Dinamalar

Type News Paper

Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) T.V. Ramasubbaiyer
Founder(s) T.V. Ramasubbaiyer
Founded September 6, 1951
Language Tamil
Headquarters Chennai, India
Official website http://www.dinamalar.com
Dinamalar
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dinamalar (Tamil: ) is a daily newspaper published from
Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Pondicherry, Tirunelveli, Nagercoil,
Trichy, Erode, Vellore and Salem from Tamil Nadu state, India.
Dinamalar was founded by T. V. Ramasubbaiyer.
[1]
T. V.
Ramasubbaiyer (19081984) started the news paper in Trivandrum in
year 1951 to voice for the cause of merging of Tamil speaking southern
region of India around Kanyakumari district with Madras presidency.
The company has an approximately 1500 employees across its 10
centers and an approximate turnover of over 100 Crore Rupees.
Contents
1 History
2 Sub-domains
2.1 E-Paper
2.2 Siruvarmalar
2.3 Varamalar
2.4 Computer Malar
2.5 Fountain Ink
3 Controversy
3.1 South Indian Film Artistes' Association vs. Dinamalar
3.2 Anti muslim stance-Publishing cartoons for Prophet
Muhammad
4 References
5 External links
History
In 1956, T. V. Ramasubbaiyer moved his operations to Tirunelveli. He opened editorial units in Tiruchirapalli in 1966 and
Madras in 1979.
[2]
Dinamalar is run as a partnership firm by the sons of T. V. Ramasubbaiyer. R. Venkitapathy, R.Krishnamoorthy,
R.Lakhmipathy, R.Raghavan, and Mr.R.Sathyamoorthy. are the Partners of Dinamalar.
Sub-domains
E-Paper
The Dinamalar paper website offers their everyday newspaper in online readable format as E-Paper
[3]
Siruvarmalar
Dinamalar carries Siruvarmalar,
[4]
a supplement aimed towards children, every Friday. Siruvarmalar features scientific facts and
stories depicted by pictorials. It is targeted at the children with a lot of pictorials and sketches. It also has short stories and
games that earn random winners a lot of prizes. Starting Feb.4, 2011, Siruvarmalar was relaunched as a black & white comics
magazine containing serialized stories.
Varamalar
Varamalar
[5]
is bundled with Dinamalar on Sundays. Varamalar covers the popular trends in the society and also features short
stories. It is basically a weekly round up of news and entertainment in Tamil. Also on Sundays the main daily is split into two
sections, each of them resembling a regular daily by featuring unique front pages and complete articles.
Computer Malar
This is a supplementary issue of Dinamalar that provides information on technologies in Tamil. This is the only Tamil weekly
dedicated to Technology news.
[6]
Fountain Ink
This is a monthly digest in English published by a subsidiary of Dina Malar. The paper quality is very good with vivid
photographs and articles targeting the student community. The journalistic style is narrative.
Controversy
South Indian Film Artistes' Association vs. Dinamalar
In October 2009, Dinamalar had published an article claiming that several Tamil film actresses were involved in prostitution.
Pictures and names were also published in the paper. The South Indian Film Artistes' Association immediately petitioned to
have the editor, Lenin, arrested. The SIFAA also staged a rally, condemning Dinamalar. The editor of the newspaper, Mr.
Lenin was arrested.
[7]
He was released on the next day due to a petition from Chennai Press Club, Madras Union of
Journalists, Press Trust of India and The Indian Newspaper Society which stated that his arrest was completely unwarranted
and was done to please popular film stars. Dinamalar also stated that they only delivered news obtained from ethical journalism
and there was no secondary agenda.
[8]
Anti muslim stance-Publishing cartoons for Prophet Muhammad
On 8 September 2008, Dinamalar's supplementary edition Computer malar carried the cartoon of Prophet Muhammad.
[9]
This
was considered as an attempt to appease the Hindutva forces and to provoke the sentiments of Muslims who consider love
towards Prophet Muhammad is above their life.
References
External links
Dinamalar Website (http://www.dinamalar.com)
Siruvar Malar Website (http://www.siruvarmalar.com)
Dinamalar (https://www.facebook.com/Dinamalardaily) on Facebook
Dinamalar (https://twitter.com/dinamalarweb) on Twitter
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1. ^ "Dinamalar founders contributions recalled" (http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/26/stories/2009032659880400.htm). The
Hindu. 26 March 2009.
2. ^ Jeffrey, Robin (24 March 2000). India's newspaper revolution. C. Hurst & Co. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-85065-383-7.
3. ^ http://epaper.dinamalar.com
4. ^ http://www.dinamalar.com/Supply.asp?ncat=3
5. ^ http://www.dinamalar.com/Supply.asp?ncat=2
6. ^ http://www.dinamalar.com/Supply.asp?ncat=4
7. ^ http://www.hotklix.com/content/news/India/Dinamalar-Bhuvaneswari-Dinamalar-Editor-Arrested
8. ^ http://www.dinamalar.com/journalhead.asp
9. ^ http://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/dinamalar-c78529.html