The first step

To say it again - Column9 is a group of journalists based in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Why do we call ourselves Column9?

Column 9 is the unwritten column. The column that is always missing. The name stemmed from our realization that there were several issues and perspectives that had either gone missing from our media or had been dropped for various reasons. Within the standard 8 columns of a newspaper, there would be no space for a ninth column filled with these crucial stories. Hence, a group - Column 9, whose endeavor it is to write the missing stories and missing analyses and perspectives into stories that do emerge within the standard 8 columns. As people engaged with media, Column 9 is our effort to not only sensitize ourselves but to re-define our roles as ones beyond mere information gatherers.

This is going to be our space for articles, news reports, stories that we are reading, writing and thinking about.