Editor forever

IN Media Watch Briefs | 26/06/2016

Journalists, like politicians, apparently do not have to retire if they are in leadership positions. At the end of this month the Mumbai Press Club is felicitating the group editor of the Lokmat Group Dinkar Raikar, on completing 46 years in journalism at the age of 75. The club's statement says, "The important thing is Raikar has no intention of slowing down or hanging up his boots." Do lesser employees in the group have the same choice?

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