Covert is a fortnightly political magazine of which the first edition was published on 15 May 2008. [1] [2] Its founder is the well known journalist and columnist MJ Akbar. [2] [3] The magazine targets at people who are very intellectual and want to keep up to date with the socio-political situation in India. The current editor is Seema Mustafa. It is published in English language. [3]
M. J. Akbar said "The ideology of the magazine is the ideology of my own profession – journalism. There should be space for every viewpoint as long as there is logic and rationale and it is not a rant." [4]