On October 21, The Hindu's admired 48-year-old editor Siddharth Varadarajan dramatically announced his resignation on Twitter after the newspaper's board decided to move him from the editor's chair to the less central role of contributing editor and senior columnist.

Varadarajan, the first editor in The Hindu's 135-year history to be appointed from outside the family, took the hint and quit. Read his interview to Tehelka.