Sudarshan (magazine)
 Sudarshan title page; vol. 17, issue 2; November 1901 | |
| Editor | Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder | Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi |
| Founded | October 1890 |
| Country | British India |
| Based in | Nadiad |
| Language | Gujarati |
Sudarshan was a Gujarati magazine founded and edited by Indian writer Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi.
History
While his professorship at Shamaldas College, Bhavnagar, Manilal started a monthly, Priyamvada, in August 1885 with the aim of educating women. He discontinued Priyamvada in September 1890 after realizing that it would not flourish so long as it addressed only women readers, and converted it into another monthly magazine, Sudarshan, through which he expanded the scope of the articles to all of the topics he considered important, aimed at society at large.[1][2] Satyam Param Dhimahi (Template:Lang-sa) was the motto of the magazine.[3]
In October 1894, the size of magazine was increased by eight pages and the annual subscription was raised to two rupees.[4]
After the death of Manilal, his disciple and close friend Anandshankar Dhruv, at the insistence of Mansukhram Tripathi, took over the editorship of Sudarshan.[5] He held this post for about four years, and after Dhruv started his own magazine Vasant in 1902, the editorship of Sudarshan was took over by Manilal's elder brother Madhavlal Nabhubhai Dwivedi. Madhavlal edited it about two years.There is no issues available of the magazine after January 1904, and it is unknown when it ceased to publish.[3]
Contents
Apart from running regular features such as book-reviews, articles on social and political problems and some creative writing, Manilal contributed three important series of articles in Sudarshan viz. Abhyas (Practice; December 1894 – September 1898), Purva ane Pashchim (East and West) and Gujaratna Lekhako (Writers of Gujarat), which, according to Dhirubhai Thaker, are the best products of Manilal's reflective and creative faculties.[4]
Manilal's last and the most famous poem Amar Asha was published in Sudarshan in October 1898 (vol. 14, issue 1), published on the same day, 1 October 1898, when Manilal died.[3]
Kalapi's first poem (or first published poem) Fakiri Hal was first published in Sudarshan in November 1892 issue[4][6]
Subscribers
At the death of Manilal, the numbers of subscribers of was 371, some of them were Sir Chinubhai Madhavlal, Narsinhrao Divetia, Manibhai Jashbhai, Baa Saheb Bairajba, Lallubhai Shamaldas, Kalapi, Balwantray Thakore, Mansukhram Tripathi and Manishankar Bhatt 'Kant'.[3]
References
- ^ Thaker 1983, p. 78.
- ^ Thaker, Dhirubhai (2008). "Sudarśana" સુદર્શન. In Thaker, Dhirubhai (ed.). Gujarati Vishwakosh. Vol. 23 (1st ed.). Ahmedababd: Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust. pp. 590–591. OCLC 259818465.
- ^ a b c d Mehta, Hasit, ed. (May 2012). Sāhityika Sāmayiko : Paramparā ane Prabhāva સાહિત્યિક સામયિકો : પરંપરા અને પ્રભાવ [Literary Magazines : Tradition and Influence] (in Gujarati) (1st ed.). Ahmedabad: Rannade Prakashan. pp. 62–65. ISBN 978-93-82456-01-8. OCLC 824686453.
- ^ a b c Thaker 1983, p. 37.
- ^ Thaker 1983, p. 54.
- ^ Thaker, Dhirubhai (1962). સુદર્શન અને પ્રિયંવદા Sudarśana ane Priyaṃvadā [Sudarshan and Priyamvada] (in Gujarati). p. 142. OCLC 30821414.
Sources
- Thaker, Dhirubhai (1983). Manilal Dwivedi. Makers of Indian Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. OCLC 10532609.
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External links
Category:1890 establishments in India Category:Gujarati-language magazines Category:Indian monthly magazines Category:Magazines established in 1890 Category:Media in Gujarat