Hardnews had no pretensions to compete with what was called the “jute press” of the yore or the new money that is showing up in scores of TV channels or media outlets, since it does not have the funds to match their reach. Unmindful of its obvious limitations, it has, however, tried to give expression to old-fashioned public-spirited journalism that is angry, adversarial and irreverent. Search of truth is the lodestar for us, even if at times it is seen as unpopular and controversial. That means we fearlessly examine powerful politicians, bureaucrats, corporate houses and miscellaneous power groups and their flunkeys, including the nature of various forms of repressions, State repression, etc. We take a hard look at government policies and their impact on the common man, and the obligations the State has towards the Indian Constitution.