India, Oct. 13 -- There are journalists who write the news, and then there are those who write history. T.J.S. George belonged to that rare second kind - a man who didn't just report events but reshaped how we understood them. When he passed away at 97, India lost not only a chronicler of truth but also the moral compass of its journalism.
Born Thayyil Jacob Sony George on May 7, 1928, in the village of Thumpamon in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district, his journey from a small-town boy to one of Asia's most respected editors mirrored the evolution of Indian journalism itself. After studying English Literature at Madras Christian College, George began his career at just nineteen with The Free Press Journal in Bombay, a crucible of post-indepen...