Kalki (Weekly Magazine)
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: கல்கி (வார இதழ்)
'Kalki' is a weekly magazine founded by writer Kalki in the year of 1941 and still in circulation. 'Kalki' is one of the important variety magazines in Tamil. Writer Kalki's famous novels Sivagamiyin Sabatham and Ponniyin Selvan were published in ''Kalki magazine.
Magazine's History
'Kalki' was found by writer Kalki on 1941. Writer Kalki was the co-editor and editor-in-chief of Anandavikatan weekly since 1931. For his participation in Quit India Movement on 1941 Anandavikatan's chief S.S. Vasan refused to take Kalki back, fearing Government consequences. With the help of his political mentor Rajaji, writer Kalki started 'Kalki' magazine. Kalki's friendship with Sathasivam blossomed when participating in Salt Satyagraha Movement on 1930 and eventually he joined Kalki magazine as an administrator. Sathasivam's wife M.S. Subbulakshmi starred in the film Savitri and donated the salary from the movie to start the magazine. D.K. Chithambaranatha Muthaliyar, a friend of Rajaji and Kalki also collaborated for 'Kalki' magazine.
'Kalki' office was set up on the Gandhi-Irwin road, opposite the Egmore railway station. Writer Kalki had mentioned about the magazine's policies in the first issue. It was portrayed as a conversation between Lord Vinayaka and writer Kalki, having Lord Vinayaka asking Kalki about the magazine's policy, in which Kalki clarified by saying 'first National Interest, second National Interest and third National Interest'.
Writer Kalki died on September 9, 1954 and the magazine had Kalki's student and friend writer M.P. Somu as its editor, afterwards D. Sathasivam held the position for a year. The New Year edition of 1965, he wrote that magazines should not look to only please people but rather assessing subjects that are in people's interest, strongly expressing them and to make people like those subjects. Kalki's son writer Rajendran had assumed the responsibilities of editor of the magazine in 1970.
'Kalki' was suspended in 1977 due to administrative problems and the workers' strike, eventually re-starting it in a new building in 1978. In 1993, Rajendran's eldest daughter Sita Ravi became the editor of 'Kalki' magazine. Since September 2021, the Kalki Group has acquired all of the magazine's repository licenses. The magazine is being published as an e-magazine at www.kalkionline.com by Lakshmi Natarajan and his team. V. Ramanan is the Editor-in-Chief of the e-magazine.
Supplementary Magazines
'Kalki' weekly magazine is published by Bharathan Publications. In 1972, the publications started 'Gokulam' magazine. 'Gokulam' magazine carried articles on the History of Science, Stories & Poems written by Vandumama, Revathi and Ala Valliappa. The magazine 'Mangaiyar Malar' for women was started in 1981 and the magazine 'Gokulam' in English in 1988.
Literary Place
Kalki's famous novels Parthiban Kanavu, Sivagami's Sapatham, Alai Osai and Tiyaga Bhoomi were published in 'Kalki' magazine. Kalki's daughter Anandi Ramachandran finished writing the series 'Amaradhara', which he was writing before passing away. Rajaji's 'Chakravarthi Thirumagan' (1958) and Akilan's 'Vengaiin Maintan' (1960) were important series published in 'Kalki' magazine. Many writers like Mayavi, NA. Parthasarathy (Manivannan) came into prominence through 'Kalki' magazine.
