Shanibarer Chithi

Shanibarer Chithi (meaning the Saturday Letter in English) was a monthly Bengal literary magazine published by Shaniranjan Press in Kolkata.[1] It was founded in 1929[1] by Ashok Chattopadhyay as the conservative response to the progressive literary magazine Kallol which was founded a year ago. It started as a weekly. Later it became a monthly.[2] The magazine was one of the major satirical publications in the country.[3] Sajanikanta Das joined the magazine from eleventh issue as the editor who made the magazine popular.[4]

Editors

References
  1. "Shanibarer Chithi". South Asia Archive. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. Chowdhury, Titas (28 May 2012). "'শনিবারের চিঠি'র নজরুল বিরোধিতার স্বরূপ". Jai Jai Din (in Bengali). Dhaka. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. Kunal Chakrabarti; Shubhra Chakrabarti (22 August 2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-8108-8024-5. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. "Sajanikanta Das". Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo, Volume 1. Sahitya Akademi. 1987. pp. 878–879. ISBN 8126018038.


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