Gentleman (magazine)
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Gentleman was an English language magazine published in India from 1980 to 2003. It was initially owned by the Stirling Group of Magazines, which sold this and other magazines to the Indian Express Group in 1987. It was edited and published by Rajib Sarkar and Sambit Bal.
[edit] Features
The magazine featured a lot of literary content, and was the only such magazine in its genre in India. It went beyond its ambit of beings a Mens magazine and published stories on current affairs, social issues, indepth journalism, crime, politics, food, music, movies, poetry, arts, fiction (including Comics) and personalities.
- Breaking Bread (food) by Karen Anand[1]
- Telling Tales Translated fiction
[edit] Writers
It groomed a set of writers who found and outlet and an audience for stories that might have otherwise been considered offbeat or 'alternative' by the Indian Mainstream media.
- Shashi Tharoor
- Jaideep Verma
- Rohit Gupta[2]
- David Davidhar
- Farzana Versey
- Ajit Duara
- Jeet Thayil
[edit] Illustrators
- Sarnath Banerjee[3]
