''Vanitha'' () is an Indian
magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...
published fortnightly by the ''
Malayala Manorama'' group. It is the largest magazine in India by circulation according to
Audit Bureau of Circulations, with average qualifying sales of 687,915 copies (as of December 2013).
It continues to be the largest in circulation in 2017 as well.
History and profile
''Vanitha'' was launched in 1975
as a monthly, but turned into a fortnightly in 1987. The magazine was founded by
Annamma Mathew, wife of
K.M. Mathew
Kandathil Mammen Mathew (2 January 1917 – 1 August 2010) was an Indian newspaper editor who served as the editor-in-chief of the Malayalam-language daily, ''Malayala Manorama''. , a woman who has contributed immensely in the fields of social service, cookery, journalism and literature. ''Vanitha'' is published in
Malayalam[ and launched a Hindi edition in 1997. Although its name translates to "woman" in Sanskrit, it includes news,views and other articles on a variety of topics, and is not strictly a women's magazine.
''Vanitha'' is owned and published by MM Publications Ltd. from Kottayam.][ MM Publications Ltd. is part of Malayala Manorama Group.][ In addition to being released twice a month, ''Vanitha'' also includes special double issues for Onam, Easter, ]New Year's Day
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and Christmas.
Between July and December 2000 ''Vanitha'' was the best-selling magazine in India with a circulation of 3,82,027 copies.
See also
* Malayala Manorama
References
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