Nagendra Vijay (born 15 December 1944) is an Indian science writer in Gujarati language. He is a son of pioneering journalist and science writer Vijaygupta Maurya. He founded the first science magazine in Gujarati language called Scope and wrote several books. The Nagendra Vijay Science Foundation also launched the English-language science magazine Safari, on March 2008,[2][3] of which he is the Editor-in-Chief. He had previously published news weekly Flash and a science magazine Scope.[1] He has two sons: Vishal Vasu, an IT consultant and Harshal Pushkarna, a science author.
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Safari is a monthlyGujaratipopular science and general knowledgemagazine published by Harshal Publications, Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. It is edited and published by Nagendra Vijay.[1] It is also known for its various activities to make science popular in the new generation of Gujarat.[2]
History[edit]
Safari magazine was first published on 1 August 1980 by Nagendra Vijay. It was the first magazine of its kind in Gujarat. After its sixth issue, its publishing was closed. It was relaunched in July 1986. Again, after tenth issue, its publishing was closed. Finally, in May 1992, the magazine was relaunched again, and since then, it has continued.[3]
Content[edit]
Apart from popular science articles, the magazine also contains articles on history, current affairs, hobbies and defense matters. It is a very popular magazine among young children, students as well as elders. The tagline of the magazine reads 'બુદ્ધિશાળી વાચકો માટે નું મેગેઝીન' meaning 'A magazine for intelligent readers' in Gujarati. History is featured under the title 'એક વખત એવું બન્યું ' (Once upon a time). The magazine features puzzles ranging from easy to difficult, quiz, quick facts(titled in magazine as fact-finder and Super-quiz) as well as jokes. It also updates the knowledge of readers by the Section 'નવું સંશોધન' means 'New Research'. It is considered as one of the best magazines in Gujarati language, in terms of popularity and quality of content.
Safari GujaratiEnglish Edition[edit]
Safari launched its English edition in 2008 which is available in most parts of India.[4] The English edition completed 50 issues in April, 2012. The English edition also has a regular section named 'Megapixel', containing high resolution pictures. The English edition was stopped in January 2015 (Issue 83) as the publication was financially not viable.
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Other publications[edit]
There are also some other publications by the owners, which include: Indo-Pak war of 1971, Famous stories of World War I and World War II, Safari Jokes, Secret missions of Mosad, Cosmos, Amazing Science, Nature and Animals, Once upon a time., Jindagi Jindagi, Super Quiz and Mathemagic. Safari has also launched a Braille edition of the magazine. Safari also owns a publishing house named 'Uranus Books' which publishes famous stories by Vijaygupta Maurya.
Foundation[edit]
The owners of the magazine have launched Nagendra Vijay Science Foundation in December 2004 — a non-profit organization working for make science popular in Gujarat.
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Harshal Pushkarna was a writer in Safari magazine and owner of Harshal Publications. He is the son of Nagendra Vijay and grandson of Vijaygupta Maurya.
Life[edit]
Harshal Pushkarna was born in a family of nationalist journalists-writers. His father Nagendra Vijay is a senior journalist while grandfather Vijaygupta Maurya was a pioneer science writer and an ornithologist. He was surrounded by books and stories of revolutionaries, patriots and scientists from childhood. Reading such books inspired him to choose the field of meaningful journalism, and he started his journey with Safari magazine in his teenage.
Career[edit]
Safari magazine was his dream project that would nurture and nourish children of Gujarat with knowledge and nationalism. He joined ‘Safari’ in 1989 at the age of 14 years, and worked as an office assistant for some years. He was gradually upgraded to higher posts on basis of working skills. Meanwhile, he completed his schooling from Sharda Mandir Vinay Mandir School, Ahmedabad in 1992 and Bachelor of Commerce education from Shree Sahajanand Art & Commerce College, Ahmedabad in year 1995. But he had already found his true calling by then. It was to continue the family tradition of nationalist and meaningful journalism, keeping pace with changing times. There is no looking back since then. As a science writer he started his career with his own magazine. He also contributed his science articles for dailies like Sandesh and Mid-Day; and weekly magazines like Network in 1995-97. In 1998, he edited Citylife News — a city magazine of Ahmedabad. In the year 2000, he penned, edited and published an 88-page volume titled '20 mi sadi ni 50 ajod satyaghatnao' (Gujarati: વીસમી સદીની પ૦ અજોડ સત્યઘટનાઅો) (Fifty historical events of the 20th Century).
He has worked as an honorary scientific adviser to Science City, Gandhinagar.
He has written in-depth articles on various subjects like astronomy, defence, Information Technology, animal world, history, geography, military technology in his monthly Safari magazine.
Besides writing and editing Safari magazine, he has edited, designed and published several books and magazines written by his father Nagendra Vijay and grandfather Vijaygupta Maurya.
Gypsy Traveller: Gujarati Travel Magazine[edit]
Cover page of Gypsy Traveller's first issue
From October, 2018 he started a Gujarati Travel magazine named Gypsy Traveller.[1] This monthly magazine is for targeted Gujarati people who love to travel and explore new places. The 84-pages monthly magazine carries in-depth articles, along with maps and pictures, about unknown or lesser known places around the world. Each of its article, photo story, trek guide etc. redefines travelling and will encourage the readers to do meaningful travel.
Book on Siachen[edit]
Harshal Pushkarna has authored a book titled 'AA CHHE SIACHEN' (Gujarati: અા છે સિઅાચેન)[2][3][4][5][6](meaning 'THIS IS SIACHEN') in Gujarati language. This book attempts to analyse Siachen Glacier—the world's highest battlefield—strategically. Moreover, it is a travelogue-cum-true story in which the heroes are the lionhearted soldiers of the Indian Army. They are the living examples of adventure, sincerity, bravery, loyalty, devotion to duty and patriotism.
People of India, at large, are not aware of the arduous tasks brave soldiers of the Indian Army are carrying out in Siachen Glacier. The brave soldiers are holding the enemy at bay at an average altitude of 20,000 feet in the frigid cold ranging between 20° and 50° Celsius below the freezing point. People of India have no inkling about the terrific physical and mental strain that world's most inhospitable terrain puts on the soldiers of Indian Army. In order to acquaint the readers about the reality of physical and psychological challenges faced by gallant soldiers of the Indian Army, day-in and day-out in Siachen; Harshal Pushkarna has visited Ladakh no less than five times (during which he visited Siachen two times) and has ventured to write the book 'AA CHHE SIACHEN' which is a true account on the basis of personal experiences.
English edition of this book has been titled 'THIS IS SIACHEN'. The same book has Marathi edition too which is titled 'HE AAHE SIACHEN' (Marathi: हे आहे सिआचेन). The Marathi book was launched in the city of Nashik at Kusumagraj Prthistan (कुसुमाग्रज प्रतिष्ठान) on 22 October 2017.[7][8]
Siachen Awareness Drive[edit]
Harshal Pushkarna interacting with the audience during 'Siachen Awareness Drive' in Bharuch, Gujarat
Harshal Pushkarna at Siachen Awareness Drive Program in Surat on June 10, 2017
Write a letter to Indian soldier एक खत फौजी के नाम. An initiative by Harshal Pushkarna
While his book on Siachen has been translated in other languages like Marathi and English, Harshal Pushkarna has taken up a non-commercial initiative called Siachen Awareness Drive (Gujarati : સિઅાચેન જનજાગૃતિ ઝુંબેશ)[9] to educate the people of India about the extreme weather conditions in Siachen Glacier and the role of the brave soldiers of Indian Army in Siachen. The basic idea of Siachen Awareness Drive is in twofold: (1) to ignite the spirit of patriotism in the people of India; (2) to encourage the youth to join the army and serve the nation. Moreover, Harshal Pushkarna encourages the audience to write letters, greeting cards etc. to the soldiers of the Indian Armed Forces.
During his program he distributes postcards to the audience and ask them write a few lines of greetings to the soldiers. This is done under the name 'एक खत फौजी के नाम' meaning 'A letter to an Indian soldier'.
He also requests girls/ladies present in the audience to send Rakhis to the soldiers on the festival of Raksha Bandhan. During the month of July, 2017 Harshal Pushkarna wrote an editorial about Siachen Awareness Drive in his 'Safari' Magazine and requested the readers to send letters and rakhis to the soldiers of Indian Army. Thousands of readers from 'Safari's vast readership took an initiative to send rakhis. In all, no less than 5,25,000 rakhis were sent to different border sectors where Indian Army's soldiers are posted.
Siachen Awareness Drive programs are absolutely free for all, and have successfully been done in cities like Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Bharuch, Bhuj, Anjar, Jamnagar, Kandivali (West) and Ghatkopar (West), Mumbai, Porbandar, Kalol, Anand, Killa Pardi (Valsad), Navsari, Junagadh, Morbi, Valsad, Nagpur (Maharashtra) etc. so far.
Harshal Pushkarna's Siachen Awareness Drive continues as there are more cities on the list.
Book on Paramvir Chakra[edit]
On April 22, 2018, Harshal Pushkarna launched yet another book—titled 'PARAM VIR CHAKRA'—dedicated to the braved soldiers of the Indian Armed Forces. The book narrates, in depth, the lives and times of 21 lionhearted soldiers who were decorated with Param Vir Chakra the highest military decoration. The book was launched by Capt. Bana Singh (PVC).
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