Kalki (magazine)

{{short description|Tamil magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}

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| title = Kalki

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| frequency = Weekly

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| company = Bharathan Publications

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1941}}

| country = India

| language = Tamil

| website = {{url|kalkionline.com}}

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Kalki is a Tamil-language weekly magazine published from Chennai, India.{{cite news|title=But history will remain...|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/11/stories/2003061100040100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030918102658/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/11/stories/2003061100040100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2003|access-date=19 December 2018|newspaper=The Hindu|date=11 June 2003}} The magazine was established by Kalki Krishnamurthy, a popular Tamil novelist and Indian freedom fighter, in 1941.{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1895|access-date=8 January 2016|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|page=1895}} T Sadasivam was the magazine's co-founder. The magazine is known for its publication of historic novels such as Ponniyin Selvan and Sivagamiyin Sabadham.{{cite book |author=Narayanan |first=Pavithra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4_wjAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT153 |title=What are you Reading?: The World Market and Indian Literary Production |date=21 March 2014 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-317-80926-5 |page=153}} Singer Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, guru of M S Subbulakshmi, and music critic S V Seshadri were also involved with the magazine in its coverage of music.{{Cite news |date=2020-12-15 |title=Critics who made reviews as popular as performances |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/critics-who-made-reviews-as-popular-as-performances/articleshow/79731047.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=6 January 2024 |archive-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930040702/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/critics-who-made-reviews-as-popular-as-performances/articleshow/79731047.cms |url-status=live }}

Kalki Krishnamurthy also edited the magazine, which is published on a weekly basis. During his term the magazine was much more respected due to its quality. The magazine ceased publication in 1977, but resumed in June 1978.{{Cite web |date=21 Sep 2021 |title=கல்கி வார இதழ் 1941 |url=https://kalkionline.com/magazines/mangayar-malar/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D-1941 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231219134506/https://kalkionline.com/magazines/mangayar-malar/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D-1941 |archive-date=19 December 2023 |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=Kalki |language=ta}} Mullum Malarum (authored by Umachandran), which won this magazine's first prize in the silver jubilee novel competition was first published in this magazine as a serial, and later made into a hit Tamil film of the same name.