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  • Creative salutes frontline professionals risking their lives to protect the citizens of India

    Shoppers Stop changes logo to support frontline professionals

    By A Correspondent

     

    Shoppers Stop has introduced a campaign which transforms its identity into a heart and infinity sign to salute and applaud frontline professionals for their dutiful actions during these tough times.

     

    Notes a communique: “As a responsible brand, Shoppers Stop believes that social distancing will help contain the virus. Their creative highlights how important it is to keep the love alive even during such trying times. It highlights how it is our duty to support frontline professionals by doing as little as staying indoors and maintaining personal hygiene.”

     

     

  • The Hindu group's Frontline magazine also covers the movie industries of the South and the North East in its special volume on 100 years of Indian cinema

    Frontline goes beyond Bollywood in issue on 100 years of cinema

    By A Correspondent

     

    Frontline, the fortnightly news magazine from The Hindu publishers Kasturi & Sons Ltd has launched an issue that celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema. This issue of the magazine features interviews with eminent personalities such as Amitabh Bachchan, Gulzar and Mammooty along with articles on censorship, the evolution of film music, the fan club phenomenon and the portrayal of women in films.

     

    Well, this is not the first time a publication has looked at the issue. But what makes this stand out as the articles look beyond Bollywood and throws a spotlight on movie-making in the South and the North East.   The issue is is priced at Rs 50 and hit the stands yesterday (Oct 2)

     

  • The Hindu has relaunched fortnightly newsmag Frontline. The re-launch saw Vice-President lauding the effort.

    Vice-President Hamid Ansari lauds relaunch of Frontline

    By A Correspondent

     

    “I may be forgiven for admitting that I am moderately conservative and tolerably radical – conservative in habits and radical in thinking. For this reason, I was less than enthused when the Shri Venkitesh Ramakrishnan met me with the suggestion that I attend today’s re-launch function,” said Hamid Ansari, Vice-President of India at the re-launch of Frontline. The fortnightly magazine from The Hindu Group will not be available for Rs 40.

     

    “I could not help recalling the old maxim don’t fix what is not broke. To me personally, ‘Frontline’ has always been a stimulant to the mind apart from providing good reading on most matters that I care to spend time on. The need for a remix in Bollywood terms therefore did not arise. Nor was there a need to replace persuasion with titillation,” said Mr Ansari.

     

    The magazine was re-launched in the presence of N Ram, former Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, and Professor Romila Thapar.

     

    “In today’s age, the audio-visual media has emerged as a dominant medium for quenching the thirst of the target audience for real time news on current affairs, culture
    and entertainment. Despite this, there remains a real and popular demand for serious publications on topical issues which cannot be substituted by the ‘breaking news’ culture and short-attention span snippets in the domain of the electronic media,” Mr Ansari added.

     

    The new Frontline will hit stands in October, and will have 150 pages.