East and West – egy indiai folyóirat történetéhez
The Meeting of the East and the West – East and West, a Periodical and its Editors

Summary/Abstract: East and West magazine was started by Behramji Malabari in 1901 and it survived until the end of 1921. The periodical was published in Bombay, but it was printed in Simla. Malabari achieved fame as a social reformer; he was against child-marriages and promoted the remarriage of widows. He founded the magazine with the aim of providing a forum for the friendly interchange of opinions between Indians and Anglo-Indians, with the active cooperation of some distinguished persons from the two countries. Each issue ran to about 120 pages and contained articles and reviews on political reforms, social problems, religions, and, later, literature. After the death of Malabari in 1912, Jogendra Singh became his heir as editor. He was also a writer and preserved faithfully the spirit of the periodical. Later he organised a readers club, and asked scholars to deliver lectures there. In 1921 Jogendra Singh, who was very busy as a politician in the Punjab, planned to continue the periodical in the form of a quarterly. Unfortunately, his aim was not realised, perhaps also due to financial problems. Among the pieces published in the magazine, there are some interesting articles related to Hungary and Hungarians; for example, an article by Ármin Vámbéry, another on the discoveries of Aurél Stein by H. Bruce, and, last but not least, the poems by Petőfi, which were translated into English by Umrao Singh Sher-Gil.

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