What makes the band distinctive is not the longevity, it’s the template — write across languages, use various instruments, tour without ever signing to a label, and still be taken seriously as rock and roll

Poulomi Das

Updated At : 07:04 AM Jul 23, 2026 IST

Clockwise from above, left: Organist & synthesiser player Subir Malik, drummer Srijan Mahajan, guitarist Saurabh Chaudhry, vocalist Nitin Malik, guitarist Abhishek Mittal and bassist Gaurav Balani.

THE TRIBUNE, India’s oldest, daily English-language newspaper, was first published on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), and save for 40 days in the immediate aftermath of Partition, has come out every day over the last 145 years. THE TRIBUNE was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist of the time. The newspaper is run by a five-member Trust, which is chaired by Shri N N Vohra, former Governor of J&K State (2008-2018); as well as Justice S S Sodhi, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court; Shri Gurbachan Jagat, former Governor of Manipur; Lt Gen. Shamsher Singh Mehta, former Western Army Commander; Shri Paramjit Singh Patwalia, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court.

THE TRIBUNE is free, objective, and independent. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language, are the hallmarks of the paper.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

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