Gentleman (magazine)
Encyclopedia
Gentleman was an English language literary magazine published in India from 1980 to 2001.http://jebbit.blogspot.com/http://thegazette.tripod.com/cgi-bin/get_article.pl?file=jun2000&art=15 It was initially owned by the Stirling Group of Magazines, which sold this and other magazines to the Indian Express Group in 1987. It was edited and published by Sambit Bal
and Rajib Sarkar .
Although, the name of the magazine suggested a male-oriented magazine, Gentleman was anything but. They had to stick to the name due to corporate red-tape, and as a relief, used the tagline "Gentleman: Mindspace for Men".
It was not just a magazine,but was kind of thinking pot-a plotfarm for intellectuals. Once a reader always a reader was its force. It is sad to note that a magazine of its depth stopped its publication.
Amit Verma's blog, India Uncut http://indiauncut.com/iublog/
Sambit Bal
Sambit Bal is an Indian journalist. He spent 15 years in mainstream journalism working in some of India's leading publishing house before joining Wisden in 2001. He was the first editor of Wisden Asia Cricket and the Asian editor of wisden.com. In 2003, wisden.com acquired Cricinfo, and both the...
and Rajib Sarkar .
Although, the name of the magazine suggested a male-oriented magazine, Gentleman was anything but. They had to stick to the name due to corporate red-tape, and as a relief, used the tagline "Gentleman: Mindspace for Men".
Features
The magazine featured a lot of hardcore intellectual content, and was the only such magazine in its genre in India at that time. It went beyond its ambit of being a mens magazine and published stories on current affairs, social issues, indepth journalism, crime, politics, food, music, movies, poetry, arts, fiction (including Comics) and personalities. Cover stories were highly acclaimed by the intellectual readers of the magazine. Most of their issues had a cover theme, for instance: "36 Most Under-rated Movies", and "Nine tomorrows" (a science fiction issue) and included articles from guest contributors.It was not just a magazine,but was kind of thinking pot-a plotfarm for intellectuals. Once a reader always a reader was its force. It is sad to note that a magazine of its depth stopped its publication.
Writers
It groomed a set of journalists and writers who found an outlet and an audience for stories that might have otherwise been considered offbeat or 'alternative' by the Indian Mainstream media. Some names associated with Gentleman magazine were:- Shashi TharoorShashi TharoorShashi Tharoor is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala...
- Ayesha Banerjee
- Romola ButaliaRomola ButaliaRomola Butalia is an Indian writer, a journalist and a website editor. She was born in Kolkata. Her many passions in life have included travel, people, writing, communication and the Himalayas...
- Anurag Mathur
- Atul Dev
- David DavidarDavid DavidarDavid Davidar is an Indian novelist and publisher. He is the author of two published novels, The House of Blue Mangoes and The Solitude of Emperors . His third novel, Ithaca will be published in September 2011. In parallel to his writing career, Davidar has been a publisher for a quarter century...
- Harish MehtaHarish MehtaHarish Mehta is a journalist, specialist author on Southeast Asian affairs, and historian of American Foreign Relations.- Books :Dr. Mehta has written three books on Cambodia: Hun Sen: Strongman of Cambodia is based on several hours of interviews with Prime Minister Hun Sen, whom the authors have...
- Pradeep Sebastian (Entertainment Editor)
- Madhu Kishwar
- Shailaja Bajpai
- Jaideep Varma
- Rohit Gupta
- Farzana VerseyFarzana VerseyFarzana Versey is an Indian writer based in Mumbai. She is currently a regular op-ed contributor to the newspapers The Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle. Her columns have, in the past, appeared in various newspapers and magazines including Rediff.com and Mid-day...
- Varsha BhosleVarsha BhosleVarsha Bhosle is an Indian singer, journalist and writer based in Mumbai. She is the daughter of Indian playback singer, Asha Bhosle.-Career:...
- Premnath Nair (Deputy Editor)
- Amit VarmaAmit VarmaAmit Varma is a writer based in Mumbai. He has worked in advertising, television and journalism, and has written for publications like The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack...
- Baiju Parthan
- Ajit Duara
- Jeet Thayil
- Leslie Mathew
- Dibyojyoti Haldar
- Prashant C Trikannad (Assistant Editor)
- Simran Shroff (Features Editor)
Illustrators
- Sarnath Banerjeehttp://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=81863
- George Mathenhttp://www.georgemathen.com
- Manjula PadmanabhanManjula PadmanabhanManjula Padmanabhan is a playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, and children's book author responsible for the play Harvest. She has also written such plays as Lights Out! ,Hidden Fires The Artist's Model and Sextet .Born in Delhi to a diplomat family in 1953, she went to boarding school in...
External links
- Jaideep Varma's Blog, with his Great Songwriters and other music series published in Gentleman in 1999.http://jebbit.blogspot.com/
Amit Verma's blog, India Uncut http://indiauncut.com/iublog/