Anandabodhini

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Anandabodhini (1915-1960) was a multi-flavor magazine published in Tamil by N. Munisamy Mudaliar on behalf of Anandabodhini Press. Five thousand copies were printed in the first year. Till 1960, it was published in various forms for 25 years with support from readers, and then stopped.

Background

In 1915, Nagavedu Munisamy Mudaliar started Anandabodhini magazine. It was run well with support from thousands of subscribers. When Anandabodhini was published, the process of distributing the magazines through shops was not established. For the readers outside Chennai, magazines were distributed for subscription through post only. It is believed that Anandabodhini had 5000 subscribers, which was a big number for the period. The detective series written by Arani Kuppusamy Mudaliar contributed for the sales of the magazine.

After Kalki joined Ananda Vikadan as its editor, Ananda Vikadan continued to be successful and grew into a large magazine. Kalaimagal magazine was also a commercial success. Anandabodhini gradually lost popularity and was published sporadically and stopped in 1960.

Litigation

Fascinated by the success of Anandabodhini, two more magazines were launched by others: Ananda Vikatan in 1925 and Ananda Gunabodhini in 1926. S.G. Ramanujalu Naidu was the editor of Anandagunabodhini and his strong writing skills exhibited its winning trend over Anandabothini. Since both Ananda Vikatan and Anandagunabodhini were in the same structure as Anandabodhini, Nagavedu Munisamy Mudaliar filed a case and received the verdict in his favour. Ananda Gunabodhini altered its structure and changed its name to Amirtha Gunabodhini.

Content

Anandabothini was published entirely as popular reading magazine. Common topics of the day such as Indian independence, Hindu revivalism and social reform were dealt in Anandabothini, however, these were published in simple language for the popular audience. Anandabothini was the alternative of the literary journals of the time such as Chakravarthini, Manikodi and Kalamohini. Modern writers of the day like Puthumaipithan did not write in Anandabothini. Arani Kuppusamy Mudaliar's serial stories contributed to the popularity of Anandabothini.

Significance

Anandabothini is considered to be the first commercially successful magazine in Tamil by literary researchers. The structure and language of Anandabothini were later followed by magazines such as Ananda Vikatan.

Repository

Collection of Anandabothini articles in the monthly issues from July 1920 to December 1944 are available as a web page. Some of Anandabothini magazine issues are stored digitally in Tamzham Naal Oru Nool (A Book a Day) Program.

Reference

• Anandabodhini : An anthology of essays from the monthly issues of Anandabodhini from July 1920 to December 1944.
• Anandabodhini Library
• Dinamani Article on Anandabodhini
• Thamizham Link-1 and Thamizham Link-2: Issues preserved in digital form in Tamzham Naal Oru Nool (A Book a Day) Program.
• Anandabothini Website

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