''Tinpahar'' is a bimonthly, bilingual (English and Bengali) Indian
online magazine
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that promotes art, literature, and culture with the motto, "Free and Fertile".
History
The magazine was established by Arkajit Mandal and
Siddharth Sivakumar. The idea of ''Tinpahar'' was developed from ''Resonance'', a magazine edited by Siddharth and published by
Patha Bhavana
Patha Bhavana is an institution of primary and secondary education in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. Founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1901, starting with only five students, the school is characterized by its philosophy of le ...
and
Visva Bharati
Visva-Bharati (IAST: ''Viśva-Bhāratī''), () is a public central university and an Institute of National Importance located in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it ''Visva-Bharati'', which ...
. It was launched on 14 September 2012.
Activity
''Tinpahar'' has special columns dedicated to
comparative literature
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, arts, and
gender studies
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in India.
''Tinpahar'' aspires to erase the boundaries between discrete academic disciplines of literature, linguistics, philosophy, sociology, history, anthropology, art history and so on in order to create a "free and fertile" space for constructive discourses on/in humanity. Recently ''Tinpahar'' has initiated a programme to support enthusiastic groups engaged in serious cultural endeavours by making them websites for free. The upcoming
Tamil
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People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
website of ''Tinpahar'' will act as a platform for students to express themselves on matters of humanities, arts, music, and literature.
In 2014, ''Tinpahar'' was the publishing partner of the Poetry Slam hosted by the Literary Society,
Presidency University.
In 2015 ''Tinpahar'' became one of the Online Media Partners of the
Festember festival.
See also
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Little magazine movement
The little magazine movement originated in the 1950s and 1960s in many Indian languages like Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Hindi, Malayalam, Assamese and Gujarati, in the early part of the 20th century.
Gujarati Little Magazines
It is difficult ...
*
List of literary magazines
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors.
*Because the majority are from the United States, the country of origin ...
References
External links
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The Citizen speaks with Siddharth SivakumarOnline Magazine ''Tinpahar'' to be published in Tamil- ''The New Indian''
''Express''
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Literary magazines published in India
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Bi-monthly magazines published in India
Cultural magazines
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