Top 10 Regional Newspapers in India

01. Manoram – Malayalam – 85,65,000
02. Dhina Thanthi – Tamil – 81,56,000
03. Matru Bhoomi – Kerala – 61,36,000
04. Lokmat – Marathi – 56,01,000
05. Anand Bazar Pathrika – Bengali – 55,15,000
06. Eenaadu – Telugu – 53,80,000
07. Samachar – Gujarat – 43,39,000
08. Divya Bhaskar – Gujarat – 37,70,000
09. Sandesh – Gujarat – 37,24,000
10. Sakaal – Maharashtra – 37,07,000

Top 10 Indian Newspapers in India

01. Dainik jagran – Hindi – 1,55,26,000
02. Hindusthan – Hindi – 1,42,45,000
03. Dhainik Bhaskar – Hindi – 1,28,55,000
04. Manorama – Malayalam – 85,65,000
05. Dhinathanthi – Daily Thanthi – Tamil – 81,56,000
06. Rajasthan Patrika – Hindi – 76,65,000
07. Times of India – English – 72,53,000
08. Amar Ujala – Hindi – 70,71,000
09. Matrubhoomi – Malayalam – 61,36,000
10. Lokmat – Marathi – 56,01,000

Person of the Year: Top Choices from the Time.com Poll Results

Thanks: Time

1. Kim Jong Un
2. Undocumented Immigrants
3. Mohamed Morsi
4. Aung San Suu Kyi and Thein Sein
5. Gabby Douglas
6. Ai Weiwei
7. Malala Yousafzai
8. Sheldon Adelson
9. Bashar Assad
10. E.L. James
11. The Mars Rover
12. Psy
13. Felix Baumgartner
14. The Higgs Boson Particle
15. Pussy Riot
16. Sandra Fluke
17. John Roberts
18. Mo Farah
19. Marissa Mayer
20. Tim Cook
21. Mario Draghi
22. Xi Jinping
23. Bo Xilai

List of Tamil Juries for Sahitya Academy: சாகித்ய அகாடெமி ஜூரி பட்டியல்

சாஹித்ய அகாதெமி விருதில் நடுவர் குழுவில் இடம்பெற்றவர் யார்?

இவர்களில் எத்தனை பேர் விமர்சகர்கள்?

இலக்கிய ரசிகர்கள் என்று பெயர் எடுத்தவர் இருக்கிறார்களா?

படைப்பிலக்கியத்திலும் புனைவிலும் ஆளுமைகளா?

பத்திரிக ஆசியர்கள் உண்டா?

எவ்வளவு பேர் எவ்வித அரசியல் சார்பு கொண்டவர்கள்?

அவர்களின் கம்யூனிச, சித்தாந்த சாய்வு நிலை என்ன?

யார் தோழருக்கு நண்பர்?

1. Dr. Abdul Rahman – அப்துல் ரெஹ்மான்
2. Dr. E. Sundaramurthi – ஈ. சுந்தரமூர்த்தி
3. Dr. K. S. Subramanian – கே. எஸ். சுப்ரமணியன்
4. Dr. M. Palaniappan – எம். பழனியப்பன்
5. Dr. R. Kumaravelu – ஆர். குமாரவேலு
6. Dr. S. Chandra – எஸ். சந்திரா
7. Prof. K. Chellappan – கே. செல்லப்பன்
8. Smt. Madana Calliyani – மதன கல்யாணி
9. Sri Kalladan – கல்லாடன்
10. Sri Kovai Gnani – கோவை ஞானி
11. Sri Kurinjivelan – குறிஞ்சிவேலன்
12. Sri Samakodangi Ravi – சாமகோடங்கி ரவி
13. Sri Tamilnadan – தமிழ்நாடன்
14. Sri Thopil Mohamad Meeran – தோப்பில் முகமது மீரான்
15. Sri V. Sabanayagam – வே சபாநாயகம்

 

Indian Literary Award Judges: Sahitya Akademi Jury members for Recdent Years in English Language

Who were part of the jury in English Language?

How the last names could impact the choice of winner selection?

Does it have a good mix of different sexes or is it just males in the Judge pool?

What was the prefix like doctor, professor, miss for the decision makers?

From Sahitya Academy website:

The books were selected on the basis of recommendations made by a Jury of three members in the concerned languages in accordance with the procedure laid down for the purpose. According to the procedure, the Executive Board declared the Awards on the basis of unanimous selections made by the Jurors or selection made on the basis of majority vote. The Awards relate to books first published during the three years immediately preceding the year of Award

Some of the distinguished Jury members:

1. Dr. Amitava Roy
2. Dr. E.V. Ramakrishnan
3. Dr. Lakshmi Kannan
4. Dr. Lakshmi Kannan
5. Dr. Poonam Trivedi
6. Ms. C. T. Indira
7. Ms. Mini Krishnan
8. Prof. G.J.V. Prasad
9. Prof. Manju Jain
10. Prof. Manoj Das
11. Smt. Prema Nandkumar
12. Sri Bhaskar Ghosh
13. Sri Jayanta Mahapatra
14. Sri M.L. Raina
15. Sri Tarun Saint

 

Therthal 2009: Top 10 Quotes

1. L.K. Advani: on Manmohan Singh

“The country’s most important address used to be 7 Race Course Road (PM’s official residence) but now it is 10 Janpath (Sonia’s residence). When he wants to take a decision he sends a minister to 10 Janpath to ask for Sonia’s clearance.”

2. Mamata Banerjee: on the Nano launch

“The launch of the Nano was timed keeping in view the approaching Lok Sabha polls. It was motivated. It is a conspiracy against me.”

3. Maneka Gandhi: on Pilibhit speech recording

“The Election Commission has also dismissed the tape as a fake one and it actually is a fake one because Varun has not spoken anything like that.”

4. Manmohan Singh: on Advani calling him the weakest PM

“What is his record? When he was home minister Parliament was attacked, Lal Quila was attacked, an Indian Airlines plane was hijacked and terrorists were rewarded.”

5. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on the BJP for its oft-repeated description of Manmohan Singh as a weak Prime Minister

“The Prime Minister is a leader of the country and not of a party. So, if one disrespects the Prime Minister, he or she disrespects the entire nation”

6. Amar Singh: on CBI playing in the hands of Congress

“CBI is actually Congress Bureau of Investigation … When we were having seat sharing talks (with Congress) in UP, the system was listening to us. But as soon as the alliance broke down and we came closer to Lalu Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan, the tone changed.”

7. George Fernandes: on the allegation of gang rape during Gujarat riots

“Is it the first time that someone has been gang raped in India?”

8. Narendra Modi

“UPA alliance is strange: Delhi mein dosti, gaon mein kushti” (They are friends in Delhi and fight in the states)

9. RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on BJP candidate Varun Gandhi for his anti-Muslim speeches

“Had I been the country’s home minister, I would have crushed Varun Gandhi under a roller and destroyed him without caring for the consequences for his hate speech against Muslims”

10. Pranab Mukherjee on his perennial number 2 status to his inability to becoming Prime Minister

“To run this country coming from north India and not be fluent in Hindi is totally unacceptable…My total knowledge of Hindi is inadequate. That is number one”