''Ruchi'' was a literary magazine published in

Gujarati language Gujarati (; gu, ગુજરાતી, Gujarātī, translit-std=ISO, label=Gujarati script, ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Guj ...

by author and journalist

Chunilal Madia Chunilal Madia (12 August 1922 – 29 December 1968) was a Gujarati author from Gujarat, India, primarily known for his novels and short stories set in rural Saurashtra. Recipients of several awards, he is considered one of the leading writers o ...

from January 1963 to December 1968.

History

Chunilal Madia left

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in 1962 and started ''Ruchi'' monthly. He termed it as ''a magazine for creative thought''. It published its last issue in December 1968 as Madia died the same month.

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''Ruchi'' published analysis of literary and cultural trends in Gujarati as well as other Indian languages and world. Madia himself wrote a column ''Chhindu Kholta'' under pen name Akho Rupero. He also wrote on social issues in ''Bahyantar'' column. He had also written on several prominent personalities and authors in it such as Virchand Gandhi, Krishnaji Holaji Aara, Abdul Rahim, Apabhai Almelkar,

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, Ishwar Petlikar, Umashankar Joshi,

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, Behramji Malabari,

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Shayda Harji Lavji Damani, better known by his pen name Shayda (24 October 1892 – 31 May 1962) was a Gujarati language poet, novelist, short-story writer and playwright from Gujarat, India. He is known as ''Ghazal Samrat'', the king of ghazal poetry ...

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, Dhoomketu,

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Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (; rus, Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к, p=bɐˈrʲis lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ pəstɛrˈnak; 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pa ...

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as well as on modern literature.

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wrote a column ''Mumbai-ni Diary'' focused on

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and issues of India. Jayant Pathak published his autobiography ''Vananchal'' in serial.

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's novel ''Kurukshetra'' was started in it but stopped after some episodes.

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's play, ''

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'' was translated by Madia as ''Bhom Rade Bhenkar'' which stopped after just three episodes. Several other writers published criticism, essays and works on authors in it. The cover art and other art in magazine were drawn by various artists such as Raghav Kaneria, Abhay Khatau, K. K. Hebbar, Krishnaji Holaji Aara, Abdul Rahim, Apabhai Almelkar, Bhanu Shah, Leena Sanghvi, Dinesh Shah, Chhaganlal Jadav, Jyoti Bhatt, Laxman Pai, Shyavaksh Chavda, Sudhir Khastagir, Raju. Indradev Acharya and Bansilal Verma ‘Chakor' published cartoons in it. It published special issues on

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

, Jhaverchand Meghani and short stories.

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