“This is a newspaper to be studied, not read.”
As if to give an air of respectability to a cult, that’s a catchline often evoked in the initiation of young aspirants of government jobs — particularly those preparing for the civil services examination — to the daily ritual of poring over The Hindu. In punching above its weight in the industrial scene of preparing for competitive exams, The Hindu continues to be almost a signboard to locate the hubs of civil services aspirants in Indian cities and small towns and colonies, like Old Rajinder Nagar and Mukherjee Nagar in Delhi.
