Yesterday while fiddling through some old magazines of my collection i came across with some early issues of Nandan,a children magazine,which i hope many of you must be remembering to have had read in your childhood as do i.
Nandan was a Hindustan Times publication which was started in November 1964 in fond memory of India's very first prime minister Mr.Jawaharlal Nehru and hence its very first issue was dedicated to this late prime minister.
Nandan was a monthly magazine consisting of textual stories,poems,interviews,comic features,articles,quizzes and many other features suiting to the taste of children of above age group of six to eight years.Nandan became quite popular quickly and established its place soon among the Indian child readership.
Cheetu-Neetu was illustrated by P.D.Chopra for a long time during which occasionally it was also drawn by Sushil Kalra who later took on completely after Chopra left off and currently it is illustrated by Mukul Kalra,son of Sushil Kalra.
Here are cover scans of some of 70's issues of Nandan along with its back cover page which i hope all of you will like.
Nandan is still in publication and quite popular as it has coped up quite successfully with taste of modern readership with changing times.Here are some of latest issues cover scans of Nandan.
Interested person can download a latest issue of Nandan from this link which i found while searching its latest issues cover images.
Nandan was a Hindustan Times publication which was started in November 1964 in fond memory of India's very first prime minister Mr.Jawaharlal Nehru and hence its very first issue was dedicated to this late prime minister.
Nandan was a monthly magazine consisting of textual stories,poems,interviews,comic features,articles,quizzes and many other features suiting to the taste of children of above age group of six to eight years.Nandan became quite popular quickly and established its place soon among the Indian child readership.
My favorite features of Nandan were Cheetu-Neetu,a one page comic feature by P.D.Chopra(Minni of Madhumuskan fame),Tenaliram,आप कितने बुद्धिमान हैं(a quiz where one has to find 10 dissimilarities between two identical looking images),नंदन ज्ञान पहेली and its interesting stories which were a mix of traditional and cultural themes as well as of stories taken from popular foreign literature too.
Cheetu-Neetu was illustrated by P.D.Chopra for a long time during which occasionally it was also drawn by Sushil Kalra who later took on completely after Chopra left off and currently it is illustrated by Mukul Kalra,son of Sushil Kalra.
Here are cover scans of some of 70's issues of Nandan along with its back cover page which i hope all of you will like.
Nandan is still in publication and quite popular as it has coped up quite successfully with taste of modern readership with changing times.Here are some of latest issues cover scans of Nandan.
Interested person can download a latest issue of Nandan from this link which i found while searching its latest issues cover images.
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Zaheer Bhai,
Thank you for sharing information regarding Nandan.
Abdul Qureshi: You are welcome bro.
ज़हीर भाई मुझे भी नंदन पढ़ना वाकई बहुत पसंद था. आपकी इस पोस्ट ने मुझे वापस उसी दुनिया में वापस भेज दिया. पर मुझे आपसे एक गिला है, अगर आपने एक दो पुराने इशुस अपलोड भी कर दिए होते तो बस सोने पे सुहागा हो जाता. आशा करता हूँ आप कुछ पुराने इशु अपलोड करने का प्रयास करेंगे.
AKF: आनंद भाई आजकल कॉमिक्स की दुनिया में मेरी सरगर्मी कुछ धीमी पड़ गईं है जिसके चलते कॉमिक्स स्कैन/अपलोड करने का कुछ ख़ास मन नहीं करता और इसी वजह से मैंने नंदन के ८०-९० पृष्ठों वाले अंक को स्कैन नहीं किया.जैसे ही कॉमिक्स को लेकर जोश में कुछ इज़ाफा होगा पूरा अंक तुरंत स्कैन करूँगा.
अरे नहीं नहीं भाई भूल के भी कॉमिक्स पे प्रति अपने उत्साह में कमी ना आने दीजियेगा वरना मेरे जैसे कॉमिक्स के प्रेमियों का क्या होगा ? तब तो मुझे आपका कलेक्शन लेने आपके घर आना पड़ेगा... हा...हा...
आनंद भाई चिंता न कीजिये कॉमिक्स के प्रति उत्साह में कमी सिर्फ रुचियों के सामायिक परिवर्तन की उपज है जो मुस्तकिल(स्थायी) कतई नहीं है,जल्द ही नए जोशो-खरोश के साथ बन्दे की वापसी होगी.
Arey Bhai Mazaa Aa Gaya !!
Main Nandan ka bahut bada fan raha hoon. Abhi bhi mere ghar ki parchatti mein 200-250 nandan hongi !
Ek baar mein ek kahani (Baja bansuri) bhi nandan mein puraskrit hokar chapi thi (under kahani likho section)! I had received Rs100.00 cash via money order (which I have still treasured).
Jaisa ki baaki fans bhi keh rahey hain please koi poorana 'Hasya Katha Visheshank' ya phir 'vishva kritian visheshank' bhi upload karein !!
Sarathi19: Its nice to know about your Nandan love and collection.if you are having some earlier issues then can you scan them for other Nandan lovers!
Seen It after such a long time was not aware it's still under publication. Thanks mate
The Devil: Welcome.
@ Comic World
Sure, will definitely do so when I go to India next time !!
By the way, I am a very regular visitor of this site and have downloaded almost all Madhu Muskan. Though I was bored for so long after seeing 'Naveen Nishchol' every time I open this website.
Word 'NANDAN' just sparked my day and couldn't help thanking u for the first time.
Keep up the good work. . .And please post more retro 'Madhu Muskan'
Sarathi19: Thanks for the appreciation of this blog,a lot of Madhumuskan have been posted here and a lot are still to come.
Well,comics and movies are two field of hobbies which excites me most and i like to write/share my thoughts over it.
Pl keep sharing your thoughts too as they encourage me to keep going.
मुझे Indrajal कॉमिक की हार्ड कॉपी की ज़रुरत है.
कहीं उपलब्ध हो तो बताओ...??
ZAHEER Brother, I ‘ve been a keen comic lover since the time “SUPER COMMANDO DHRUV YAHOO GROUP” , then raj comics fan club, RCJ group, then RFN community, then MCM, VC, etc. I know all the uploaders though I have met only Kuldeep Kaushik bro and Meraj bro – to hand them 110 comics I purchased from my hometown. But I feel that I know them personally. Latelywhen I visited my hometown , I was saddened that the shopkeeper had sold all the remaining comics to raddiwala. He had a vast collection of novels but as I ‘vent read any novel, I didnt pay any heed to them. But after seeing a vibrant and enlightening discussion on hindi novels , I was driven towards bal pocket books and hindi novels. But there are very few uploadsof novels. I , therefore , fervently urge you, Manoj bhai, Ashutosh bro, Anupam bro, Anuj bro etc to upload more and more novels. Should I buy some novels from my hometown. If so , can you provide the list of missing novels. Eventually, my gratitude for your uploads which light up the world of comic lovers . Can you also upload the old issues of NANDAN, BALHAANS, AND CHANDAMAMA , which are an imp part of childhood nostalgia. No old issue of nandan has been uploaded. Now the nandan magazine has lost the charm of old world and antiquity which only the issues of 80's , 90's and earlier ones had. Please preserve these priceless gems which used to teleport us to the world of fantasy and wonder!!!!!!!!!!
Brother, finally I salute you for the selfless and inspiring work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anurag Agarwal: Its nice to know about you and your comic love Anurag Bro.Well,all Chandamama in all published languages are already available for online reading on Chandamama official website,i am having few early Nandans which i can upload.
You can take all old novels/comics which you can find in your hometown/locality,it will indeed be a great help on your behalf.
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