Madhyamam
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Madhyamam is a Malayalam daily newspaper
published from Kerala
, India
, since 1987.. It was founded in 1987 by the initiatives of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
. It has 10 editions in India (7 in Kerala and Mumbai, Bangalore and Mangalore) and its Gulf
edition Gulf Madhyamam has 9 in the Middle East. According to Indian Readership Survey 2009 and IRS 2010 Q4, it is the fourth largest read newspaper in Kerala with a readership of 9.04 lakh readers. Gulf Madhyamam is the oldest and largest Malayalam newspaper in the Middle East, with highest number of editions in the Gulf countries than any other daily in the middle east. The newspaper and its team of journalists have bagged nearly ninety awards including Ramnath Goenka
Journalism Award, Statesman
Award for Rural Reporting, PUCL Journalism Award for Human Rights, ESR
World Journalism Prize and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
Developing Asia Journalism Award.
The newspaper exposed multiple stories of land encroachments, farming frauds, and malpractices in the name of assisted fertility. It also exposed an alleged kidney racket in tribal settlements in Idukki district of Kerala prompting a public outcry followed by an in-depth investigation by both the state government and the Indian Medical Association (IMA)
into the incident.
, and serves as its mouthpiece. The trust claims as their aim "providing non-profit non-partisan and value-based journalistic service free from market pressures". The non-profit nature of the ownership, it says ensures the paper stays free of market compulsions of a business concern and be selective in the advertisements it publishes.
inaugurated the newspaper. Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
, Malayalam writer, described it as "the birth of a silver star".
The opening editorial on June 1, 1987 read:
The second edition was launched in July 1993 at Cochin followed by the third at Trivandrum in April 1996. Gulf Madhyamam was first published from Bahrain in 1998 and then from Dubai in 2002 .
K C Abdullah
, P K Balakrishnan
, K A Kodungallur were among its editors at the early stage.Renowned writer C Radhakrishnan
served as its consultant editor from 1997-99.O Abdurahman
is the current Editor of Madhyamam and VK Hamza Abbas is the Chief Editor of Gulf Madhyamam. Media critique Dr. K Yasin Ashraf
is the associate editor of Madhyamam.
, Thiruvananthapuram
, Kottayam
, Kochi, Malappuram
, Kannur
, Thrissur
, Bangalore
, Mangalore
and Mumbai
. The edition at Thrissur
was inaugrated on 18 August 2009 by the Defence Minister of India A.K Antony. In April 2011, the paper expanded to its 10th edition in India from Mumbai
. The Governor of Maharashtra
State handed over a copy to Oscar award winner Resul Pookutty
.
Gulf Madhyamam, is published from four locations in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah and Abha), one in the UAE (Dubai), one in Oman(Muscat) and from Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.
In October 2001, it launched a healthcare scheme for the poor, "Santhwanam" and has so far reportedly spent more than Rs 3 crore (30 million) to treat almost 5000 patients.
The Madhyamam Group is also expected to launch a news channel in Malayalam .
International Honours
Savad Rahman
, a sub-editor at Madhyamam won the Development Journalist of the Year prize at the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA), sponsored by the Asian Development Bank
Institute (ADBI). An article on the plight of women trapped in the brothels of Mumbai earned him the prize. He also won the Diversity and Equal Opportunity special prize at the ESR World Journalism Prize 2007 for his feature Bant Singh The Lion of Mansa. The prize winning article was about Bant Singh
, a Dalit
activist in Punjab.
National awards
P.K. Prakash, a senior staff reporter since 1996, won the 23rd "Journalism for Human Rights" award instituted by the People's Union for Civil Liberties
(PUCL) in 2003. His reports on the Adivasi land issue in Muthanga
, the illegal kidney trade in Kerala, prisoner torture at the Aluva
Sub-jail, and the illegal viagra experiments on infants at a private hospital in Kochi earned him the award. He also earned a special mention from the PUCL award committee the previous year.
His article series Choothattam Thudarunna vipani(The continuing gambles of the market, published 26-30 Oct 2007), explaining the impact of globalisation on the remote corners of rural India and Bhoomiyude jaathi(Caste of the land), an analytical study on the impact of land reform
s on the Dalit
population in Kerala won him "The Statesman
Award for the Best Rural Reporting - First Prize"(2007), and the Ramnath Goenka
"Excellence in Journalism Awards for Regional Languages 2007-2008" - Print category .. He also received the 12th "National Media Fellowship" instituted by the National Foundation for India, a Rs.100,000 grant for conducting studies on the plight of adivasi
s in the Kerala model of development
.
MJ Babu, a senior reporter of Madhyamam since 1993, twice won "The Statesman
Award for the Best Rural Reporting", first in 1998 and then in 2008. His series of articles titled Pattanam gramathodu cheyyunnath (What a city does to a village, published:7–9 April 2008) won him the 2008 award. The article-series was about the sorry plight of the people living around the Canoli canal of the Chakkamkandam Lake in Guruvayoor where all the waste including human excreta from the city were dumped making it a breeding ground for all kinds of diseases. It also highlighted how paddy cultivation near Guruvayoor was destroyed due to pollution.
State Government awards
PK Prakash won the 2007 Ambedkar Media Award instituted by the Government of Kerala
, for his report on Bhoomiyude jaathi(Caste of the land), an analytical study on the impact of land reform
s on the Dalit
population in Kerala. He also won the same in 2004 for his investigative report on the illegal kidney trade in Kerala.
Jisha Elizabeth, a reporter at the daily won the award in 2009 for her article series on a tribal colony working its way to join the mainstream of society with the help of the government.
Razak Thazhathangadi, press photographer at the newspaper won the The State Media Award 2003 in the news photography category for his photographs titled “Niram Maratha Nimisham” (The moment which did not change colour).
N P Jishar, Senior correspondent, won the media award constituted by Department of Culture, Govt of Kerala, for best reporting in International Film Festival of Kerala in 2010, December.
Press Club / Press Academy awards
Madhyamam Reporter Akbarali Puthunagaram won the Theruvath Raman Award 2006 instituted by the Calicut Press Club for his work Super Chikiltsa, Hitech Kolla,(Superior treatment, Hi-Tech exploitation) appearing between August 31 to September 5, 2006..Assistant Editor T P Cheruppa won the award in 2007 for his editorial Nellu Mlechamo (Is paddy shameful? - Dec 11,2007) and sub-editor G Prajesh Sen won the award in 2008 for his work Vadakathottiyile Vilppanatharatt, which appeared in the paper from July 31 to August 6, 2008. PK Prakash and Prajesh Sen also won the R. Krishnaswamy Journalism Award,jointly instituted by the Keralashabdam weekly and the Kollam Press Club in 2007 and 2009 respectively. The two also won the V. Karunakaran Nambiar Award instituted by Kerala Press Academy
in 2007 (PK Prakash) and 2009 (Prajesh Sen). Reporter N P Jishar, got chowwara parameswran award of press academy in 2008 for the serial names 'karshaka paadangalil kaliman khananam'. He also received First Best reporter award constituted by government of Kerla in state school festival,2008.
PK Prakash won the first C.P. Mammu Endowment award 2006 instituted by the Ernakulam Press Club for his story Bhoomiyude jaathi(Caste of the land).
TP Cheruppa also won the maiden Kambissery Memorial Journalism Award instituted by the Kollam
Press Club in 2006 for the best editorial in a Malayalam daily. The chosen editorial was Irayakkapedunna Shaishavam(Victimizing childhood) which appeared in Madhayamam on June 24, 2006.
MJ Babu also received the Dr Moorkkannoor Narayanan Award instituted by the Kerala Press Academy, the Oorja Kerala Award and the Farm Journalism Award instituted by the State unit of the Indian Veterinary Association .
(Moonnu Vara), Viju V Nair (Vellezhuthu), KEN Kunhahammad (Idapedal) and Babu Bharadwaj(Vazhipokkante Vaakkukal).
It gave a new insight into the murder of "Naxal Varghese", a 1970s leader of the CPI(ML) in Kerala during the Emergency of 1975-1977. A penitent policeman in the Kerala Police, Constable Ramachandran Nair dictated a confessional note to M.K.Jayadevan which was later handed over to "Gro" Vasu, an erstwhile Naxalite
who later published it in the Madhyamam weekly. The letter was then used an important evidence in the "SUPREME COURT OF INDIA - P. Vijayan vs State Of Kerala" case.
The magazine claims a circulation of 25,000 copies each week.
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published from Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
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, since 1987.. It was founded in 1987 by the initiatives of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind is one of the influential and hardline Islamic organization and movement within Sunni Islam in India...
. It has 10 editions in India (7 in Kerala and Mumbai, Bangalore and Mangalore) and its Gulf
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edition Gulf Madhyamam has 9 in the Middle East. According to Indian Readership Survey 2009 and IRS 2010 Q4, it is the fourth largest read newspaper in Kerala with a readership of 9.04 lakh readers. Gulf Madhyamam is the oldest and largest Malayalam newspaper in the Middle East, with highest number of editions in the Gulf countries than any other daily in the middle east. The newspaper and its team of journalists have bagged nearly ninety awards including Ramnath Goenka
Ramnath Goenka
Ramnath Goenka was a newspaper baron of India. He launched The Indian Express and created the Indian Express Group with various English and regional language publications...
Journalism Award, Statesman
Statesman
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Award for Rural Reporting, PUCL Journalism Award for Human Rights, ESR
Social and Environmental Responsibility World Forum
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World Journalism Prize and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
Asian Development Bank
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Developing Asia Journalism Award.
The newspaper exposed multiple stories of land encroachments, farming frauds, and malpractices in the name of assisted fertility. It also exposed an alleged kidney racket in tribal settlements in Idukki district of Kerala prompting a public outcry followed by an in-depth investigation by both the state government and the Indian Medical Association (IMA)
Indian Medical Association
The Indian Medical Association , the national organization of “Doctors of Modern Scientific System of Medicine”, was organized in 1928, and currently IMA has around 1,78,000 members belonging to different branches of medical profession and function through a network of more than 1700 local...
into the incident.
Ownership
Madhyamam is owned by the Ideal Publications Trust, most of whose members are affiliated with the Kerala unit of the Jamaat-e-Islami HindJamaat-e-Islami Hind
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind is one of the influential and hardline Islamic organization and movement within Sunni Islam in India...
, and serves as its mouthpiece. The trust claims as their aim "providing non-profit non-partisan and value-based journalistic service free from market pressures". The non-profit nature of the ownership, it says ensures the paper stays free of market compulsions of a business concern and be selective in the advertisements it publishes.
History
Madhyamam began publishing in 1987 at Silver Hills near Calicut. Veteran journalist, Kuldip NayarKuldip Nayar
Kuldip Nayar is a veteran Indian journalist and syndicated columnist, noted for his long career as a left-wing political commentator.-Early life and education:Nayar was born at Sialkot, Punjab, British India on 14 August 1923....
inaugurated the newspaper. Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer was a Malayalam fiction writer from the state of Kerala in India. He was a humanist, freedom fighter, novelist and short story writer. He is noted for his pathbreaking, disarmingly down-to-earth style of writing that made him equally popular among literary critics as well...
, Malayalam writer, described it as "the birth of a silver star".
The opening editorial on June 1, 1987 read:
Madhyamam comes to you, the reader, with a clear sense of purpose... Mass media are today passing through a period of degeneration. This sphere is not an exception to the general deterioration of values. The face of truth is being concealed behind the glitter of gold. In this murky situation we offer wholesome journalism reflective of a healthy worldview free from narrowness, communalism and extremism. "
The second edition was launched in July 1993 at Cochin followed by the third at Trivandrum in April 1996. Gulf Madhyamam was first published from Bahrain in 1998 and then from Dubai in 2002 .
K C Abdullah
K C Abdullah Moulavi
K C Abdullah Moulavi [February 22, 1920- August 13, 1995] was a prominent Islamic scholar in modern Kerala. He has made tremendous contribution to the Islamic resurgence and Muslim educational reforms in Kerala. He was the former Ameer of Kerala chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind...
, P K Balakrishnan
P. K. Balakrishnan
P. K. Balakrishnan was a Malayalam novelist, critic and historian. His multifaceted interests took him through politics, journalism, public speaking and creative writing...
, K A Kodungallur were among its editors at the early stage.Renowned writer C Radhakrishnan
C. Radhakrishnan
C. Radhakrishnan is a renowned writer and film director in Malayalam language from Kerala state, South India. He has been honored by both the National Sahitya Academy of India and the Kerala Sahithya Academy of Kerala . He has been conferred the Vayalar Award , Mahakavi G...
served as its consultant editor from 1997-99.O Abdurahman
O. Abdurahman
O. Abdurrahman is an Indian journalist, and author from Kerala. He is the Editor-in-Charge of Madhyamam, a Malayalam daily controlled by the Kerala wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and one of the most widely circulated newspapers in Malayalam. He has authored many books on Islam and contemporary...
is the current Editor of Madhyamam and VK Hamza Abbas is the Chief Editor of Gulf Madhyamam. Media critique Dr. K Yasin Ashraf
K. Yasin Ashraf
Dr. K. Yasin Ashraf is a media analyst, writer, translator and a prominent teacher from Kerala,India. He is a former professor of English language literature at Farook college,Kozhikode. Dr.Yasin won the M.M.Ghani award for best teacher under Calicut University colleges in 2005...
is the associate editor of Madhyamam.
Supplements
Apart from the daily edition, Madhyamam also publishes various supplements :- Varadya Madhyamam, A weekend supplement
- Kudumba Madhyamam ( Family Madhyamam), focussing on family and children
- Thozhil Madhyamam, a career supplement
- Vidhyabhyasa Madhyamam, an education supplement
- Info Madhyamam, an IT supplement
- Upabhokthr(Consumer) Madhyamam, a business supplement
- Velicham, a school supplement
Growth
Madhyamam has the fourth largest circulation in Kerala, and combined with Gulf Madhyamam, the market leader amongst Malayalam newspapers in the Middle East, has the third largest circulation amongst Malayalam newspapers . It now has nine editions in India: KozhikodeKozhikode
Kozhikode During Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, Kozhikkode was dubbed the "City of Spices" for its role as the major trading point of eastern spices. Kozhikode was once the capital of an independent kingdom of the same name and later of the erstwhile Malabar District...
, Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...
, Kottayam
Kottayam
Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...
, Kochi, Malappuram
Malappuram
Malappuram is a municipality in the South Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 33.61 km2. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Malappuram district. As per the 2011 census Malappuram urban agglomeration is the fourth largest UA in kerala with a total population of...
, Kannur
Kannur
Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...
, Thrissur
Thrissur
This article is about the city in India. For the district, see Thrissur district. For the urban agglomeration area of Thrissur see Thrissur Metropolitan Area...
, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, Mangalore
Mangalore
Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...
and Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. The edition at Thrissur
Thrissur
This article is about the city in India. For the district, see Thrissur district. For the urban agglomeration area of Thrissur see Thrissur Metropolitan Area...
was inaugrated on 18 August 2009 by the Defence Minister of India A.K Antony. In April 2011, the paper expanded to its 10th edition in India from Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. The Governor of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
State handed over a copy to Oscar award winner Resul Pookutty
Resul Pookutty
Resul Pookutty is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and mixer. He, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the film Slumdog Millionaire...
.
Gulf Madhyamam, is published from four locations in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah and Abha), one in the UAE (Dubai), one in Oman(Muscat) and from Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.
In October 2001, it launched a healthcare scheme for the poor, "Santhwanam" and has so far reportedly spent more than Rs 3 crore (30 million) to treat almost 5000 patients.
The Madhyamam Group is also expected to launch a news channel in Malayalam .
Awards and honours
The Madhyamam team has won numerous national and international awards for its contribution to journalism and in particular issues of agriculture,rural development and human rights.International Honours
Savad Rahman
Savad Rahman
Savad Rahman is a journalist with Madhyamam the Malayalam daily newspaper. He was born in Palakkad district in Kerala in the year 1979.He is currently working as the sub editor of the Madhyamam...
, a sub-editor at Madhyamam won the Development Journalist of the Year prize at the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA), sponsored by the Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia...
Institute (ADBI). An article on the plight of women trapped in the brothels of Mumbai earned him the prize. He also won the Diversity and Equal Opportunity special prize at the ESR World Journalism Prize 2007 for his feature Bant Singh The Lion of Mansa. The prize winning article was about Bant Singh
Bant Singh
Bant Singh is a lower caste Mazhabi, Dalit Sikh farmer and singer from the Jhabhar village in Mansa district, Punjab, India, who has emerged as an agricultural labour activist, fighting against the power of the landowner...
, a Dalit
Dalit
Dalit is a designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as Untouchable. Dalits are a mixed population, consisting of numerous castes from all over South Asia; they speak a variety of languages and practice a multitude of religions...
activist in Punjab.
National awards
P.K. Prakash, a senior staff reporter since 1996, won the 23rd "Journalism for Human Rights" award instituted by the People's Union for Civil Liberties
People's Union for Civil Liberties
People's Union for Civil Liberties is a human rights body formed in India in 1976 by socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan, as the People's Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights .-The indian emergency:...
(PUCL) in 2003. His reports on the Adivasi land issue in Muthanga
Muthanga
Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is an animal sanctuary in Wayanad, Kerala, south India. It is on the way from Mysore to Sultan Battery. Wild animals such as Indian Bison, elephant, deer and tiger can be spotted here...
, the illegal kidney trade in Kerala, prisoner torture at the Aluva
Aluva
Aluva , is a suburb of the city of Kochi, situated north of the city center and a municipality in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India. Aluva is also a major industrial center of the state....
Sub-jail, and the illegal viagra experiments on infants at a private hospital in Kochi earned him the award. He also earned a special mention from the PUCL award committee the previous year.
His article series Choothattam Thudarunna vipani(The continuing gambles of the market, published 26-30 Oct 2007), explaining the impact of globalisation on the remote corners of rural India and Bhoomiyude jaathi(Caste of the land), an analytical study on the impact of land reform
Land reform
[Image:Jakarta farmers protest23.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Farmers protesting for Land Reform in Indonesia]Land reform involves the changing of laws, regulations or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution,...
s on the Dalit
Dalit
Dalit is a designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as Untouchable. Dalits are a mixed population, consisting of numerous castes from all over South Asia; they speak a variety of languages and practice a multitude of religions...
population in Kerala won him "The Statesman
The Statesman
The Statesman is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper founded in 1875 and published simultaneously in Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar. The Statesman is owned by The Statesman Ltd., its headquarters at Statesman House, Chowringhee Square, Calcutta and its national...
Award for the Best Rural Reporting - First Prize"(2007), and the Ramnath Goenka
Ramnath Goenka
Ramnath Goenka was a newspaper baron of India. He launched The Indian Express and created the Indian Express Group with various English and regional language publications...
"Excellence in Journalism Awards for Regional Languages 2007-2008" - Print category .. He also received the 12th "National Media Fellowship" instituted by the National Foundation for India, a Rs.100,000 grant for conducting studies on the plight of adivasi
Adivasi
Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups claimed to be the aboriginal population of India. They comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India...
s in the Kerala model of development
Kerala model
The Kerala model based on the development experience of the southern Indian state of Kerala, refers to the state's achievement of significant improvements in material conditions of living, reflected in indicators of social development that are comparable to that of many developed countries, even...
.
MJ Babu, a senior reporter of Madhyamam since 1993, twice won "The Statesman
The Statesman
The Statesman is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper founded in 1875 and published simultaneously in Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar. The Statesman is owned by The Statesman Ltd., its headquarters at Statesman House, Chowringhee Square, Calcutta and its national...
Award for the Best Rural Reporting", first in 1998 and then in 2008. His series of articles titled Pattanam gramathodu cheyyunnath (What a city does to a village, published:7–9 April 2008) won him the 2008 award. The article-series was about the sorry plight of the people living around the Canoli canal of the Chakkamkandam Lake in Guruvayoor where all the waste including human excreta from the city were dumped making it a breeding ground for all kinds of diseases. It also highlighted how paddy cultivation near Guruvayoor was destroyed due to pollution.
State Government awards
PK Prakash won the 2007 Ambedkar Media Award instituted by the Government of Kerala
Government of Kerala
The Government of Kerala is a democratically elected body that governs the State of Kerala, India for a period of 5 years. The state government is headed by the Governor of Kerala as the nominal head of state, with a democratically elected Chief Minister as real head of the executive. The state...
, for his report on Bhoomiyude jaathi(Caste of the land), an analytical study on the impact of land reform
Land reform
[Image:Jakarta farmers protest23.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Farmers protesting for Land Reform in Indonesia]Land reform involves the changing of laws, regulations or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution,...
s on the Dalit
Dalit
Dalit is a designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as Untouchable. Dalits are a mixed population, consisting of numerous castes from all over South Asia; they speak a variety of languages and practice a multitude of religions...
population in Kerala. He also won the same in 2004 for his investigative report on the illegal kidney trade in Kerala.
Jisha Elizabeth, a reporter at the daily won the award in 2009 for her article series on a tribal colony working its way to join the mainstream of society with the help of the government.
Razak Thazhathangadi, press photographer at the newspaper won the The State Media Award 2003 in the news photography category for his photographs titled “Niram Maratha Nimisham” (The moment which did not change colour).
N P Jishar, Senior correspondent, won the media award constituted by Department of Culture, Govt of Kerala, for best reporting in International Film Festival of Kerala in 2010, December.
Press Club / Press Academy awards
Madhyamam Reporter Akbarali Puthunagaram won the Theruvath Raman Award 2006 instituted by the Calicut Press Club for his work Super Chikiltsa, Hitech Kolla,(Superior treatment, Hi-Tech exploitation) appearing between August 31 to September 5, 2006..Assistant Editor T P Cheruppa won the award in 2007 for his editorial Nellu Mlechamo (Is paddy shameful? - Dec 11,2007) and sub-editor G Prajesh Sen won the award in 2008 for his work Vadakathottiyile Vilppanatharatt, which appeared in the paper from July 31 to August 6, 2008. PK Prakash and Prajesh Sen also won the R. Krishnaswamy Journalism Award,jointly instituted by the Keralashabdam weekly and the Kollam Press Club in 2007 and 2009 respectively. The two also won the V. Karunakaran Nambiar Award instituted by Kerala Press Academy
Kerala Press Academy
Kerala Press Academy, is an academy of journalists in Kerala. It was established on March 19th 1979. It is a joint venture of the Government of Kerala, Kerala Union of Working Journalists and Indian Newspaper Society. The head office of Kerala Press Academy is located at Kakkanad, Kochi, Kerala.Its...
in 2007 (PK Prakash) and 2009 (Prajesh Sen). Reporter N P Jishar, got chowwara parameswran award of press academy in 2008 for the serial names 'karshaka paadangalil kaliman khananam'. He also received First Best reporter award constituted by government of Kerla in state school festival,2008.
PK Prakash won the first C.P. Mammu Endowment award 2006 instituted by the Ernakulam Press Club for his story Bhoomiyude jaathi(Caste of the land).
TP Cheruppa also won the maiden Kambissery Memorial Journalism Award instituted by the Kollam
Kollam
Kollam , often anglicized as ', is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. The city lies on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake on the Arabian sea coast and is situated about north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram...
Press Club in 2006 for the best editorial in a Malayalam daily. The chosen editorial was Irayakkapedunna Shaishavam(Victimizing childhood) which appeared in Madhayamam on June 24, 2006.
MJ Babu also received the Dr Moorkkannoor Narayanan Award instituted by the Kerala Press Academy, the Oorja Kerala Award and the Farm Journalism Award instituted by the State unit of the Indian Veterinary Association .
Other publications
Madhyamam Weekly is a literary and political magazine since 1998. The magazines contains regular columns of prominent writers like Maythil RadhakrishnanMaythil Radhakrishnan
Maythil Radhakrishnan, popularly known as Maythil , born in Alathur in Palakkad district of Kerala, is an all-rounder in Malayalam literature, being quite at home with poetry, fiction as well as non-fiction....
(Moonnu Vara), Viju V Nair (Vellezhuthu), KEN Kunhahammad (Idapedal) and Babu Bharadwaj(Vazhipokkante Vaakkukal).
It gave a new insight into the murder of "Naxal Varghese", a 1970s leader of the CPI(ML) in Kerala during the Emergency of 1975-1977. A penitent policeman in the Kerala Police, Constable Ramachandran Nair dictated a confessional note to M.K.Jayadevan which was later handed over to "Gro" Vasu, an erstwhile Naxalite
Naxalite
The word Naxal, Naxalite or Naksalvadi is a generic term used to refer to various militant Communist groups operating in different parts of India under different organizational envelopes...
who later published it in the Madhyamam weekly. The letter was then used an important evidence in the "SUPREME COURT OF INDIA - P. Vijayan vs State Of Kerala" case.
The magazine claims a circulation of 25,000 copies each week.
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- Jamaat-e-Islami HindJamaat-e-Islami HindJamaat-e-Islami Hind is one of the influential and hardline Islamic organization and movement within Sunni Islam in India...
- Islamic Publishing HouseIslamic publishing houseIslamic Publishing House is a leading publisher of Islamic literature in the state of Kerala, India . It was founded in 1945 as the official publication division of Jama’at-e-Islami Hind, Kerala chapter. Its headquarters is in Kozhikode, Kerala.-History:...
- Prabodhanam WeeklyPrabodhanamPrabodhanam is a weekly Islamic magazine published in Malayalam from Kozhikode in Kerala, India . This is one of the widely read Islamic Magazines in Kerala.It began as amonthly publication in 1949 but was later turned into a weekly in 1964. The magazine is officially affiliated to the Kerala...