Balamangalam
Editor in charge | Manu Prathap |
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Categories | Comic magazine |
Frequency | Fortnightly |
Publisher | Sabu Varghese |
Founded | 1980 |
Final issue | 2012 |
Company | Mangalam Publications |
Country | India |
Based in | Kottayam, Kerala |
Language | Malayalam |
Balamangalam (Malayalam: ബാലമംഗളം) was a Malayalam comic magazine published between 1980 and 2012. It was also published in Kannada with the title Balamangala.
History and profile
Balamangalam was first published in 1980.[1] The publisher was Mangalam Publications (India) Private Limited.[1] The fortnightly magazine featured, along with the comic strips, children's stories, rhymes and puzzles. Its target audience was children.[1] The headquarters of the fortnightly was in Kottayam.[1]
In October 2012, Mangalam Publications, the owners of Balamangalam announced that they would stop publication due to poor sales. The news created an outcry on social media websites and prompted the publishers to clarify that "the closure is just temporary and Balamangalam may return soon."[2][3] Still, the magazine remained closed.
Main stories
- Dinkan (Artist: Baby)
- Saktimarunnu (Story: Manu, Artist: Baby)
Kannada language
Categories | Comic magazine |
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Frequency | Fornightly |
Format | Print (paperback) |
Publisher | Mangalam Publications |
Company | Mangalam Publications |
Country | India |
Based in | Kottayam, Kerala |
Language | Kannada |
Balamangala was the Kannada language edition of Balamangalam, and circulated in Karnataka, India.[4][5] [6][7][8][9]
Along with comic strips, the magazine featured children's stories, rhymes, puzzles and crosswords,[10][11][12][13] including the fictional characters Dinga,[14][15] Shaktimaddu, Kaadina Kitta, Keraga, Pingala, Karingaada, Tuttu, Chenchu, Tiko, Chomu, Thangu Maama, Onti Salaga, and Chippu Delu.[16][17][18]
Harsha, a 15-year-old boy's first short story, "Mola Matthu Nari" (meaning: Rabbit and Fox) was published in the magazine.[19]
Publisher
Balamangala Kannada(RNI:44741/1989)[5] was published by Mangalam Publication (India) Pvt. Ltd.[20] located in Kottayam, Kerala.[21][22][23][24]
Dinkoism
Based on the magazine's fictional character, Dinga (Malayalam: Dinkan), a parody religion and a social movement called Dinkoism emerged and evolved on social networks organized by independent welfare groups in Kerala, India.[25]
See also
- List of Kannada-language magazines
- List of Malayalam-language periodicals
- Media in Kerala
- Media in Karnataka
- Media of India
References
- ^ a b c d "Balamangalam". Just Kerala. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Pressure mounts for Dinkan's return". Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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- ^ "Government of Karnataka, Secretariat Library Collections". newskarnataka.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010.
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- ^ "Mangalam Group of Publications to venture in to Television Space with GEC and News Channel". tvnews4u.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018.
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- ^ "Crossword Compilers". betterworldbooks.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018.
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- ^ "Boy writes novel at the age of 15". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 June 2018.
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- ^ "Kerala based Mangalam Group to launch TV channel". afaqs.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017.
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External links
- 1980 establishments in India
- 2012 disestablishments in India
- Defunct magazines of India
- Fortnightly magazines
- Indian children's magazines
- Magazines about comics
- Magazines established in 1980
- Magazines disestablished in 2012
- Malayalam comics
- Malayalam-language magazines
- Media in Kerala
- Kannada-language magazines
- Media in Karnataka