At 70, Herald prints the last words: Farewell
Farewell. T V Venkitachalam's leave-taking from National Herald as its editor-in-chief was such a scene that only a dying newspaper could offer. Behind the door with a faded bronze nameplate that announced his designation, Venkitachalam sat in his chamber with volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica, a huge portrait of a brooding Pandit Nehru, a telephone that occasionally rings, and an old typewriter going off colour.