He is not an ordinary newspaper editor of the blue-blooded type. When the workers of The Hindu Group of publications went on strike in the late sixties, the Marxist leader who was one of the first to address them was N Ram, now editor of The Hindu.
There are quite a few other little-known facts about Ram. Some famous names that picked up Labrador pups from him include Rajiv Gandhi, Gamini Dissanayake, and Subramanian Swamy.
Ram is not only a breeder of dogs, he has a collection of exotic parrots that includes macaws, Amazons and the wing-necked parakeet, all hand raised and some "silly tame". Others in this menagerie are five Labradors, three cocker spaniels, an English Pointer and five Persian cats.
His love for animals, Ram admits, comes from his uncle S Rangarajan, publisher of The Hindu and chairman of the Kennel Club of India.
Ram's love of collections does not stop at animals: one of the walls in his office is covered with framed R K Laxman originals. Finally, cricket. Ram played for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy as wicket keeper and batsman. Now the well-known facts.
The 1968 Honours student from the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, Ram came into the limelight in 1981 when as The Hindu
