Biswin Sadi

{{Short description|Indian literary magazine}}

{{Infobox magazine|title=Biswin Sadi|editor=Shama Afroz Zaidi|previous_editor=Z Rahman Nayyar|founder=Khushtar Girami|founded=1937|language=Urdu}}

Biswin Sadi is an Urdu language literary magazine in India.{{Cite book|last=NATARAJAN|first=J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g1c-DwAAQBAJ&dq=biswin+sadi&pg=PT343|title=History of Indian Journalism|date=1955|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|isbn=9788123026381|language=en}} Founded in 1937, Biswin Sadi is one of the oldest Urdu magazines in India.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ENGFHBwXdcC&dq=biswin+sadi&pg=PA163|title=Pratiyogita Darpan|last=Board|first=Pratiyogita Darpan Editorial|publisher=Upkar Prakashan|language=en}} Many of the top Urdu writers like Amrita Pritam, Kashmiri Lal Zakir, Khushwant Singh, Krishan Chander and Sahir Ludhianwi published in it. The magazine was one of the most widely read Urdu magazines, selling around 40,000 copies per issue at one point.{{Cite web|last=Urfi|first=Jamil|title='Biswin Sadi': How I came of age in the 1960s with long-gone Urdu magazines and books of the time|url=https://scroll.in/article/877761/biswin-sadi-how-i-came-of-age-in-the-1960s-with-long-gone-urdu-magazines-and-books-of-the-time|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}} It features content ranging from political satire, cartoons, health news to short stories.{{Cite news|url=https://urduindia.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/remembering-z-rahman-naiyar-and-biswin-sadi/|title=Remembering Z Rahman Naiyar and Biswin Sadi|date=2010-01-17|work=The World of Urdu Poetry, Literature & News|access-date=2018-10-19|language=en-US}}