Talk:Yukrand (युक्रांद)

Most of the information for this page comes from Neeten. His Osho Source Book (see link at his page) has a whole lot more scattered about in many of his pages (search for Yukran, since it is often rendered as Yukrand) but a good deal can be found in more concentrated form in the Periodicals subsections of his Jabalpur and Bombay sections, respectively 2.10 and 3.9. Neeten in turn got most of his material from Sw Gyan Bhed and Sw Ageh Bharti.

Yukrant gets its name from a contraction of Yuvak Kranti, or Youth Revolution. Frequently it appears as Yukrand, which may arise from two tendencies: an alt-transliteration all by itself might not be so likely, as Kranti by itself would never be written as Krandi, but possibly it was influenced by a conflation with Osho's Youth Revolution Group, Yuvak Kranti Dal.

Yukrant was published from Jabalpur for six years. There are inconsistent reports about the exact start and end dates but they are all 1969 to 1975. Its predecessor by three years, Jyoti Shikha, was published only quarterly, and its very success showed a need for a more frequent publication, so it became supplemented by Yukrant.

Bibliographic details from Neeten: First issue was Mar or Jun 1969. First editor: Ajeet Kumar, assisted by Arvind Kumar Jain and Ma Yoga Kranti (both Osho's cousins) and Shree Abdul Radeem. The June date was the 15th, it was 20 pages and sold for 60 paisa. Publisher: Yukrand Prakashan. Printer: Swadesh Printing Press, Naudra Bridge, Jabalpur. Photo of Acharya Rajneesh on front cover. Last issue: Vol.6, issue no.57. April/May 1975. Issue 10/11, year 6. Editor: Arvind Kumar, assisted by Ma Anand Urmila and Aalok Pandev. Publisher: Arvind Kumar. Monthly. Several issues were published more frequently. As with the case of Jyoti Shikha, it came to an end because Osho's move to Pune consolidated operations there.