Desh is a Bengali language

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 literary magazine

Magazine

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 published by Anadabazar Patrika Limited from India

India

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. This magazine, which is in publication

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 since 1933, has been edited by editors

Editors

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 like Sagarmoy Ghosh in the past. The present editor is Harsha Dutta. After the death of Sagarmoy Ghosh, Desh started publishing non-fiction

Non-fiction

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 articles and essays on topics of current, historical and cultural interest. It has drifted from being a pure literary magazine to more current affairs-oriented format. Journalist and Ramon Magsaysay award

Ramon Magsaysay Award

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 winner Amitabha Chowdhury edited the magazine for quite some time after Sagarmoy Ghosh. Desh is published from 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 700 001.
Once, Desh was considered as the best literary magazine of the middle class Bengali-speaking intelligentsia. However, its circulation has declined considerably in recent times. It was famous until the late 1990s for its literary reviews.

Recently, Desh has ventured into a book-review fortnightly called Boier Desh where latest books are reviewed by veteran critics.
boider deh is atrimonthly magazine