27 September, 2007

Indian Magazines

Businessworld :
Businessworld is a weekly Indian business magazine. Written in English, Businessworld is the country's most popular business magazine, and the only one printed weekly. Published by Ananda Publishers, whose most prominent publication is The Telegraph, the Businessworld offices are located in the city of New Delhi.

Champak :
Champak is the most popular children's magazine in India. The magazine is published by the Delhi Press Group. It has been in print since 1968. The magazine is published in 8 languages including Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam.

Competition Success Review :
A prominent general knowledge magazine, which claims to be "India's largest" magazine in this slot and a "leader for the last three decades". It is read across India, mainly by students wanting to appear for competitive entrance exams.

As per NRS(National Readership Survey)2001, CSR emerged as the largest selling magazine among all monthlies and fortnightlies with a total readership of 74 lakhs.
The head office of Competition Success Review is located at Rajendra Place in New Delhi. The group, Competition Review Private Limited also publishes another monthly magazine General Knowledge Today. The group also publishes the CSR Hindi monthly edition which started with August,2002.Currently, CSR is into the 43rd year of its publication.

Developer IQ (Magazine) :
Developer IQ is a monthly information technology magazine published by IQ TechMedia Pvt Ltd since 2000. The magazine was founded by S Ramdas, who has served as the editor for the first five years. The magazine is currently edited by Raja Reddy. Ramdas S returned back as the editor in August 2006 edition.

Digit (magazine) :
Digit is a monthly information technology magazine published by Jasubhai Digital Media Pvt. Ltd since 2001. Its tag-line is Digit >> Your technology navigator.

ELLE :
ELLE is a worldwide magazine that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his spouse Hélène Gordon in 1945.

It is owned by the Lagardère Group of France and it is published in the US by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., in Argentina by Grupo Clarín and in Germany by Hubert Burda Media. The first UK edition was published in November 1985.
ELLE magazine also hosts an annual ELLE Style Awards ceremony. The winners are published in the magazine.

Femina :
Femina is a magazine, published fortnightly in India. It is owned by The Times Group. It is primarily a women's magazine and features articles on Relationships, Beauty & Fashion, Cuisine, and Health & Fitness. It also features articles on celebrities and various cultural facets of Indian women.
Femina was first published in July 1959. It has organized and sponsored the Femina Miss India beauty pageant since 1964. As of last year. Femina and Filmfare along with a slew of minor brands have been hived off into a subsidiary. 50% of this subsidiary has been sold to BBC Magazines.


Filmfare :
Filmfare is a magazine, published monthly in India. It is owned by The Times Group. It is primarily a film gossip magazine
Filmfare organizes and sponsors the Filmfare Movie Awards. As of last year. Filmfare and Femina along with a slew of minor brands have been hived off into a subsidiary. 50% of this subsidiary has been sold to BBC Magazines

Frontline (magazine) :
Frontline is a fortnightly English language magazine published by The Hindu group of publications from Chennai, India. N. Ram is the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine.

Grihshobha :
Grihshobha (ASIN B00007AXOS) is a Hindi-medium magazine aimed at Indian woman. The magazine was started in 1979 as a monthly by the Delhi Press Group in Hindi.

India Today :
India Today is an Indian weekly newsmagazine, in publication since 1975. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi. Aroon Purie is its editor-in-chief from 1975, a position he has held continuously for last three decades. It is part of the India Today group also founded in 1975 and which now includes 13 magazines, 3 radio stations, 4 TV channels, 1 newspaper, a classical music label, book publishing and India's only book club. Until recently, India Today has a weekly circulation of 1.4 million copies and is estimated to be read by 15 million people. With the publication of its 30th Anniversary issue in December 2005, the magazine which had commenced publication in 1975 with a circulation of 5000 copies, currently has five editions and a circulation of over one million copies with a readership of over 20 million.

Linux For You :
Linux For You or LFY is an English-language magazine published in India by EFY Enterprises Pvt. Ltd (D-87/1 Okhla Industrial Area Phase I New Delhi 110020 India). It is the only magazine in Asia focusing on GNU/Linux and Open Source. LFY has helped the FLOSS activities in India by listing major Linux User Groups in the country. Now the magazine has readers in Singapore and Malaysia as well. The magazine bundles GNU/Linux distributions on CDs and DVDs in almost every issue.

Electronics for You is their first publication started from January 1969.

Little India (magazine) :
Little India is the largest circulated Indian publication in the United States. The magazine, established in 1991 and edited and published by Achal Mehra, focuses on the NRIs in the United States and features editorials and articles on living in the United States while being of Indian heritage and happenings and people from India. Usually there are several NRI's that are highlighted in each issue as well as articles on politics, problems of acculturation and cultural retention that most ABCDs face, news from India, popular culture, students, Bollywood, Indian cuisine and the generation gap.
The magazine is issued monthly and has a circulation of over 119,000. The magazine's liberal use of advertising from tandoori manufacturers to astrology services allows the magazine to be distributed free of cost to anyone living in the United States.

Outlook (magazine) :
Outlook is an Indian weekly English newsmagazine in publication since October 1995. Vinod Mehta has been its editor-in-chief from its inception. Outlook has also spawned the specialised magazines Outlook Traveller, Outlook Money and the Hindi Outlook Saptahik.
Originally owned by Hathway Investments Private Limited, it is now part of the Rajan Raheja Group.

Science Reporter :
Published by National Institute of Science Communication And Information Resources (NISCAIR), New Delhi, a constituent institution of CSIR India, Science Reporter is a popular monthly science magazine of India ever since 1964.

Sportstar :
Sportstar is a popular sports magazine published in India. Its headquarters are in Chennai. The magazine covers Sports in India. It also has an extended and lengthy coverage of cricket, the unofficial national sport of India. A sports 'Quiz Corner' is published every alternate week.
Recently Sportstar shifted from the magazine format to a tabloid one.

The Record Music Magazine :
The Record is the most popular & biggest-selling monthly music magazine in India. Featuring must-read news, in-depth profiles on your favourite artists & bands, intelligent reviews and exclusive engaging interviews with the hottest bands around, it’s the gospel of every young music fan.

The magazine covers a wide range of genres. The Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez, Enrigue Iglesias, Robbie Williams, Coldplay, Norah Jones, among other Top 40 artists have been featured, often for the first time in an Indian publication. U2, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana have also been interviewed. The magazine has been in publication for 7 years.
The magazine is published from Mumbai, India and edited by Mr. Sunand Bhojani. The magazine claims to have over 75,000 readers per month. The chief feature writer is the Indian Radio Jockey Fali R. Singara, a popular English speaking DJ in India.


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