{"id":4312,"date":"2017-05-31T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T04:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/?p=4312"},"modified":"2017-07-11T10:49:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T05:19:05","slug":"4312","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/31\/4312\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodka, Vikram Seth and Indian Literary Mags @ Lit Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have missed the author Vikram Seth, you will appreciate this article called \u2018A Suitable Girl\u2019 is coming. What was it like to read Vikram Seth\u2019s \u2018A Suitable Boy\u2019 24 years ago?<\/a> on Scroll by Devapriya Roy. The exciting news is that Vikram Seth is on track with A Suitable Girl<\/em> and he writes about a new India, a far cry from the India Lata inhabited in his magnum opus published in 1993. There is also a link to a video conversation where Seth fans will get to meet the man himself and his cat, Vodka.<\/p>\n

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I also stumbled upon an interesting story about the inception of The Indian Quarterly, a literary magazine in India. The birth of the magazine was triggered by the horror of 26\/11. The idea was to create a perspective through ‘art, poetry, photography and cinema’. \u00a0Thus came the birth of the shelfie:<\/p>\n

A magazine or publication with staying power unlike those which transit momentarily in our homes before going to the kabadiwala.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is interesting about this article is how it throws light on how little we know about the story of magazines. The author delves into the genesis of the little magazine founded by so many philosophers and thinkers in Europe and the US. The author narrates the peculiar story of the literary magazine Encounter<\/em> who was backed by a group hard to guess. \u00a0I suggest you read the article to find out more.<\/p>\n

The author is optimistic about the future of literary journals though he is aware that this space too is fast disappearing. What about India? Are there any literary magazines of note here?<\/p>\n

The Lalit Kala Akademi used to publish a Lalit Kala Contemporary journal. Marg, a quarterly magazine founded by late novelist Mulk Raj Anand in 1946, is still going strong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many magazines have shut down and turned into collectibles. But The Indian Quarterly has long-term plans. Read the article by Madhu Jain here:\u00a0From Selfie to Shelfie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have missed the author Vikram Seth, you will appreciate this article called \u2018A Suitable Girl\u2019 is coming. What was it like to read Vikram Seth\u2019s \u2018A Suitable Boy\u2019 24 years ago? on Scroll by Devapriya Roy. The exciting news is that Vikram Seth is on track with A Suitable Girl and he writes … Continue reading “Vodka, Vikram Seth and Indian Literary Mags @ Lit Browser”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[220],"tags":[221,223,222],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s7vAZr-4312","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4663,"url":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/26\/visual-friday-writers-of-india-vikram-seth\/","url_meta":{"origin":4312,"position":0},"title":"Visual Friday: Writers of India \u2013 Vikram Seth","date":"July 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Want to embed this post on your blog or website? Use the following code. 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