What is the nature of the relationship between the Editor and the Readers’ Editor? Do readers gain from this institutional mechanism? The equation between the Editor and the Readers’ Editor is neither adversarial nor convivial. “What readers gain?” is a difficult but unavoidable question. Despite the fact that my livelihood is dependent on written words, I rely on the grand old oral tradition to understand readers.

Source: The Hindu July 16, 2017 18:33 UTC