| has gloss | eng: Desh is a noted Bengali language literary magazine published by Ananda Publishers from India. This very old publication has been edited by editors like Sagarmoy Ghosh in the past. The present editor is Harsha Dutta. After the death of Sagarmoy Ghosh, Desh started publishing non-fiction 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. Noted journalist and Ramon Magsaysay award winner Amitabha Chowdhury edited the magazine for quite some time after Sagarmoy Ghosh. Desh is published from 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Kolkata 700 001. Once, Desh was considered as the best literary magazine of the middle class Bengali-speaking intelligensia. However, its circulation has declined considerably in recent times. It was famous till the late 1990s for its rich and rave literary reviews, unparalleled in the known Bengali literature magazine circles. |