Background
Kasturi, Gopalan was born on December 17, 1924 in Madras, India. Son of Gopalan Kasturi.
Kasturi, Gopalan was born on December 17, 1924 in Madras, India. Son of Gopalan Kasturi.
Bachelor with honors, Presidency College, Madras, 1944.
Till date, he is the longest serving editor of the newspaper. Kasturi became the Editor of The Hindu in 1965 on the early death of its editor, South. Parthasarathy. Kasturi served as its editor from 1965 to 1991.
Kasturi retired in 1991 and was succeeded by North. Ravi.
Kasturi died on 21 September 2012 at the age of 88 at his home in Chennai. His death came a day after the 134th anniversary of the founding of The Hindu newspaper.
Member of Press Institute India (chairman 1977).
Married Kamala Kasturi, July 1, 1948. Children: Balaji, Venugopal, Lakshmi Srinath.