Frontline (magazine)
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- For the Scottish Marxist magazine called Frontline see International Socialist Movement
Frontline is a fortnightly English language magazine published by The Hindu group of publications from Chennai, India. N. Ram is the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine.
As a current affairs magazine, it covers domestic and International news. Unlike many other mainstream magazines published in India, Frontline gives a prominent place to various issues of development and hindrances in the Indian states. Apart from topics of political economy, it also covers a wide range of topics including Arts, books, cinema, Science and English language.
The perspective provided in the magazine is of a strong leftist nature, wherein views are often solicited from eminent leftist intellectuals. C.P. Chandrasekhar, Praful Bidwai, R.K.Raghavan, Jayati Ghosh and Bhaskar Ghose have been contributing regular coloumns for the magazine. Aijaz Ahmad, the eminent Marxist literary critic and political analyst also contributes occasional essays on various topics.
At a time, when the magazine space in India is occupied increasingly by news tinged with lifestyles of middle and upper class people in urban areas, mundane "gossip", sensationalism and total non-coverage of livelihood issues, Frontline is famous for its serious coverage of issues. The magazine has made it a point to analyse issues related to the working classes, the unorganized sectors, tribal regions, etc in India.
On the foreign news coverage front, the Frontline's worldview is dominated by a strong anti-imperialist sentiment, coupled with a sympathetic reporting about leftist regimes across the world.
Since, 1991, the magazine has consistently opposed the economic reforms of successive governments comprising divestment in state owned corporations, opening of areas like telecom and insurance to private and foreign players among others.
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