Santosh Bhartiya is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the renowned brand CHAUTHI DUNIYA, credited for almost 600 breaking stories in the past decade. Under his dynamic leadership, Bhartiya carried the most unbiased crusades on issues that are generally swept under the carpet or kept hidden from the public eye. Not being a man to take the easy route, he picked up news stories that no other newspaper would dare to touch for fear of the government’s wrath. The breaking story of the Hashimpura Massacre case in 1987 was one such story where Bhartiya kept on printing the copies of the same newspaper and distributed in the market three times until the government relented. Bhartiya’s voice was loud, clear, and suggested an absolute implausibility of being pushed in a corner. When Bhartiya wrote, justice had to be served. When it comes to the interest of people, his perseverance is infinite and he is not afraid of pulling the rug from under the ruling party’s feet.
The Brand CHAUTHI DUNIYA is a weekly newspaper & a digital broadcast media with a reach of over 2 crore people across the country. It started as the only broadsheet weekly which had a direct access to politicians, bureaucrats, and top corporates of the country. For Santosh Bhartiya, Chauthi Duniya was not about making name or money but about improving outcomes. Even today, Santosh Bhartiya is not afraid of initiating a revolution when he feels necessary. He is quite more active in the socio-economic-political scene each day now.
Besides introducing new techniques of reporting, anchoring and journalistic interviews, Santosh Bhartiya brought in innovative formats for presenting the socio-political and socio-economical concerns to the fore. Through his association with organizations dedicated for human rights and welfare, employment, and education, he crusaded for marginalised issues in the field of welfare and youth development.