Junior Statesman
Who remembers Junior Statesman, India’s first youth magazine that was published by The Statesman newspaper in the 1960s and 70s? The magazine had columns by Zeenat Aman, Jug Suraiya, etc... JS was perhaps Desmond Doig’s biggest contribution – except, perhaps, his sketches of Calcutta -- to the newspaper. Anyway, I’ve several issues of the magazine and I still enjoy reading them.
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My name is Rajesh Mehar. I am doing some research on the music scene in India in the 60s and 70s. Do you still possess these old issues of JS? Is there any way in which I can have a look at them?
Please email me your phone number at rajeshmehar AT gmail DOT com and I would love to call you and have a chat about the beloved JS.
Regards,
Rajesh.
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Could you take pain of scanning the JS mazines those you have? Alternatively, I can arrange for scanning. JS was so popular in those days, unfortunately digital copies are not available.
Regards,
Kausik Ray
kausikray@gmail.com
there is a guy who wants to sell old js @ 150rs each
i belong to that era as well... deb was the artist doing those beautiful pschydelic art and i met him to feature me as a budding artist ..i visted the studio a beautifully painted studio on the top floor of statesman house in chowringhee but before i got my first contribution the magazine folded up..Js i recall held a musical show those days in kala mandir theatre road ..We attended the same with zeenat aman dev anand , premnath were present since the show coincided with hare rama hare krishna ..pam crain and louis banks had a program...
those were wondefrful moments
Desmond Doig died in 1985.
I'm a final year communication design student at NIFT, New Delhi.
Any information on the same would be deeply appreciated.
Thank you
Sneha
snehavirmani.27@gmail.com
I greatly enjoyed reading Junior Statesman. As a young person I think I kept up with a lot of all the 'hep' things that were happening elsewhere in the world and within the country as well through JS.
I remember JS covered the Beatles' Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and I thought it was stunning. In far away Shillong, I got to know of Nandu Bhende, Usha Iyer (now Uthup), Pam Crane, Louis Banks, Biddu Appaiah much before I heard their music.
I could go on but I don't want to be lost in yearning for such moments when I savoured everything that was written in every issue.
Lucky you to be still having those editions.
Apuii Tochhawng, New DElhi.
moved to Kathmandu. He died a few years ago.
I have a few copies of JS issues. I also have a digital version of the book by Jug Suraiya.
Please send me an email if interested.
Virendra Bhalla
v@ravenpost.com
Cell: 1+ 778-829-4633 (Canada)