Deshabhimani

Deshabhimani
Type	Daily newspaper
Owner(s)	Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Editor-in-chief	Puthalath Dinesan
General manager	K. J. Thomas
Founded	1942
Political alignment	Left
Language	Malayalam
Headquarters	Trivandrum, Kerala
Circulation	622,276 (as of 2022)
Website	www.deshabhimani.com
Free online archives	www.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

^ ^a ^b "Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^ "എം. സ്വരാജ് ദേശാഭിമാനി റസിഡന്റ് എഡിറ്റർ". 31 May 2024.
^ https://www.deshabhimani.com/post/20220313_35924/m-swaraj-deshabhimani-resident-editor ^{[bare URL]}
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Terms of Use". Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

External links

Deshabhimani online edition

[ABCIND-1] "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] ttps://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.

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