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# An ambigram in The Hindu
- URL: https://balaustine.mymagic.page/the-ambigram-in-the-hindu/
- Published: 2025-01-26T05:54:18.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-26T05:54:18.000Z
- Author: VM
- Tags: Life notes, ambigram, democracy, journalism, Republic Day, The Hindu, #Migrated-1787484114599, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 11:22

*The Hindu* has an unusual ad in today’s paper (at least in the Chennai edition, which I get) on the occasion of Republic Day.

![](https://farfromeq.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/8c531-40424-3248e-39b57-l723836940.png?w=404&h=1024)

At the middle is an ambigram that reads “journalism” one way and “democracy” upside down. Below the way that reads “journalism”, there’s a statement saying:

> This Republic Day, we reaffirm our commitment to journalism that strengthens a democracy—today and always.

And below the way that reads “democracy”, the statement goes:

> This Republic Day, we reaffirm our commitment to a democracy that strengthens journalism—today and always.

The whole idea is that journalism is the republic’s mirror.

I’m posting this for no reason other than that I found it quite clever. :D