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Kalki
File:Kalki Online Logo with Text.jpg
FrequencyWeekly
Year founded1941; 85 years ago (1941)
CompanyBharathan Publications
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Websitekalkionline.com

Kalki is a Tamil-language weekly magazine published from Chennai, India.[1] The magazine was established by Kalki Krishnamurthy, a popular Tamil novelist and Indian freedom fighter, in 1941.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Kalki Krishnamurthy also edited the magazine,[2] which is published on a weekly basis.[3] During his term the magazine was much more respected due to its quality.[2] The magazine ceased publication in 1977, but resumed in June 1978.[5] 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.

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Kalki Online, a news website by the Kalki Group, was established in September 2021 after the print editions were discontinued due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The website hosts all the previous print issues as e-journals.[6]

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  1. "But history will remain..." The Hindu. 11 June 2003. Archived from the original on 18 September 2003. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Amaresh Datta (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1895. ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Narayanan, Pavithra (21 March 2014). What are you Reading?: The World Market and Indian Literary Production. Taylor & Francis. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-317-80926-5.
  4. "Critics who made reviews as popular as performances". The Times of India. 15 December 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  5. "கல்கி வார இதழ் 1941". Kalki (in தமிழ்). 21 September 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. "80 years of Kalki". Kalki Online (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

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