Comments on: Waiting for Times of India's Chennai launch

By: Narendar

Narendar — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:59:00 +0000

I too did not get response from them after sending sms and calling their subscription desk, I called today again about subscription and was told that the scheme was closed now.

Narendar Kumar

By: Nanda Kishore

Nanda Kishore — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:41:00 +0000

Ive also been at the receiving end with no response till date for the umpteen SMSs sent to 58888 which was the number given for the same.

Hope they provide some variety to a society dominated for so long by the Hindu. Look forward to some healthy competent brand of journalism

Nanda Kishore

Chennai

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:39:00 +0000

Because of my friends from North I am very eager to subscribe to The Times of India CHENNAI edition. But inspite of my several reminders nobody turnup to collect the subscription. I do not know why?
S.Chandrasekaran, Neelangkarai, Chennai.

By: Badri

Badri — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:41:00 +0000

I agree TOI gives importance to glamor, peeps into privacies of celeberities, gives an impression that non-issues are major issues etc. but The Hindu has failed to create public opinion, awareness etc. among its readers. TOI should be welcome change to Chennai from that perspective. TOI has also been successful in making politicians media-savvy. This is very much needed in TN politics. On the whole monatony of The Hindu can be broken only by big players like TOI, hence I very much welcome TOI to Chennai. BTW, I have been a adult resident of Chennai, Delhi and Bangalore for one decade each and I am giving these comments based on my experience with both the newspapers.

By: veera

veera — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:21:00 +0000

The Hindu is much better than other newspapers and has a balanced approach,ethical journalism, never hypes any news and gives equal importance to all fields unlike TOI crass content, cinema and fashion news and least regard for privacy of others, important news and biased reporting if it does not like any person.The paper quality of THE HINDU is among the best in Asia and the language is appreciated by Gracia – the renowned Media person as well as top dailies such as Guardian.

By: theone

theone — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:51:00 +0000

Me too waiting for the Chennai launch of the Times of India. Really hated the TOI, when in Mumbai, especially when the news articles were coloured with opinions. The Hindu, for all its reputation, is definitely not worth at Rs 3. The look, the content, the quality of the paper used…the newspaper looks very dull. ? Had stopped taking the Hindu some time back. The Hindu made me love the TOI again. The diversity of content, the wide range of topics covered in TOI, I really miss that.
Hope TOI chennai edition does not disappoint