The idea of a magazine, a periodical of this kind, germinated a few years ago, since it was felt that there's a vacuum in the reporting and then following it up. It was also felt, that the issues involving large sections of disadvantaged population of the country did not find adequate representation in the mainstream media. The burning and churning issues like these were handled in a manner that it didn't have the desired effect. Thus this lacunae was felt to be addressed in earnest. How much of it can be done is a moot point. Like John F. Kennedy said “job on hand may not be complete in 100 days, not even in 1000 days, not perhaps in our whole life time, but, we have to make a beginning". Yes, to get to anywhere is to start from where you are. So we have made the beginning in November 2000. We needed readers’ help in spreading the good word. As it is rightly said ‘if we are to-gether we can make the difference, and we will make the difference.’ Right enough we have been at it uninterrupted with the support of our readers, well-wishers and patrons.
The editorial board, as we started off, had eminent journalist, and former Chairman of Prasar Bharathi Dr. M.V. Kamath along with Prof BM Hegde, a former Vice Chancellor of Manipal University and an internationally well-known cardiologist, Dr Ravindranath Shanbhag, a Human Rights & Consumer activist of repute and Fr. Henry D. Souza, Chairman of Sandesha Foundation, Mangalore. Dr. Ravishankar Rao was Guest Editor, with Jayaram Shriyan being the Editor.
