The logo for the 40th anniversary edition of THE WEEK magazine was unveiled on Wednesday. Bibek Debroy, chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the prime minister, released the logo at a function in New Delhi.
Debroy, who is also a columnist for THE WEEK, spoke of the changing face of media and news overload in the digital world. “In the period after the Emergency, there was a hankering for news, for information. It was a completely different decade.” He complimented THE WEEK for continuing with the tradition of in-depth coverage and analyses by columnists.
THE WEEK's Editor Philip Mathew: “It is our stories of human compassion that have sustained us through these decades. The special logo is a reminder for the future—we must stay resolute on the path of purposeful journalism.”
The anniversary logo was selected from 80 entries in an in-house competition, with the winning entry being designed by Aman Sudarsh, video editor with Manorama Horizon. K. Rajesh Nair, Deputy General Manager (Marketing) and Syam Krishnan, graphic designer, were runners-up.
THE WEEK magazine was launched in December, 1982. The cover of the magazine's first issue featured then prime minister Indira Gandhi and her son and Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi. The cover story titled 'Battle for Deccan' was written by THE WEEK's first Delhi bureau chief of T.V.R. Shenoy, who later became the magazine's Editor.
