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{{short description|Indian newspaper}}
{{For|the defunct Tamil newspaper|Deshabhimani (Sri Lanka)}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Deshabhimani
| logo = Deshabhimani-logo.png
| logo_size = 150px
| image = DeshabhimaniCover.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| caption =
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format =
| founded = 1942
| ceased_publication =
| price =
| owners = Kerala State Committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| publisher =
| chief_editor = Puthalath Dinesan
| general_manager = K. J. Thomas
| associate_editor =
| staff_writers =
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| political_position = [[Left-wing politics|Left]]
| circulation = 622,276<ref name=ABCIND>{{cite web|url=http://www.auditbureau.org/files/JJ%202022%20Highest%20Circulated%20(across%20languages).pdf |title=Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)|publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]]|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>
| circulation_date = 2022
| headquarters = [[Trivandrum]], [[Kerala]]
| oclc =
| ISSN =
| website = {{url|http://www.deshabhimani.com/}}
| free = {{url|http://www.deshabhimani.com/epaper/}}
}}
'''''Deshabhimani''''' is a [[Malayalam]] [[newspaper]] and the organ of the Kerala State Committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. It started as a weekly in [[Kozhikode]] on 6 September 1942 and converted to a daily in 1946.<ref>{{cite news|author=P. Karunakaran|title=Struggle, Survival And Surging Ahead|url=http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2002/sept08/09082002_deshabhimani.htm|access-date=30 July 2015|work=People's Democracy|issue=35|date=8 September 2002|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222140001/http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2002/sept08/09082002_deshabhimani.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The paper is now published from ten different centres: [[Kozhikode]], [[Kochi]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kannur]], [[Kottayam]], [[Thrissur]], [[Palakkad]], [[Alappuzha]], [[Kollam]] and [[Malappuram]]. At present, Puthalath Dinesan, Central Committee and State Secretariat Member of the CPI(M), is the Chief Editor of the paper, K.J. Thomas, CPI(M), secretariat member of the CPI(M), the General Manager and ex-MLA [[M. Swaraj]] the Resident Editor.

''Deshabhimani'' is the [[List of newspapers in India by circulation|third-largest Malayalam language newspaper by circulation]].<ref name=ABCIND/> As of [[Indian Readership Survey]] of 2019, it was also in the [[List of newspapers in India by readership|third position in terms of readership]] in Kerala, after ''[[Malayala Manorama]]'' and ''[[Mathrubhumi]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/27032_IRS-2010-Q1:-Dailies-in-Kerala-lose-readers-after-gaining-in-the-last-round|title=IRS 2010 Q1: Dailies in Kerala lose readers after gaining in the last round|author=Sangeeta Tanwar|work=Indian Readership Survey|publisher=afaqs.com|location=[[New Delhi, India]]|date=10 May 2010|access-date=28 December 2014|archive-date=10 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710130841/http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/27032_IRS-2010-Q1:-Dailies-in-Kerala-lose-readers-after-gaining-in-the-last-round|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The news website is published under a public open license [[CC-BY 4.0]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/termsofuse|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602201832/https://www.deshabhimani.com/termsofuse|archivedate=2 June 2021|accessdate=2 June 2021|title=Terms of Use}}</ref>

==History==
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2021}}
''Deshabhimani'' has a predecessor, ''[[Prabhatham]]'' (which means 'Dawn'). It was started in 1935 and was the manifesto of the socialist group in the [[Indian National Congress]]. It was in 1942, through the efforts of eminent leaders like [[A. K. Gopalan]] and [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]] (who in fact donated all of his ancestral property for raising funds for the paper) Deshabhimani started and became the voice of the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] and later became the voice of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]], after [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|the split from CPI in 1964]]. Various personalities like [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]], [[V. T. Induchoodan]], [[K. P. R. Gopalan]], [[E. K. Nayanar]] and [[V. S. Achuthanandan]], have served as the chief editor of ''Deshabhimani''.
Many notable journalists of South India work with ''Deshabhimani''. Journalists who have worked with ''Deshabhimani'' include P Govinda Pillai, [[Ezhacherry Ramachandran]], [[Prabha Varma]], K. Mohanan, C.M. Abdul Rehman, Narikutti Mohanan, P.M. Manoj and B. Aburaj.

==Supplements==
* Deshabhimani Varanthappathippu
* Aksharamuttam
* Sthree
* Kilivaathil
* Thozhil

==Publications==
* Deshabhimani Varika (Weekly)
* Thathamma (Children's Publication)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.deshabhimani.com/ ''Deshabhimani'' online edition]

{{Newspapers in India}}
{{Malayalam journalism}}
{{CPI(M) publications}}

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[[Category:Newspapers published in Kerala]]

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