Shabdasrishti

Shabdsrishti

Editor	Bhagyesh Jha Dakshesh Thakar
Former editors	Harshad Trivedi[1] Suman Shah
Categories	Literature
Frequency	Monthly
Format	Print
Publisher	Bhagyesh Jha
Founder	Gujarat Sahitya Akademi
Year founded	1983
Country	India
Based in	Gandhinagar
Language	Gujarati
ISSN	2319-3220

Shabdasrishti (Gujarati: શબ્દસૃષ્ટિ), organ of Gujarat Sahitya Akadami, is a Gujarati language literary magazine, published on 5 of every month. The magazine was started in 1983, a year after the establishment of the Akademi in 1982. Shabdakhya Jyoti Prakasho (Devnagari: शब्दाख्यज्योति प्रकाशो) is a motto of this magazine.^[2]

History and profile

The first issue of Shabdasrishti was published in October 1983 under the editorship of Suman Shah. Shah had served as editor till May 1986 and than this responsibility had been taken by the second editor Jyotish Jani from October 1986 to February 1990. The third editor of magazine was Pravin Darji, served from January 1992 to December 1994. From January 1995 to October 2013, Harshad Trivedi served as editor. After Harshad Trivedi, there are no any specific editors has worked but the magazine have been edited by its associated writers Bhagyesh Jha, Rajendra Patel and Dakshesh Thakar.^[3]

References

1. Raheel Dhattiwala (23 February 2002). "When poetry stops at textbooks". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
2. "Gujarati Sahitya Kosh". Gujarati Sahitya Kosh (Encyclopaedia of Gujarati Literature. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. 1996. p. 550.
3. "Gujarati Vishwakosh". Gujarati Vishwakosh. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust. 2005.