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''Madhyamam'' (meaning ''Medium'') is a Malayalam-language newspaper published in
Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Canar ...
, India, since 1987.Registrar of Newspapers of India
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It was founded by Ideal Publications Trust run by the
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wing in Kerala. It has nine editions in India (seven in Kerala and one each in Mangalore and Bangalore) and its
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edition ''Gulf Madhyamam'' has nine in the Middle East. According to Indian Readership Survey 2009 and IRS 2010 Q4, it is the third popular newspaper in Kerala with a readership of 904,000 readers. The newspaper and its team of journalists have secured nearly ninety awards including
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Journalism Award,
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Award for Rural Reporting,
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Journalism Award for Human Rights, ESR World Journalism Prize and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Developing Asia Journalism Award.About Us – Madhyamam
The newspaper has 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.


Ownership

Madhyamam is owned by the Ideal Publications Trust under
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. 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 Nayar Kuldip Nayar (14 August 1923 – 23 August 2018) was an Indian journalist, syndicated columnist, human rights activist, author and former High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom noted for his long career as a left-wing political comm ...
inaugurated the newspaper.
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (21 January 1908 – 5 July 1994), popularly referred to as Beypore Sulthan, was a writer of Malayalam literature. He was a writer, humanist, freedom fighter, novelist and short story writer, noted for his path-breaking, ...
, Malayalam writer, described it as "the birth of a silver star". The opening editorial on 1 June 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.
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, and K A Kodungallur were among its early editors. Renowned writer C Radhakrishnan served as its consultant editor from 1997 to 1999. O Abdurahman is the current editor of ''Madhyamam'', and PA Abdul Hakeem is the publisher in charge. VK Hamza Abbas is the chief editor of ''Gulf Madhyamam''. Media critique Dr. K Yasin Ashraf is the associate editor of Madhyamam.


Supplements

Apart from the daily edition, ''Madhyamam'' has an online edition at madhyamam.com and 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 * ''Madhyamam Annual'', an annual supplement * ''Madhyamam Vidhya'', an educational supplement * ''Ruchi'', a Recipe Magazine * ''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.Madhyamam A Muslim media success story
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It now has nine editions in India: in
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Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...
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Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south-we ...
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Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Ke ...
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Malappuram Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of including the surrounding suburban areas. The first municipality in the district formed in 1970, Malappuram serves as the administrative headquarter ...
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Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial h ...
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Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...
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. The edition at Thrissur was inaugurated 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
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State handed over a copy to Oscar award winner
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Gulf Madhyamam

''Gulf Madhyamam'', a subsidiary, is the first international Indian newspaper and most popular Malayalam newspaper in the Middle East, with more editions in the Persian Gulf countries than any other daily in the Middle East.IPSOS-STAT Survey 2009 It 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. Okaz group, a leading media conglomerate in Saudi Arabia, has tied up with the ''Gulf Madhyamam Daily'', the No.1 Malayalam daily in the Middle East. It is published from nine centres in the
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region, with four editions in Saudi Arabia. The partnership will enable both media houses to enhance their distribution network.


Other publications

In October 2001, Madyamam Health launched a healthcare scheme for the poor, "Santhwanam", and has so far reportedly spent more than Rs 30 million to treat almost 5000 patients. Kudumbam is the Lifestyle monthly family magazine, Ruchi is a recipe and health Magazine, Madhyamam Vidhya is an annual educational Magazine, Madhyamam Online is a Malayalam online News portal and Madhyamam English is an English online news portal.


Television channel

The Madhyamam Group also runs a Malayalam-language news-cum-entertainment television channel named Media One TV. The channel was licensed in September 2011 and was officially launched on 10 February 2013. The main studio is located at Velliparamba,
Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...
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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, a sub-editor at ''Madhyamam'', won the Development Journalist of the Year prize at the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA), sponsored by the
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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", about Bant Singh, a
Dalit Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming ...
activist in Punjab. won a silver medal for Tokyo Olympics print design competition 2021 conducted by newspaperdesign.in ;National awards P.K. Prakash, a senior staff reporter since 1996, won the 23rd "Journalism for Human Rights" award instituted by the
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(PUCL) in 2003. His reports on the Adivasi land issue in
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, the illegal kidney trade in Kerala, prisoner torture at the
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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
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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
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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 series was about the sorry plight of the people living around the Canoli canal of the Chakkamkandam Lake in
Guruvayoor Guruvayur () is a municipal temple town in Thrissur District, of Kerala State in India. It is a suburban town of Thrissur city, located from Thrissur towards the north-west. It houses the Guruvayur Shri Krishna Temple. It is located ...
where all the waste including human excreta from the city were dumped making it a breeding ground for many 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
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, for his report on "Bhoomiyude jaathi" (Caste of the land), an analytical study on the impact of
land reform Land reform is a form of agrarian reform involving the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution, generally of agricultural ...
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 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 the Department of Culture, Govt of Kerala, for best reporting in
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in December, 2010, and a media award for state school Kalolsavam reporting constituted by Department of Education, Government of Kerala 2010. ;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), which appeared between 31 August to 5 September 2006. Assistant Editor T P Cheruppa won the award in 2007 for his editorial "Nellu Mlechamo" (Is paddy shameful? – 11 Dec 2007). Sub-editor G Prajesh Sen won the award in 2008 for his work "Vadakathottiyile Vilppanatharatt", which appeared in the paper from 31 July to 6 August 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 received the Chowwara Parameswran award of the press academy in 2008 for the serial named "Karshaka paadangalil kaliman khananam". He also received the First Best reporter award constituted by government of Kerala 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 won the maiden Kambissery Memorial Journalism Award instituted by the
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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 24 June 2006. MJ Babu 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.


Printing centres

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Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Ke ...
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Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south-we ...
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Malappuram Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of including the surrounding suburban areas. The first municipality in the district formed in 1970, Malappuram serves as the administrative headquarter ...
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Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south-we ...
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Controversies and criticisms


Email snooping incident

A controversy arose after ''Madhyamam Weekly'' reported that police had sought passwords and login details of accounts from various service providers like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Rediffmail and Asianet India, among others. Alleging that it was an attempt at religious profiling, the daily claimed that 268 email accounts had been subjected to surveillance, out of which 258 belonged to Muslims. None among them had any previous criminal background and there was no clarity as to why they were put under surveillance, the newspaper stated. A probe was ordered after leading Muslim organisations in Kerala demanded Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's explanation in this issue as he is handling the Home Affairs. Chandy said that ''Madhyamam Weekly'' had not published the complete list, and provided the lists after removing the emails of people belonging to other communities. He said the weekly must come clear on this. The investigating officers got 268 mail IDs from a person and they were handed over to the hi-tech cell for tracing the identity, and no hacking attempt was made, he added.News on e-mail snooping unfortunate: CM
. Mathrubhumi English (18 January 2012).


Insulting religious sentiments case

In accordance with an order from the
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judicial first magistrate court, on 11 March 2014,
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registered a case against ''Madhyamam'' and other media organizations in response to a petition regarding allegations raised against Mata Amritanandaymayi, accusing them of insulting religious sentiments. ''Madhyamam'' was booked under Sections 153A, 153B, 295A, 298, 120B and 34 of the
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The newspaper was widely criticised for gloryfying Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. It reported the news of US retreat from Afghanistan following the fall of Kabul with the title 'Free Afghan'.


Other publications

'' Madhyamam Weekly'' has been a literary and political magazine since 1998. It claims a circulation of 25,000 copies each week. The magazine contains regular columns of prominent writers like Maythil Radhakrishnan ("Moonnu Vara"), Viju V Nair ("Vellezhuthu"), KEN Kunhahammad ("Idapedal") and Babu Bharadwaj ("Vazhipokkante Vaakkukal"). It gave 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 ''Madhyamam Weekly''.Manorama Online , Home , Kadhakkoottu
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The letter was then used an important evidence in the Supreme Court of India ''P. Vijayan vs State of Kerala'' case.


References


External links


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