Abdussalam Puthige

Who is Abdussalam Puthige?

Abdussalam Puthige is the Editor-in-Chief of Varthabharathi, a Kannada daily newspaper that is published in the south Indian coastal city Mangalore and Karnataka's capital Bangalore. The first issue of Vartha Bharathi hit the news stands on 29 August 2003 from Mangalore. The Bangalore edition of this daily was launched on 29 August 2006 at N.G.O. Hall, Bangalore.

Born in 1964 in Ganjimutt, a small village of Dakshina Kannada district of Southern Indian state Karnataka where his father Moulana Shafi was employed. He went to school in Bailur and Adi-Udupi where his father later resided temporarily. After completing his education, he took journalism as a profession and became an associate editor for a Mangalore based Kannada weekly.

During his career as journalist apart from reporting and writing his own articles,he translated many Urdu books into the Kannada language. He was one of the members of the committee that translated the Qur'an into Kannada - Qur'an Vyakhyana. He has authored a few books in Kannada and English. His most famous English work, Towards Performing Da'wah was published from The International Council for Islamic Information, UK.