Desh (magazine)
Cover of the March 17, 2016, issue | |
| Editor | Jayashree Roy |
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| Categories | Art, culture, literature |
| Frequency | 26 issues/year |
| First issue | November 24, 1933; 92 years ago |
| Company | ABP Group |
| Country | India |
| Based in | Kolkata |
| Language | Bengali |
| Website | desh.co.in |
Desh (Bengali: দেশ) is a Bengali literary magazine featuring short stories, novels, commentary, criticism, poetry, essays, and book reviews. Launched on November 24, 1933, first as a weekly and later as a biweekly, it is one of India's oldest magazines. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, the magazine published works of prominent Bengali writers including Rabindranath Tagore, Jibanananda Das, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Satyajit Ray, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, and Joy Goswami.
A 2008 study by Dr. Chaitali Dutta in the Kolkata metropolitan area found that Desh was more popular among female readers, while males favored Saptahik Bartaman.