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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Tamil magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox magazine<br />
| title = Kalki<br />
| image_file = Kalki Online Logo with Text.jpg<br />
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| frequency = Weekly<br />
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| company = Bharathan Publications<br />
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1941}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| website = {{url|kalkionline.com}}<br />
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'''''Kalki''''' is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Weekly (news magazine)|weekly magazine]] published from [[Chennai]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|title=But history will remain...|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/11/stories/2003061100040100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030918102658/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/11/stories/2003061100040100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2003|access-date=19 December 2018|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 June 2003}}</ref> The magazine was established by [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]], a popular [[Tamil language|Tamil]] novelist and [[Indian freedom fighter]], in 1941.<ref name="resh">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1895|access-date=8 January 2016|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|page=1895}}</ref> [[Kalki Sadasivam|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]]''.<ref name="nar">{{cite book |author=Narayanan |first=Pavithra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4_wjAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT153 |title=What are you Reading?: The World Market and Indian Literary Production |date=21 March 2014 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-317-80926-5 |page=153}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-15 |title=Critics who made reviews as popular as performances |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/critics-who-made-reviews-as-popular-as-performances/articleshow/79731047.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=6 January 2024 |archive-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930040702/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/critics-who-made-reviews-as-popular-as-performances/articleshow/79731047.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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Kalki Krishnamurthy also edited the magazine,<ref name=resh/> which is published on a weekly basis.<ref name=nar/> During his term the magazine was much more respected due to its quality.<ref name=resh/> The magazine ceased publication in 1977, but resumed in June 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 Sep 2021 |title=கல்கி வார இதழ் 1941 |url=https://kalkionline.com/magazines/mangayar-malar/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D-1941 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231219134506/https://kalkionline.com/magazines/mangayar-malar/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D-1941 |archive-date=19 December 2023 |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=Kalki |language=ta}}</ref> ''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 [[Mullum Malarum|of the same name]].<br />
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== Website ==<br />
''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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=80 years of Kalki |url=https://kalkionline.com/about-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250407100405/https://kalkionline.com/about-us |archive-date=7 April 2025 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Kalki Online |language=ta }}</ref><br />
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