About Kathesar

Kathesar is a quarterly magazine devoted to the short story in Rajasthani. It is published from Parlika (Nohar), Rajasthan, and every three months brings readers new and classic Rajasthani fiction, criticism, conversations and translations.

The story of the name

When the idea of a fiction magazine came up in 2011, finding a title took months. Ramswaroop Kisan, Dr. Satyanarayan Soni and Pramod Kumar Sharma tried new names every day without finding the right one.

Then they remembered that in Rajasthani a poet is called kavīsar: kavi (poet) joined with īsar (lord, maker). Joining kathā (story) with īsar the same way gave a new word: Kathesar, the maker of stories, a storyteller. The word was born with the magazine; no dictionary had it before.

Editors

Ramswaroop Kisan, editor. A leading Rajasthani short-story writer and poet, winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (2019) for the story collection Bareek Baat and the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (2003) for Rati Kaner.

Dr. Satyanarayan Soni, editorial associate. M.A. (Hindi and Rajasthani), Ph.D. (Maharaja Gangasingh University, Bikaner), and a Rajasthani short-story writer.

Special editions

Alongside its regular issues, Kathesar has published many double issues and special editions, including:

• Dalit literature, women's writing, and transgender and Dalit literature special issues
• Adivasi literature, Chekhov stories, and non-fiction issues
• Single-author story issues on Ramswaroop Kisan and Nishant
• Centenary issues on Annaram Sudama, Dr. Nrisingh Rajpurohit, Karnidan Barhath and Vijaydan Detha
• A special issue on the work of Dr. Arjundev Charan

Magazine details

• Language: Rajasthani · 4 issues a year
• ISSN: 2348-9251
• RNI: RAJRAJ/2012/50837
• Published from Parlika, Nohar, Rajasthan

A home for Rajasthani books

Besides print and digital issues of Kathesar, this site offers a selection of Rajasthani books. Print copies are sent by post; digital issues appear in your library as soon as you pay. Rajasthani writers and publishers who would like to sell their books here are welcome to get in touch.