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Revision as of 03:01, 11 February 2014
| Editor | Nissim Ezekiel (first editor) |
|---|---|
| Frequency | quarterly and than bimonthly |
| Circulation | 3'000-4'000[1] |
| Founder | Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) born in Berlin in 1950 and dissolves in the late Sixties |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Country |  India |
| Language | English |
Quest is a quarterly and bimonthly Indian journal published between 1955 and 1975 and featuring 20 years of independent India’s intellectual history.[2]
The publication is founded in 1954 and it is closed in 1975 when the government of Indira Gandhi declares in Indian national emergency. It was a product of the Cold War[3] and during its twenty years of history he featured essays, fiction and poetry from some major intellectuals and writers such as Nirad Chaudhuri, Dilip Chitre , Allen Ginsberg, Jyotirmoy Datta, Mujibur Rehman, Agha Shahid Ali, Jayanta Mahapatra Dom Moraes, Ashis Nandy, Gauri Deshpande, Adil Jussawalla, Mahapatra, A.K. Ramanujan, Saleem Peeradina, Kolatkar, Chitre, Keki Daruwalla, Anita Desai, Kiran Nagarkar and Abraham Eraly. The story of Quest’s illustrious life and infamous death is a story about idealism and global realpolitik.[4]
In 2011 a selection of articles is republished in the publication The best of Quest[5]. Achal Prabhala finds in his family's home the issues in 2007 and he decides to reprint a selection of the articles. The Prabhala's collection is donated to the ICCF The Indian Committee for Cultural Freedom office and digitalized.[6]
References
- ^ Supriya Nair, Revolutionary road in Live Mint & "The Wall Street Journal", 12 November 2011.
- ^ Prajwala Hegde, ‘’A masterpiece all the way’’ in The New Indian Express, 27/03/2012.
- ^ What we read in 2012 in Live mint & The Wall Street Journal, 28 December 2012.
- ^ Supriya Nair, Revolutionary road in Live Mint & "The Wall Street Journal", 12 November 2011.
- ^ The best of Quest, edited by Achal Prabhala, Laeeq Futehally and Arshia Sattar, Publisher Tranquebar, India, 2011; list of reviews http://thebestofquest.tumblr.com.
- ^ Supriya Nair, Revolutionary road in Live Mint & "The Wall Street Journal", 12 November 2011.
Further reading
- The best of Quest, edited by Achal Prabhala, Laeeq Futehally and Arshia Sattar, Publisher Tranquebar, India, 2011.