B ox . Journalism in India used to be regarded as a ‘calling’. Fired by the spirit of patriotic and social reforming idealism, it was able to draw in outstanding talent as the freedom struggle and movements for social change intensified and as new educational and career opportunities arose in a modernising society. As is often the case with such pursuits, the calling was conspicuously underpaid.
The transformation of the calling into a profession took place over a long period, mirroring the change in character of a newspaper like The Hindu from a purely societal and public service mission into a business enterprise framed by a societal and public service mission. Source: Editorial ‘ Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow’ , The Hindu, September , quoted in B.P. Sanjay ( )