Mr T R Jawahar
Columnist
I always find reading the column, POINT BLANK by Mr T R Jawahar in TAMBARAM TALK thoroughly enjoyable. His style is just wonderful. On almost everything he writes, I find my own views to be very similar. Now that I have shifted to Chennai and settled here, I feel I have come very near to him.
May God bless him and his family and may he continue to write such beautiful articles like, "GOD OF MANY THINGS"!
I am reproducing below a write-up about him from NEWS TODAY for the benefit of those who have not yet known about him:
I always find reading the column, POINT BLANK by Mr T R Jawahar in TAMBARAM TALK thoroughly enjoyable. His style is just wonderful. On almost everything he writes, I find my own views to be very similar. Now that I have shifted to Chennai and settled here, I feel I have come very near to him.
May God bless him and his family and may he continue to write such beautiful articles like, "GOD OF MANY THINGS"!
I am reproducing below a write-up about him from NEWS TODAY for the benefit of those who have not yet known about him:
A chartered accountant and a cost
accountant by qualification and a person of friendly disposition but someone
who values his and others privacy, T R Jawahar was not cut out for journalism.
But how Jawahar has ended up as one of the most prominent journalists in
Chennai and the creator of some important big news brands at such a young age
is the stuff of destiny and the dint of hard work.
Born to that doyen of journalism and
a legend in these parts, T R Ramaswamy, well known by the affectionate acronym
TRR, Jawahar no doubted has inherited his analytical and writing skills from
that great man. Apart from this, the father and son duo share another important
quality that define their entire world-view, which is humanism. A warm empathy
for all beings in the world is the core of their beings.
After the passing away of TRR in the
late 80s, T R Jawahar took over the helm of the Chennai’s most popular English
eveninger, News Today, and seen it grow through both good and bad times. Through
the unceasing publication of News Today, Jawahar is continuing the legacy of
his father who founded the paper as a social commitment as well as an
entrepreneurial venture.
Jawahar further perpetuated the
journalistic memory of his father by founding the popular Tamil eveninger
Maalai Sudar. The two papers have carved a unique niche for themselves through
an adroit mix of news and views, which help the readers to retain their Indian
cultural identity.
Apart from this, the biggest and the
most path-breaking journalistic venture from Jawahar is Talk Media, that
publication stable that has now become the talking point in the city with a
slew of neighbourhood weeklies covering the length and breadth of Chennai. His
Point Blank column in the Talk Media is hugely popular for its most forthright
views conveyed in cheeky and witty manner.
To discuss Jawahar just in
journalistic terms would, however, amount to doing a huge disservice to his
rounded personality. Endowed with a sunny sense of humour, Jawahar is a
connoisseur of movies both in Tamil and English. He is a virtual treasure house
of knowledge on Tamil film music and Tamil poetry. He is a history buff and a
keen reader of English and Tamil works, which is counter-pointed by his fetish
for modern gadgets. A willing traveller, he has brought to bear those varied
experiences in his trips in India and abroad on his writings.
Despite his professional achievements
and his focussed administration of a company which employs over 500 people,
Jawahar remains essentially a family man, a caring husband and a doting father.
He derives his strength from his wife and daughter, and his home and office
forever remain his temples.
Courtesy: NEWS TODAY
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