Pothan Joseph, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pothan Joseph

Indian journalist

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1892

Place of Birth: Chengannur, Kerala, India

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: author, journalist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Pothan Joseph

  • Pothan Joseph (1892–1972) was a journalist in 20th-century India whose career spanned the twenty years before and twenty years after India's independence.
  • He worked with notable people of the time such as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Annie Besant, Mahatma Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu, and Motilal Nehru.
  • He was the first to write a daily political column for five decades, called 'Over A Cup of Tea', sprinkled with Biblical and Dickensian quotes.
  • He also discovered and nurtured the Indian cartoonist Shankar, helping to make political cartoons a staple of newspapers. Joseph started or developed 26 newspapers.
  • These included the Hindustan Times, the Indian Express, and the Deccan Herald.
  • He was the first editor of Dawn in 1942 while it was based in New Delhi.
  • He left Dawn to take a position with the government.Pothan Joseph guarded editorial freedom and demanded that editors support those who worked in the editorial wing and never encroach on their freedom.
  • Even before unionization, Pothan also pleaded for proper payment to deserving journalists.
  • His motto during his working life was "courage, vigilance and fidelity".

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