| Panchjanya | |
| Editor Title2: | Managing Editor |
| Editor2: | Arun Kumar Goyal |
| Editor: | Hitesh Shankar |
| Previous Editor: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee K.R. Malkani |
| Frequency: | Weekly |
| Category: | News, Politics, Science, Sport, History |
| Publisher: | Bharat Prakashan Delhi Limited |
| Country: | India |
| Based: | 2322, Sanskriti Bhavan, Laxmi Narain Street, Paharganj, New Delhi |
| Language: | Hindi |
Panchjanya is an Indian weekly magazine published by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Hindi. It was launched by RSS pracharak Deendayal Upadhyaya in 1948 in Lucknow.[1] [2] RSS is a right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3] [4] [5]
The weekly was launched on 14 January 1948, the day of Makara Sankranthi. Its first editor was Atal Bihari Vajpayee.The inaugural cover page carried a picture of Lord Krishna with its objective to pursue idealism based on patriotism and to uphold the cultural heritage of India.
Chief Editors have included K. R. Malkani.[6]
It is now edited by Hitesh Shankar, who was formerly an editor of Hindustan. He is also the member of IIMC's new executive council.[7]
In 1995, the Audit Bureau of Circulation credited the magazine with a circulation of 85,000 copies, a figure which Tarun Vijay claimed that it has crossed the 1 lakh. However, its 2013 circulation was 50,000 copies.[8]
Panchjanya in its 2015 October 25 edition carried a cover story [Is Utpat ke Us paar’ (The other side of this disturbance)’ by Hindi writer Tufail Chaturvedi] in which it justifies the Dadri incident, saying 'the Vedas order that a sinner who slaughters a cow must be killed. For a lot of us, this is a question of life and death'.[9] [10]
In September 2021, it published a 4 page cover story criticising the glitches in GST Tax Portal developed by Infosys. The article questioned if any "anti-national power is trying to hurt India's economic interests through it".[11] This article caused a lot of controversy in Indian politics and IT industry. Later, the communications chief of RSS clarified that "Panchajanya is not a mouthpiece of the RSS and the said article or opinions expressed in it should not be linked with the Sangh".[12]
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