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'''''Tharasu''''' is a [[Tamil language]] weekly [[magazine]] started in 1985 in [[Chennai]],<ref name ="dominated">{{cite journal |last= Jeffrey|first= Robin|date= February 9, 1997|title= Tamil:'Dominated by Cinema and Politics'|journal= Economic and Political Weekly|volume= 32|issue= 6|pages= 254–256}}</ref> with a focus on politics.

''Tharasu'' was the first of a new type of Tamil language [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] in the 1980s.<ref name="politicaltabloids"/> It focused on corruption and "political gossip" but also covered local village-level issues. ''Tharasu'' was perceived an "anti establishment" voice and also a sensationalistic one. Other tabloids then copied ''Tharasu''{{'s}} style. Indeed the other tabloids such as ''Nakeeran'' began with ex-''Tharasu'' staff.<ref name="politicaltabloids">{{cite news |title= Tamil Nadu's political tabloids|author= N. Sathiya Moorthy|url= http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/audience.nsf/%28docid%29/FE455497EEC7B767652569410021228F|newspaper= Independent|location= Mumbai|date= November 25, 1992|accessdate= February 22, 2012|postscript=May also still be in Eenadu Files in Hyderabad}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?201231 | title=Man Behind The Scoops |newspaper=Outlook India | date=April 24, 1996 | accessdate=February 21, 2012}}</ref>

In early years ''Tharasu'' took no advertising.<ref name="dominated"/><ref name="politicaltabloids"/> Instead it used low quality production methods in order to be affordable to villagers.<ref name ="politicaltabloids"/> Publishing has been a dangerous undertaking for people involved in this new tabloid genre. Some of this danger came from the police. Staff from all the tabloids operated against a background of police raids and sometimes lethal arrests. (The printer of another tabloid died after being released from custody.) In 1991 two staff from ''Tharasu'' were killed by ADMK rowdies in their own office. ''Tharasu''{{'s}} first editor not only travelled armed but also employed a guard.<ref name="dominated"/><ref name="politicaltabloids"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Summons to 14 accused in 'Tharasu' case|url=http://hindu.com/2000/02/20/stories/04202235.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709184256/http://hindu.com/2000/02/20/stories/04202235.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2012|accessdate=18 February 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=20 February 2000}}</ref>

Shyam, alias "Shanmugam",<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sundaytimes.lk/980308/news5.html | title=BJP govt not to complicate Sri Lankan Tamil issue |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=Sri Lanka | date=March 8, 1998 | accessdate=February 21, 2012}}</ref> was the founder [[editor-in-chief]] of the magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil Magazines|url=http://tamilelibrary.org/teli/tmag.html|work=tamilelibrary.org|accessdate=18 February 2012}}</ref> Then from 2002 to 2015 the editor of the magazine was Vignesraj (late). He was special correspondent of ''Kumudam'' and ''Tharasu'' in the late 1980s. The present editor is Ravisanthosh Vignesraj.

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.tharasu.com/}}

[[Category:1985 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Weekly magazines published in India]]
[[Category:Magazines established in 1985]]
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[[Category:Political magazines published in India]]
[[Category:Mass media in Chennai]]

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