Every relationship – from personal to global – rests on bedrock trust.
Companies and countries, individuals and institutions sign the agreement and agreement, but even the most legal airtight documents are only a very strong piece of paper: trust.
Indeed, there is a business that has run forever without official documents – such as the Angadias or Mumbai courier that brings diamonds worth thousands of crores every year, often on crowded local trains.
They have done it for generations to generation, and there are very few examples of anyone who runs away with diamonds entrusted to them.
The dictionary defines trust as “firm belief in a person’s reliability, truth or something or something”.
What is not mentioned is that trust is not built in a day, a week, a month, a year.
It takes time, and effort – and must be obtained every day.
When Indian times have done, day after day, for 183 years and continues to grow.
Recently, a study by the Reuters Institute for journalism studies, which took place at the University of Oxford, stated the most trusted about the brand news in India included in the survey, cross formats, media and platforms – printing, television, digital.
It’s official validation of what we always know in our hearts and minds.
Every morning, millions of people cross the length and the extent of this extensive and diverse country reaches TOI to understand the increasingly complex world we live in.
They rely on us to provide news and information that are fair, accurate and impartial.
Read Alsotoi is the most trusted news brand in India: Reuters Surveys in India, not only the largest English-language newspapers in the world in all formats, also the most trusted among brands of main news media in India, according to the 46 countries survey conducted by the Institute Reuters for journalism studies (RISJ).
Surveys, released as partit are responsibilities that we consider very serious.
More than now, when words can easily become a weapon, and forward unthinkable on social media can have disaster consequences.
Trust is not obtained easily.
This accumulates hard, through obsessive courage, dedication, and commitment to sucks the facts of rumors, the truth of propaganda.
Our journalists and editors work tirelessly, crossing more than 55 editions, to give you the most accurate and balanced coverage.
We are human, and sometimes we make mistakes.
But we quickly acknowledge them, and we are fully responsible for them.
Carrying perfect paper is a holy grail that is difficult to understand.
But we will never stop trying.
Many have changed during the long life of TOI.
The generation of journalists has worked in a crowded highway, and presents readers through the platform provided.
But our core philosophy remains unchanged.
We don’t serve any master or agenda; Our main concern is readers and subjects and our problems are close to their hearts.
This philosophy shines in our various stories and campaigns for years.
In the coming weeks, we will celebrate – and refresh the memories of our readers – through the ‘Indian Trust’ campaign.
Trawling through the treasure of the Toi Archive for digging this gem has been degrading and inspiring.
We are very proud of our extraordinary heritage, but we are not satisfied.
Today, we would like to take this opportunity to renew our commitment to all our readers who have invested their faith and trust to us.
We will never stop trying to meet your expectations.
Because trust must be obtained – every day.