Mysuru: “Literature, when magnified, gets attention. Without this magnification, literature would be confined only to its readers as it is an individual pursuit. Media here is the traction,” opined K.S. Sachidananda Murthy, Resident Editor of Malayala Manorama and The Week, at New Delhi.
Speaking on ‘Literature and Social Media,’ he said that writers continue to propel journalism and journalism propels Literature. Recalling his days as a young reporter during Emergency when he was told to take a bus from Bangalore everyday and write about the place he goes to, Sachidananda recalled that he most often came to Mysore from where he actually started his career. What these travels taught him was that there was much more to life and reporters need to look beyond just politics and crime.
