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History

Cho Ramaswamy founded the magazine and commenced its first publication on the first day of the

harvesting month "Thai" ( ta, தை) based on the Tamil calendar system (14 January 1970). He was the editor of the magazine until his death and has penned several columns. The name of the magazine and its mascot draws from Muhammad bin Thuglak,

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, on whom in 1968, the founder staged a play and later the 1971 movie ''

Muhammad bin Tughluq Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290 – 20 March 1351) was the eighteenth Sultan of Delhi. He reigned from February 1325 until his death in 1351. The sultan was the eldest son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. In 1321, the yo ...

''. The plot is a socio-political satire, which narrates the scheme and success of a small band of idealists who take over the

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as the resurrected Muhammad bin Thuglak. The founder directed and plays the lead — in the movie and the play. It was conducted under the banner of Viveka Fine Arts Club. After Cho Ramaswamy's death Swaminathan Gurumurthy took over the editorial post.

Highlights

The magazine features on its front cover a satirical cartoon, pertinent to an issue of current social and public interest. The editor stopped publishing for two weeks, when a

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. When the publication resumed after the first two weeks of emergency, the issue was published with a black front cover. ''Thuglak'' was the only magazine in India, whose advertisements were censored during this time. There was only other instance, later in its history, when the magazine was published with a black front was after the Babri Masjid was brought down in 1992.

Pricing and subscription

The magazine is available through electronic access to readers outside of India via its website for a price of INR 900 or approximately US$20.

Team

*Swamynathan (publisher) *Udhaya (manager) *Madhalai (senior sub editor) *Sathya (sub editor), Brakath Ali (sub editor) *Vasanthan Perumal (special correspondent) *Ramachandran @ Durvaasar (sub editor) *S.Ramesh (chief reporter) *S.J.Idhaya (south reporter) *S.P.Sanmugam (west reporter) *P.J.Ramamoorthy (darmapuri reporter)

References

External links

''Thuglak'' website
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