. K. Gopalan and E. M. S. Namboodiripad (who in fact donated all of his ancestral property for raising funds for the paper) Deshabhimani started and became the voice of the CPI and later became the voice of CPI(M), after the split from CPI in 1964. Various personalities like E. M. S. Namboodiripad, V. T. Induchoodan, K. P. R. Gopalan, E. K. Nayanar and V. S. Achuthanandan, have served as the chief editor of Deshabhimani. Many notable journalists of South India work with Deshabhimani. Journalists who have worked with Deshabhimani include P Govinda Pillai, Ezhacherry Ramachandran, Prabha Varma, K. Mohanan, C.M. Abdul Rehman, Narikutti Mohanan, P.M. Manoj and B. Aburaj.

Supplements

  • Deshabhimani Varanthappathippu
  • Aksharamuttam
  • Sthree
  • Kilivaathil
  • Thozhil

Publications

  • Deshabhimani Varika (Weekly)
  • Thathamma (Children's Publication)

References

  1. ^ a b "Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. ^ "എം. സ്വരാജ് ദേശാഭിമാനി റസിഡന്റ് എഡിറ്റർ". 31 May 2024.
  3. ^ https://www.deshabhimani.com/post/20220313_35924/m-swaraj-deshabhimani-resident-editor [bare URL]
  4. ^ P. Karunakaran (8 September 2002). "Struggle, Survival And Surging Ahead". People's Democracy. No. 35. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. ^ Sangeeta Tanwar (10 May 2010). "IRS 2010 Q1: Dailies in Kerala lose readers after gaining in the last round". Indian Readership Survey. New Delhi, India: afaqs.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Terms of Use". Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.