''Chitralekha'' is a weekly news magazine published in Gujarati and

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History and profile

''Chitralekhas first issue was published in 1950, under the editorship of

Vaju Kotak Vaju Kotak (30 January 1915 – 29 November 1959) was a Gujarati writer, publisher, journalist, an Indian film screenwriter and most known to be Founder of famous Gujarati weekly magazine '' Chitralekha'', published in Gujarati and Marathi. Earl ...

. The magazine is part of the Chitralekha Group from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is jointly published by Chitralekha and #BANNER1 & # Group. It has given rise to many prominent Gujarati columnists including

Kanti Bhatt Kanti Bhatt (15 July 1931 – 4 August 2019) was an Indian author, journalist and columnist who is estimated to have written more than 45,000 columns in several Gujarati language, Gujarati publications. Bhatt became a journalist in 1966 and served ...

, Chandrakant Bakshi, Taarak Mehta, and others. After the death of founding editor Vaju Kotak in 1959, Madhuri Kotak took charge of the magazine along with

Harkisan Mehta Harkisan Laldas Mehta (1928–1998) was a Gujarati author and journalist from India. He was the editor of a weekly, '' Chitralekha''. He wrote several novels. Life Mehta was born in Mahuva near Bhavnagar, Gujarat on 25 May 1928. He completed hi ...

, who edited it till 1998. The Chitralekha Group publishes several other magazines, including ''Watch World'' (a niche magazine focused on Watches) and ''BTW'' (By The Way - a lifestyle magazine circulated with Chitralekha Gujarati). A US edition of ''Chitralekha'' was launched in 2006 and was based in Maryland. On 20 April 2011, the Indian Postal Service issued a Rs. 5 commemorative postage stamp honouring ''Chitralekha''.Department of Posts 2011 Stamps
Indian Postal Service, 2011. Vaju Kotak 2011 stamp of India

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