Sooravali (Magazine)

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Sooravali (Magazine)

Sooravalii (1939) was a Literary Magazine found by K.N. Subramaniam and was co-edited by the Manikodi writer KR. Gopalan. It was as a Weekly Magazine, which ran for a year and targeted general public outside the scope of literary world.

History

The first issue of Sooravali Magazine was published on April 23, 1939. It contained 64 pages and was designed in the dimension of 'Crown'. ‘Sooravali’ came out every Sunday and was launched to take advantage of the reading wave created in the wake of the 1939 independence uprising. In total twenty magazines were published, the last of which came out on October 15, 1939. K.N. Subramaniam intended to run this as an 'Intermediate' magazine, which failed on its business grounds.

Content

The magazines content include discussions about literature along with other creations. It contained articles on both Indian and world politics under the names of 'Akal Vilakku' and 'Anke' along with other Art forms like Music and Cinema under the name of 'Aayakalaigal'. The magazine had photos of Movie Stars in a smoothly printed paper which is of highest quality. Articles of the magazine was written by the writers including S.T.C. Yogiyaar, C.S. Sellappa, K. Paramasivam, P.S. Raamaiyah, K.P. Rajagopalan, Saalivaaganan, Ilaingaiyarkon and A.K. Jeyaraman. K. N. Subramaniam also wrote under many Fictional names such as Mayan, Raja, Nasikedan, Devasanman, and Suyam.

Literary Space

Sooravali's attempt to run as a Commercial Magazine failed to create any significant impact on Tamil Literature. K. N. Subramaniam also launched and ran another Intermediate Magazine called 'Chandrodayam', 16 years after the demise of Sooravali.

Related Links

K.N. Subramaniam Literature Group, Introduction by K. Sachithanantham, solvanam.com

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