Statesman - My most favourite paper. Review on The Statesman Internet Publications Newspaper

The Statesman is a very popular newspaper, specially in Calcutta, eastern India and Delhi. It is published from Calcutta and Delhi, having its headquarters in the Chowringhee Square, Calcutta. It had on its staff some of the great editors like Nihal Singh, Sham Lall and N. J. Nanporia. Now the Editor-in-Chief is Irani, and its Executive Editor is Ravindra Kumar.

I have been reading The Statesman since 1946, when I passed my Matriculation Examination. My father used to believe that if I read Statesman regularly, my English would improve. He was right. My English did improve. I used to take interest in the articles in the Edit Page. I was motivated to write for this page. It was my father-in-law who really inspired me to write for this page. A series of articles of mine dealing with several aspects of Adult Education were published in the paper during the early eighties when I was the Director of the State Resource Centre for Adult Education (SRC) at Angul, Orissa. My article entitled 'Promise of Education' (1983) was appreciated by many educationists in Orissa and other parts of India. Surendra Dwivedy was so much impressed with my articles that he wrote to me saying, ''Statesman has fallen in love with you. Your articles are very informative and interesting. In the process of writing, my English further improved.

The articles in The Statesman have always been very interesting and fair in its views, although now it has developed a slant towards a particular business house. I am sorry to say that this has become a trend in Indian Journalism. The Hindustan Times and The Times of India have their own slants. Now the articles and editorials are different in style from the earlier ones. But the fact is that they are published in Statesman and hence carry a prestige of their own.

Many of my former students from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, and Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, Orissa, are on the staff of Statesman. One of them is now doing her Ph. D in Colombia University.

My most favourite paper is going to be The Statesman.