Positive News. Inspiring Stories. Positive Actions.
The Optimist Citizen was India’s First Purely Positive Newspaper (in print & digital) started by a few 19-year-olds back in 2014. The ideas was simply to present Positive News, Solution-based Stories and Constructive Analysis that stimulates and initiates Positive Actions.
Although our operations have ceased after the COVID era, The Optimist Citizen’s legacy lives on in the 2000+ stories in 50+ editions on this archive website.
2500+
Stories Covered
50+
Newspaper Editions
250+
Young Storytellers
10,000 +
Readers
Meet Our Team
Our team included writers, editors, freelancers, campaign coordinators, campus ambassadors spanning 17+ cities and 5+ countries.
Piyush Ghosh
Co-Founder
Tuhin Kumar Sen
Co-Founder
Tannison Mathews
Co-Founder
Swanzil Raghuwanshi
Founding Member
Testimonials
The readers of The Optimist Citizen spanned acorss 31+ cities in India and 4 countries in the world. Here are some first hand testimonials from our readers.
It is hard for my kid to see the positives when he reads the regular paper and with the stuff that is happening. When he read The Optimist Citizen paper cover to cover, he rose saying: There is a lot of good in the world. I can’t tell you how much that means.
Sangitha K
Reader, Bengaluru
I had stopped reading newspapers 10 years back because they only spoke about everything that was not right, but I am so happy to see this concept. This endeavor gives me a lot of hope. I think this needs to impact globally, it is critical to our sustenance.
Arpita Singh
Reader, Hyderabad
Just when I was done with mainstream newspapers, The Optimist Citizen became an oasis – letting me look at the brighter side of humanity. What stands out is that it can be handed over to anyone without the fear of them being scarred by the sensational news.
Archana Zulifiqar
Reader, Bhopal
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