''Shabdasrishti'' ( gu, શબ્દસૃષ્ટિ, Śabdasr̥ṣṭi, World of Words), the journal of the
Gujarat Sahitya Akademi
The Gujarat Sahitya Akademi ( gu, ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય અકાદમી) or Gujarat Sahitya Academy, established in 1981, is a government institution dedicated to the development of the languages spoken in Gujarat, India an ...
, is a
Gujarati literary magazine, published on the fifth of every month. The magazine was started in 1983, a year after the establishment of the Akademi. ''Shabdakhya Jyoti Prakasho'' (Devnagari: शब्दाख्यज्योति प्रकाशो) is a motto of this magazine.
History
The first issue of ''Shabdasrishti'' was published in October 1983 under the editorship of
Suman Shah. Shah served as an editor until May 1986, followed by
Jyotish Jani
Jyotish Jagannath Jani (born 9 November 1928 – 2005) was a Gujarati novelist, poet and short story writer from Gujarat, India.
Life
Jyotish Jani was born on 9 November 1928 at Peej village (now in Kheda district, Gujarat). He studied in Surat a ...
from October 1986 to February 1990. The third editor of the magazine was
Pravin Darji, who served from January 1992 until December 1994. It was then edited by
Harshad Trivedi
Harshad Trivedi (born 17 July 1958) is a Gujarati language poet, short story writer, critic and editor from Gujarat, India. He was an editor of ''Shabdasrishti'', an organ of Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, from 1995 to 2015. Trivedi has served in differe ...
from January 1995 until October 2013. After Harshad Trivedi, no particular individuals have taken this position. Instead, the magazine has been edited by associate writers Bhagyesh Jha,
Rajendra Patel and Dakshesh Thakar.
In May 2017,
Vishnu Pandya
Vishnu Pandya is a journalist, biographer, poet, novelist, writer and political analyst from Gujarat, India. He has been the chairman of Gujarat Sahitya Akademi since 2017. Pandya writes articles on politics, history and historical places whic ...
became president of the Akademi, and Shabdasrishti has begun to be published under his editorship.
See also
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List of Gujarati-language magazines
References
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1983 establishments in Gujarat
Gujarati-language magazines
Literary magazines published in India
Monthly magazines published in India
Magazines established in 1983
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