Doot (magazine)


Doot or Paavan Hriday Doot is Gujarati Catholic monthly published from Anand, Gujarat, India since January 1911.

History

The first issue was published by German Jesuit missionary Father Hermanus Zurhausen from the Examiner Press, Bombay in January 1911. The publication moved to Anand in 1926 where it is being published by Gujarati Sahitya Prakash Society. The cost of the first issue was two paisa which now increased to 100 annually.
The monthly published its centenary issue in December 2010, the second ever Gujarati magazine after Buddhiprakash. The commemorative postage stamps were released in January 2011.
The magazine has around 5000 subscribers.

Controversy

The February 2012 issue published image of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus holding a can of beer and cigarette. After controversy, the publisher apologized.