Swarajya (magazine)

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Swarajya
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File:Swarajya May 2015 issue front page.jpg
Front page of the May 2015 issue of Swarajya
Editorial DirectorR. Jagannathan
Sandipan Deb
Editorial Advisory Board (EAB)Jerry Rao
EABSurjit Bhalla
EABSwapan Dasgupta[1]
CategoriesNews magazine
FrequencyMonthly (since 2015)
Weekly (1956-1980)
PublisherV.Murali
Amarnath Govindarajan
FounderKhasa Subba Rao
Year founded1956
First issue14 July 1956 (1956-07-14)
CompanyBharathan Publications Private Limited (1956-2014)
Kovai Media Private Limited (2014-present)
CountryIndia
Based inCoimbatore (since 2014)
Chennai (1956-1980)
LanguageEnglish
Websiteswarajyamag.com [archive]
OCLC number3999897 [archive]

Swarajya is a monthly print magazine and online daily. It was a weekly magazine founded in 1956 by Khasa Subba Rao with the patronage of C. Rajagopalachari, one of the founders of the Swatantra Party, and a regular contributor to the magazine in the form of his Dear Reader column. Minoo Masani, R.Venkatraman, R.K. Laxman are some notable personalities who contributed to the magazine. After Rajaji's death in 1972, the magazine began to decline and eventually closed in 1980.

The magazine was relaunched as a monthly print magazine and online daily in 2014, with Sandipan Deb as the Editorial Director.[2] The website was launched in September 2014, and the first edition of the print magazine was launched in January 2015. Currently R. Jagannathan and Sandipan Deb are Editorial Directors of Swarajya.

History

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First page of Swarajya Magazine's first issue.

Swarajya was launched as a weekly magazine in 1956 by journalist Khasa Subba Rao,[3] with the patronage of C. Rajagopalachari, one of the founders of the Swatantra Party,[4] and a regular contributor to the magazine in the form of his Dear Reader column.[5] The magazine strongly advocated individual freedom and freedom of enterprise as against Nehru's socialist policies. Swarajya enjoyed a reputation of being one of few magazines that argued against collectivist and statist policies of the ruling Indian National Congress.[6][7] Minoo Masani, R.Venkatraman, R.K. Laxman are some notable personalities who contributed to the magazine.[8][9][10] After Rajaji's death in 1972, the magazine began to decline and eventually closed in 1980.[11]

Relaunch

The magazine was relaunched as a monthly print magazine and online daily in 2014, with Sandipan Deb as the Editorial Director. The website was launched in September 2014 by renowned spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,[12] and the first edition of the print magazine was launched in January 2015.[11] Coimbatore-based Kovai Media Private Limited purchased the rights to the magazine from Chennai-based Bharathan Publishers, along with 40,000 pages from the earlier editions of the magazine.[11] The magazine states on its website that it "remains committed to the ideals of individual liberty unmediated by the State or any other institution, freedom of expression and enterprise, national interest, and India's vast and ancient cultural heritage". Swarajya describes itself as "a big tent for liberal right of centre discourse that reaches out, engages and caters to the new India".[1]

Editors and notable contributors

Wikipedia bias and censorship

It is one of the few (or only) major media outlets that are censored by wikipedia in their blacklist.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 About Swarajya [archive]
  2. ↑ "Re-launching Swarajya, a voice for India's new Right" [archive].
  3. ↑ "OGLC Worldcat" [archive]. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Remembering Rajaji the writer, with Kalki" [archive]. The New Indian Express. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Contributions of Rajaji and Kalki hailed" [archive]. The New Indian Express. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "We need a Museum of Liberty in India. (And: a note on the Swarajya magazine)" [archive]. Sabhlok City. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Comrades, friends, rivals" [archive]. The Hindu. May 25, 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "EDITORIALS BY SHRI R. VENKATARAMAN FOR 'SWARAJYA'" [archive]. President Venkataraman. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Laxman. The Tunnel of Time (autobiography). pp. 66–72. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ "For over five decades RK Laxman immortalised passive, hapless common man" [archive]. Daily News and Analysis. Pune. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Bansal, Shuchi (17 September 2014). "Rajagopalachari's 'Swarajya' to be relaunched soon" [archive]. Livemint. Retrieved Apr 15, 2015.
  12. ↑ https://plus.google.com/+SriSriRaviShankar/posts/V5W1yrku2kT [archive]

External links

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