The Illustrated Weekly of India

by Vikas Kamat

Started publication in 1880 (as Times of India Weekly Edition and renamed as The Illustrated Weekly of India in 1923) and ceasing publication in 1993, The Illustrated Weekly of India was an important English language publication in India over a century, bringing together the formation, and construction of a young nation. Eminent journalists such as Khushwant Singh, M.V.Kamath, and Pritish Nandy served as its editors and its contributors included some of the best English writers of India during the 20th century.

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A Cover page of The Illustrated Weekly of India

The "Weekly", as it was called by its loyal readers defined the reading habits of at least two generations during the 1970s and 1980s, when it featured well researched articles, cartoons by Mario and R.K. Laxman, party jokes, western cartoons like Phantom, and semi-nude models. A series "The India You Do Not Know" on different states of India and another on different communities of India became very authentic sources of reference during this period.

Abstracts of Some Articles from The Illustrated Weekly of India

• The Women`s Room by Mukherjee Kalyan
• The Power And The Glory by Morris Jane
• The Dang Festival by Nadkarni Mohan
• Of South Indian Humour And Humorists by Raman A.S
• The Haryana You Do Not Know by Kamath M.V
• Christianity and Buddhism: Are the Two 'Great Roads' Parallel? by Jahangir Doomasia
• Tribal Children of Bihar by Sachchindra Narayan
• The North-East (of India); Emerging from Isolation by Nari Rustomji
• The Restored Arm by Narayan R.K, Illustrations by Laxman R.K
• Kannadigas In Hindustani Music. by Nadkarni Mohan
• On The Industrial Front by Mitra Shibani
• The Art of Shubharay Maharaj by Sharan Gurudev
• The Karnataka You Do Not Know by Kamath M.V
• Traditional Paintings by Rao S.R
• The Temple Heritage by Das J.C
• Assam in Turmoil by Kamath M.V.
• Give Konkani its Due by Bailur S.G.
• The Changing World of Islam by Zakaria Fatma R.
• Calcutta! Oh Calcutta! by Kamath M.V
• What India meant to me. by Croom-Johnson Jane
• The Marwaris by Doctor Geeta
• The Andaman Paradise by Singh Raghubir
• Dr R.G Bhandarkar by Panandikar Sulabha
• Our Lesser Known Islands by Irani Perene . D
• The Andaman Paradise by Singh Raghubir
• Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur by Singh Principal Gurucharan
• The Delhi You Do Not Know by Dayal Ravi
• The Ramgarhis by Rehill Gurdial Singh and Kalra J.I.S.
• Haryana by Bedi S.V
• Caste is Not Aryan by Nanditha Krishna
• The Goa, Daman And Diu You Do Not Know by Chandavarkar Sumana
• Dilemma of Indian Muslims by Rafiq Zakaria
• Freedom At Midnight by Singh Khushwant
• The Punjab You Do Not Know by Vaishnav P.H
• The Rajasthan You Do Not Know by Hooja Bhupendra and Hooja Rakesh
• Delhi by Dayal Ravi
• Ramgarhias by Rehill Gurudial Singh and Kalra J. Inder Singh
• Maharashtra by Jagannathan Shakunthala
• The Sikkim of My Dreams by Elisa-Maria Kazini of Chakhung
• Sikkim: The Twent-Second State by Singh Khushwant
• Calcutta by Sen A.N
• Mridula Sarabhai by Gandhi Arun
• A Journey through The Himalayas by Rao Elizabeth
• Uttar Pradesh by Ramnath Uma

See Also:

• Indian Journals -- A painstakingly compiled list of over sixty scholarly journals covering various aspects of India. Includes ISSNs and links to online contents.
• National Geographic Articles on India