I am a regular reader of the daily and it is of great help that the paper is now available on a regular basis in the eastern and northern regions, though it is a bit expensive.
The articles on the Editorial and OpEd pages are very useful in one’s preparation for competitive examinations. Many students use the daily to learn English as it is suggested as reading material (“24-page tabloid, “The Hindu @ 140”, September 20).
Shubham Kumar,
Patna, Bihar
The milestone of 140 years is a significant event and I wonder why this is not prominent in the masthead. I also feel that the volume and issue of the paper, which were being printed earlier, should be restored.
S. Vidyadhar Sangawar,
Hyderabad
The Hindu has been a part of my life since 1998. It has played a tremendous role in my career, as an English teacher handling secondary and senior secondary classes. I keep telling my students to make reading the daily a habit. In fact, the students’ edition was a product we readily subscribed to. It is disappointing that the publication of “Folio” has been stopped. Another point is the decision to confine the distribution of the fortnightly supplement, Literary Review, to certain areas in Kerala.
Krishna Prasad S.,
Palakkad, Kerala
I have been an ardent reader from my childhood. The daily excels and easily outweighs all other dailies on account of printing quality.
K.S. Ramachandran,
Chennai
I was a regular reader of a rival publication when I was an undergraduate in Andhra Pradesh but began to read The Hindu when I joined Madras Christian College, in Chennai, for my post-graduate studies in 1966. It has been five decades now. My grievance is the subtle anti-BJP line being taken in recent years. But for this, it is still a great paper.
B. Surya Prakasa Rao,
Hyderabad
If one gave me a number of newspapers to read, my first preference would still be this daily. The reason why I continue to read it — for the past seven decades — is because of its excellent layout. The ‘Letters to the Editor’ column is also a draw.
G. Jayaraman,
Bengaluru
I have been a reader since standard 10, back in 1968. After my retirement from a private firm, in 2011, I returned to my town, at Noyyal, only to find that the daily was not available as there was no agent. But this was no obstacle. I became an agent for this newspaper and got both The Hindu and The Hindu Tamilthisai also. There are now a number of readers in the area (English and Tamil).
P. Loganathan,
Noyyal, Karur, Tamil Nadu