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THE WEEK is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n weekly newsmagazine
Newsmagazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, featuring articles or segments on current events...

 published by The Malayala Manorama
Malayala Manorama
Malayala Manorama is a daily news paper, in Malayalam language, published in the state of Kerala, India. It was first published as a weekly on 14 March 1890, and currently has a readership of over 16 million . The Malayalam word "manorama" roughly translates to "entertainer"...

 Co. Ltd. The magazine is published from Kochi
Kochi
-Places:* Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala, India, formerly known as Cochin* Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India** Fort Kochi, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi, Kerala, India...

 and is currently printed in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

, 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...

, 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...

 and 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...

. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it is the largest selling English newsmagazine in India. THE WEEK's competitors, India Today
India Today
India Today is an Indian weekly news magazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1975 based in Mumbai. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi...

 and Outlook
Outlook
Outlook or The Outlook may refer to:In computing* Microsoft Outlook, an e-mail and personal information management software product from Microsoft* Outlook Express, an e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows...

, have opted out of the ABC audit.

Chief Editors

THE WEEK was launched by The Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd in December, 1982, and has had two chief editors, before the designation was discontinued.
  • K.M. Mathew (Padma Bhushan
    Padma Bhushan
    The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...

    ,1998) , the founder chief editor, remained in office until December 25, 1988. Popularly known as Mathukuttychayan, he was chairman of the Press Trust of India, president of the Indian Newspaper Society and chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. He died on August 1, 2010. The obit which appeared in The Times of India
    The Times of India
    The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...

     said, "The highly acclaimed English news magazine-The Week-was his brainchild."
  • K.M. Mathew's eldest son, Mammen Mathew,,(Padma Shri
    Padma Shri
    Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...

    , 2005), took over on January 1, 1989, and continued until December 9, 2007. He is currently chief editor of the Malayala Manorama
    Malayala Manorama
    Malayala Manorama is a daily news paper, in Malayalam language, published in the state of Kerala, India. It was first published as a weekly on 14 March 1890, and currently has a readership of over 16 million . The Malayalam word "manorama" roughly translates to "entertainer"...

     daily, the group's flagship publication.

Currently, THE WEEK does not have a chief editor. K.M. Mathew's second son, Philip Mathew, managing editor since January 1, 1989, is the highest-ranked editor.

Publishers

  • Philip Mathew, the first publisher of the magazine, held the post until December 1988.
  • Jacob Mathew: January 1, 1989 till date. K.M. Mathew's third son, he is currently president of WAN-IFRA. He is the second Asian and the first Indian to hold the post.

Editors

The magazine has had two editors, after which the designation was discontinued.
  • V.K.B. Nair: December 26, 1982 to June 3, 1984.
  • T.V.R. Shenoy (Padma Bhushan
    Padma Bhushan
    The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...

    , 2003): June 10, 1984 to December 11, 1988.

Editor-in-Charge

Currently, the editor-in-charge is responsible for selection of news under The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867. The incumbent editor-in-charge, T R Gopaalakrishnan, took over on December 18, 1988.

Design and style

The magazine was initially designed in-house, and was periodically redesigned. A major content overhaul was led by Peter Lim, author and former editor-in-chief of The Straits Times
The Straits Times
The Straits Times is an English language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings . It is the country's highest-selling paper, with a current daily circulation of nearly 400,000...

/Singapore Press Holdings
Singapore Press Holdings
Singapore Press Holdings Limited is a media organisation in Singapore with businesses in print, Internet and new media, television and radio, outdoor media, and property. SPH has over 4,000 employees, including a team of approximately 1,000 journalists, including correspondents operating around...

. He authored the book Chronicle of Singapore: Fifty Years of Headline News.

The two major redesigns were led by:
  • Peter Ong on November 8, 1998.
  • Dr Mario R. Garcia
    Mario Garcia
    Mario R. García is an American newspaper and magazine designer and media consultant.-Career:He has collaborated with more than 573 publications over the past 40 years...

     on February 20, 2005.


Based in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia, Ong was formerly Picture & Graphics Editor of The Straits Times
The Straits Times
The Straits Times is an English language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings . It is the country's highest-selling paper, with a current daily circulation of nearly 400,000...

. He is principal consultant at Checkout Australia, and was regional director for the Society of News Design. Garcia owns the premier newspaper design firm, Garcia Media. Both of them also helped redesign the Malayala Manorama
Malayala Manorama
Malayala Manorama is a daily news paper, in Malayalam language, published in the state of Kerala, India. It was first published as a weekly on 14 March 1890, and currently has a readership of over 16 million . The Malayalam word "manorama" roughly translates to "entertainer"...

.

In the early years, cartoonist Mario Miranda
Mario Miranda
Mario Miranda is an Indian cartoonist based in Loutolim in the Indian state of Goa. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and Padma Shri in 1988....

 designed many covers for THE WEEK. He also had a regular pocket cartoon in the magazine.

THE WEEK does not have published stylebook, but generally follows the down style for capitalisation. Its dateline carries the pull date, not the date of issue.

Columnists

THE WEEK has six regular guest columns:
  • The Sexes by Shobhaa De.
  • Masala Musings by Kishwar Desai.
  • Art to Heart, an art and culture column, by Amjad Ali Khan
    Amjad Ali Khan
    Amjad Ali Khan is an Indian classical musician who plays the sarod. Khan was born into a musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s...

    , Ashok Vajpeyi
    Ashok Vajpeyi
    Ashok Vajpeyi is an Indian poet in Hindi, essayist, literary-cultural critic, apart from being a noted cultural administrator, and a former civil servant. Presently he is the Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi India's National Academy of Arts, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India, since 2008...

     and Mahesh Dattani
    Mahesh Dattani
    Mahesh Dattani is an Indian director, actor and writer. He wrote plays like Final Solutions, Dance Like a Man,Bravely Fought the Queen,On a Muggy Night in Mumbai,Tara and 30 days in September...

    .
  • Last Word by Jon Stock
    Jon Stock
    Jon Stock is a British author and journalist. He was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset and at Magdalene College, Cambridge, England. He lives in Wiltshire with his wife and three children. He has three brothers one of whom is Andrew Stock currently president of the Society of Wildlife...

    , Mallika Sarabhai
    Mallika Sarabhai
    Mallika Sarabhai is an activist and Indian Classical Dancer from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Daughter of Classical Dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and renowned Space Scientist Vikram Sarabhai, Mallika is an accomplished Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancer.-Early life:Mallika Sarabhai was born in...

    , Nandita Das
    Nandita Das
    Nandita Das is an award-winning Indian film actress and director. As an actress, she is known for her performances in Fire , Earth , Bawandar , Kannathil Muthamittal and Aamaar Bhuvan . As a director, she is known for her directorial debut Firaaq , which has won a number of national and...

     and, Ilina and Binayak Sen
    Binayak Sen
    Binayak Sen is an Indian pediatrician, public health specialist and activist. He is the national Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties .He has been accused of sedition by the Chhattisgarh Government...

    .
  • Funda Mental by Kunal Vjayakar
    Kunal Vijaykar
    Kunal Vijayakar is an Indian film actor, director, and television personality who hosts the food show The Foodie on Times Now and comedy-spoof show The Week That Wasn't on CNN IBN with Cyrus Broacha.-Career:...

    .
  • Schizo-Nation by Anuja Chauhan
    Anuja Chauhan
    Anuja Chauhan is an Indian author and advertiser. She worked in the advertising agency, JWT India, for over 17 years, eventually becoming vice president and executive creative director, before resigning in 2010 to pursue a full-time literary career...

    .


In addition to the guests, there are two staff columns.
  • Power Point by K.S. Sachidananda Murthy, the resident editor in New Delhi.
  • PMO Beat by R. Prasannan, chief of New Delhi bureau.

Former Columnists

Former columnists of the magazine include Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...

, Khushwant Singh
Khushwant Singh
Khushwant Singh is a prominent Indian novelist and journalist. Singh's weekly column, "With Malice towards One and All", carried by several Indian newspapers, is among the most widely-read columns in the country....

, P.C. Alexander, R.N. Malhotra, former foreign secretary A.P. Venkateswaran, Harsha Bhogle
Harsha Bhogle
Harsha Bhogle is an Indian cricket commentator and journalist. He was born in a Marathi speaking family in Hyderabad.-Early life:...

, NDTV 24x7 managing editor Sreenivasan Jain, Manjula Padmanabhan
Manjula Padmanabhan
Manjula Padmanabhan is a playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, and children's book author responsible for the play Harvest. She has also written such plays as Lights Out! ,Hidden Fires The Artist's Model and Sextet .Born in Delhi to a diplomat family in 1953, she went to boarding school in...

, Santosh Desai and Antara Dev Sen
Antara Dev Sen
-Biography:Antara Dev Sen was born on September 21, 1963 in Cambridge, England, the first daughter of Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen and novelist Nabaneeta Dev Sen. Antara did her schooling in Calcutta and higher education in Delhi, India. Sen also studied at Smith College in ...

 , among others.

Supplements and Standalones

Two supplements go free with THE WEEK:
  • Health, a fortnightly on health and fitness.
  • Wallet, a monthly guide to personal finance and investment.


The standalone magazines are:
  • THE MAN: A monthly lifestyle magazine, THE MAN is published from New Delhi
    New Delhi
    New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

     and is edited by K. Sunil Thomas.
  • J&W: An annual guide to jewellery and watches, it is published from New Delhi
    New Delhi
    New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

     and is edited by Neha S. Bajpai.

THE WEEK Hay Festival

Hay Kerala 2010

THE WEEK was the title sponsor, of the inaugural Hay Festival in India. Held in 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...

, 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....

, from November 12 to 14, 2010, the festival was held at Kanakakunnu Palace, the former summer retreat of the Travancore royal family.

Writers and speakers for the event included Mani Shankar Aiyar
Mani Shankar Aiyar
Mani Shankar Aiyar is a former Indian diplomat who resigned from foreign service and became a politician working for Rajiv Gandhi in 1989-1991. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party and was the Minister of Panchayati Raj until he lost his seat in the 2009 Election...

, Rosie Boycott
Rosie Boycott
Rosel Marie Boycott , better known as Rosie Boycott, is a British journalist and feminist.-Journalism career:Daughter of Major Charles Boycott and Betty Boycott née Le Sueur, Rosel Boycott was born in St Helier, Jersey and was educated at the independent Cheltenham Ladies' College and read...

, Gillian Clarke
Gillian Clarke
Gillian Clarke is a Welsh poet, playwright, editor, broadcaster, lecturer and translator from Welsh.-Life:Clarke was born in Cardiff and brought up in Cardiff and Penarth, though for part of the Second World War she was in Pembrokeshire...

, William Dalrymple, Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi is an Indian poet, journalist and dancer based in Chennai. Born in Madras, India, to a Welsh mother and Gujarati father, she received an Eric Gregory Award in 2001. Her first poetry collection, Countries of the Body, won the 2006 Forward Poetry Prize for best first collection...

, Sonia Faleiro
Sonia Faleiro
Sonia Faleiro, is an award-winning Indian reporter and writer. She grew up in New Delhi where she studied history at St. Stephen's College, and received her master's degree from the University of Edinburgh. While in graduate school, Faleiro started writing her first novel, The Girl, which was...

, Sebastian Faulks
Sebastian Faulks
-Early life:Faulks was born on 20 April 1953 in Donnington, Berkshire to Peter Faulks and Pamela . Edward Faulks, Baron Faulks, is his older brother. He was educated at Elstree School, Reading and went on to Wellington College, Berkshire...

, Nik Gowing
Nik Gowing
Nik Keith Gowing is a British television journalist. He was educated at the Simon Langton Grammar School in Canterbury and Latymer Upper School in London, followed by Bristol University....

, Manu Joseph, N.S. Madhavan, Jaishree Misra
Jaishree Misra
'Jaishree Misra is an Indian author whose debut novel Ancient Promises was published and sold worldwide by Penguin UK and became a major bestseller in India...

, Vivek Narayanan, Michelle Paver
Michelle Paver
Michelle Paver is a British-based novelist and children's writer, author of the six-book series Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, set in the pre-agricultural Stone Age.- Biography :...

, Basharat Peer, Hannah Rothschild, K. Satchidanandan, Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy OBE is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, and Wadham College, he is now a Fellow of New College...

, Simon Schama
Simon Schama
Simon Michael Schama, CBE is a British historian and art historian. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University. He is best known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC documentary series A History of Britain...

, Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.-Early life:Vikram Seth was born on 20 June 1952 to Leila and Prem Seth in Calcutta...

, C.P. Surendran
C P Surendran
-Biography:Born to malayalam writer and rationalist Pavanan and Parvathy, C. P. Surendran received his M.A. in English Literature from Delhi University, Delhi and taught for short while at Calicut University before working as journalist in Mumbai for many English newspaper including the Times of...

, Miguel Syjuco
Miguel Syjuco
Miguel Syjuco is a Filipino writer from Manila and the Man Asian Literary Prize grand prize winner for 2008 known for his novel Ilustrado.-Personal Life and Education:...

, Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala...

, Amrita Tripathi, Pavan Varma and Paul Zacharia
Paul Zacharia
Paul Zacharia is a Malayalam short story writer, novelist and essayist. Born in Urulikkunnam in Kottayam district in Kerala, India, Zacharia lives in Trivandrum.-Literary career:...

.

The event closed with a concert by Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...

, where Sting made a surprise appearance.

Hay Kerala 2011

The second edition of THE WEEK Hay Festival is scheduled from November 17 to 19, 2011.

Awards

Year Awardee Award Agency Story
2000 Jayant Mammen Mathew & Maria Abraham SAJA Journalism Award South Asian Journalists Association
South Asian Journalists Association
The South Asian Journalists Association was founded in 1994 in New York City. South Asia refers to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal. The current president is Jigar Mehta, Previously a Video Journalist for the New York Times.SAJA celebrates its 15th anniversary July...

  
Rural reporting
2002 Deepak Tiwari The Sarojini Naidu Prize The Hunger Project
The Hunger Project
The Hunger Project is a 501 non-profit charitable organization incorporated in the state of California.The Hunger Project describes itself as an organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger...

  
Women in panchayati raj
2007 THE WEEK Media Excellence Award Amity   Business reporting
2007 Dnyanesh V. Jathar Excellence in Journalism Award 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...

 Foundation  
Life of AIDS orphans
2008 Bidisha Ghosal The Statesman Award for Rural Reporting 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...

 Ltd  
Sexual exploitation of widows in Vidarbha
Vidarbha
Vidarbha is the eastern region of Maharashtra state made up of Nagpur Division and Amravati Division. Its former name is Berar . It occupies 31.6% of total area and holds 21.3% of total population of Maharashtra...

2009 Bidisha Ghosal IPI-India Award (Shared) International Press Institute
International Press Institute
International Press Institute is a global organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of press freedom and the improvement of journalism practices. Founded in October 1950, the IPI has members in over 120 countries....

, India Chapter  
Sexual exploitation of widows in Vidarbha
2009 Kavitha Muralidharan PII-ICRC Award Press Institute of India & International Committee of the Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. States parties to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005, have given the ICRC a mandate to protect the victims of international and...

  
Abduction of Tamil rebels by the Sri Lankan Army
2010 Mathew T. George Excellence in Journalism (International) Union Catholique Internationale de la Presse   Robertsonian translocation
Robertsonian translocation
Robertsonian translocation is a common form of chromosomal rearrangement that in humans occurs in the five acrocentric chromosome pairs, namely 13, 14, 15, 21, and 22. Other translocations occur but do not lead to a viable fetus. They are named after the American biologist William Rees Brebner...

 among Bhopal gas tragedy
Bhopal disaster
The Bhopal disaster also known as Bhopal Gas Tragedy was a gas leak incident in India, considered one of the world's worst industrial catastrophes. It occurred on the night of December 2–3, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India...

 victims
2010 Syed Nazakat Finalist for Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl was an American journalist who was kidnapped and killed by Al-Qaeda.At the time of his kidnapping, Pearl served as the South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, and was based in Mumbai, India. He went to Pakistan as part of an investigation into the alleged links between...

 International Award
Daniel Pearl Foundation   Multiple investigative stories
2010 THE WEEK Gold (Magazine cover design) WAN
WAN
WAN may refer to:* Wide area network * World Association of Newspapers* Wanborough railway station in England, which has the station code WAN...

-IFRA
IFRA
The abbreviation IFRA can stand one of the following organisations:* International Fragrance Association* Ifra - an international organisation for the publishing industry...

  
Cover for Health
2010 THE WEEK Gold (Special issue) WAN
WAN
WAN may refer to:* Wide area network * World Association of Newspapers* Wanborough railway station in England, which has the station code WAN...

-IFRA
IFRA
The abbreviation IFRA can stand one of the following organisations:* International Fragrance Association* Ifra - an international organisation for the publishing industry...

  
On 25 years after Indira Gandhi
2011 Bhanu Prakash Chandra Gold (Feature photography) WAN
WAN
WAN may refer to:* Wide area network * World Association of Newspapers* Wanborough railway station in England, which has the station code WAN...

-IFRA
IFRA
The abbreviation IFRA can stand one of the following organisations:* International Fragrance Association* Ifra - an international organisation for the publishing industry...

  
Biking through the Himalayas


*Flag icons denote the country where the awards ceremony was held.

Trivia

  • In 2001, Special Cover Designer Ajay Pingle entered the Limca Book of Records for designing the most number of covers for an Indian newsmagazine.

  • In 2011, THE WEEK did a cameo in the Indian Premier League
    Indian Premier League
    The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...

    . It was the helmet sponsor of Kochi Tuskers Kerala, while Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd was the media partner of the team.

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