Welcome to Bahri Publications…

BAHRI PUBLICATIONS is one of the first publishers to publish books and journals on language & literature and the first to publish books and journals on linguistics in India. It was founded by Dr. U. S. Bahri in 1973 with an aim to venture into, the then unnoticed and neglected field of linguistics in India. Dr. Bahri was himself a struggling scholar at that time, researching extensively in the field of Punjabi linguistics and teaching at Punjabi University, Patiala. Finding no suitable platform to publish his works, he chose to start a publishing house, which would cater to the needs of upcoming linguistic scholars in India. The aim was to provide a platform for the upcoming scholars researching in the area of linguistics, for whom there were not many opportunities waiting. Hence, without caring about the risks involved in this field, its management continued its mission to see that the studies of linguistics find a place not only in India but also in the world market.

The first attempt made in this direction was to publish two books namely, Introductory Course in Spoken Punjabi  (by Dr. U. S. Bahri) & Introductory Course in Spoken Hindi (by Dr. U. S. Bahri & V. R. Jagannathan) in 1973. Number of books in the field of linguistics, English language and literature, semiotics, stylistics, language teaching, education and allied subjects followed in the coming years. However the major breakthrough came when he started two journals solely on language, literature & linguistics namely, Language Forum – LF (ISSN 0253-9071) and Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics – IJOAL (ISSN 0379-0037), in the year 1975. Since then there was no looking back and in no time BAHRI PUBLICATIONS established an envious reputation by providing a strong platform to scholars in the field of linguistics through these journals and by virtue of it, helped them gain international repute. read more..