Synopsis: A sharp-minded social and political commentator, a mentor to many, and a fearless voice against power, TJS George’s career stretched across the better part of a century — a journalistic life that began in the years of India’s independence and continued into the 21st century.

Member of the Legislative Council K Shivakumar has announced that an endowment award for editors would be instituted at the national level in the name of senior journalist TJS George.

He announced the plan on Saturday, 25 October, while receiving an honour and speaking at the Karnataka Media Academy.

Shivakumar recalled that he had already established the “Mookanayaka Dr BR Ambedkar Endowment Award” in the Karnataka Media Academy for columnists writing on social justice.

He also remembered that the recen

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