Dharmyug

Dharmyug was a popular Hindi weekly published by The Times of India Group from year 1947 till 1989.

History

The magazine was originally published by a Dalmia press in Bombay from 1947, just after independence of India. Later on when the Dalmia group divested its stake from Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. in 1948, Dharmayug remained with the Times of India group.^[1] The magazine became popular and widely read when, in 1960, noted writer-playwright Dharmveer Bharti noted for his play, Andha Yug (1953), was appointed as its Chief Editor.^[2] The noted Hindi poet & author served as the Chief Editor for the magazine from 1960 till his death in 1987.^[3] After Bharti's death, Ganesh Mantri, a Hindi journalist, was appointed Editor,^[3] before the Times of India decided to close down the magazine in 1989.^[4][5]

The magazine covered all disciplines, including literature, art, fashion, culture, fiction, science and comics.^[6][7] Serialised stories of many Hindi popular writer and poets were published in the magazine.^[6][8][9] Dhabbuji, a cartoon character created by Abid Surti, was also a regular feature.,^[10] besides works of cartoonist, Kaak were regularly featured. It was a sad end to the saga of a Hindi magazine that once sold more than four lakh copies a week^[9] and gave a platform to many new Hindi writers and poets, like Mrinal Pande and Rajesh Joshi. The magazine was the first to serialize that tremendous milestone of Hindi and Indian theater Aadhe Adhure by Mohan Rakesh, as well as the first to publish stories of Shivani.^[8][9]

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