Senior journalist K.S. Sachidananda Murthy, who served as the resident editor of The Week and the Malayala Manorama daily in Delhi, passed away in Bengaluru on Friday, October 13. He was 68.

• ‘Sachi’, as he was widely known in journalist circles, had a four-decade-long career in journalism and most of which was spent in Malayala Manorama Group and in The Week magazine. Before that, he had a stint with The Indian Express.
• He had also served as the secretary general of the Editors Guild of India and chairman of the Lok Sabha Press Advisory Committee. He also held a stint as a member of the Central Press Accreditation Committee and the Press Council of India.
• Malayala Manorama ran Murthy’s popular political column Desheeyam (originally called New Delhi) on its edit pages for three decades.
• A native of Kolar in Karnataka, Murthy was a recipient of the Karnataka Media Academy Award for lifetime contribution to journalism. He has covered multiple overseas visits of presidents and prime ministers. “Sachidananda Murthy was among the few Kannadiga journalists active in the national capital media circles,” said Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah.