''Panchjanya'' is an Indian weekly magazine published by
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( ; , , ) is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation. The RSS is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar (Hindi for "Sangh family ...
(RSS) in
Hindi
Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
. It was launched by
RSS pracharak
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( ; , , ) is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation. The RSS is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar (Hindi for "Sangh family" ...
Deendayal Upadhyaya in 1948 in Lucknow.
[
] RSS is a
right-wing,
Hindu nationalist
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,
paramilitary volunteer organisation that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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.
History
The weekly was launched on 14 January 1948, the day of
Makara Sankranthi. Its first editor was
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The inaugural cover page carried a picture of
Lord Krishna
Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one of ...
with its objective to pursue idealism based on patriotism and to uphold the cultural heritage of India.
Chief Editors have included
K. R. Malkani.
It is now edited by
Hitesh Shankar, who was formerly an editor of
''Hindustan''.
[ He is also the member of IIMC's new executive council.
In 1995, the Audit Bureau of Circulation credited the magazine with a circulation of 85,000 copies, a figure which Tarun Vijay claimed that it has crossed the 1 lakh. However, its 2013 circulation was 50,000 copies.][New editor for RSS Hindi weekly]
Indian Express, 15 February 2013
Controversy
''Panchjanya'' in its 2015 October 25 edition carried a cover story s Utpat ke Us paar’ (The other side of this disturbance)’ by Hindi writer Tufail Chaturvediin which it justifies the Dadri incident, saying 'the Vedas order that a sinner who slaughters a cow must be killed. For a lot of us, this is a question of life and death'.
In September 2021, it published a 4 page cover story criticising the glitches in GST Tax Portal developed by Infosys
Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational information technology company that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. The company was founded in Pune and is headquartered in Bangalore. Infosys is the s ...
. The article questioned if any "anti-national power is trying to hurt India's economic interests through it". This article caused a lot of controversy in Indian politics and IT industry. Later, the communications chief of RSS clarified that "''Panchajanya'' is not a mouthpiece of the RSS and the said article or opinions expressed in it should not be linked with the Sangh".
See also
* ''Organiser'' (newspaper)
References
Sources
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External links
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