Malayala Manorama
COMPANY PROFILE
Malayala Manorama is a daily newspaper in Malayalam language which is published in the state of Kerala, India. According to World Association of Newspapers, it holds a position as top 26th most circulating newspaper in the world (third largest circulating newspapers in India behind The Times of India and Dainik Jagran and most widely read daily and number one in Kerala. It was first published as a weekly on 14 March 1890, and currently has a readership of over 20 million (with a circulation base of over 1.9 million copies). The Malayalam word "manorama" roughly translates to "entertainer". The Week (India), an Indian weekly, is also brought out by the Manorama Group. Manorama Yearbook is another yearly publication by the Kottayam–Kozhikode-based Manorama Group. It has 32 publications all over India in five languages (English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Bengali).
HISTORY
One bright morning, more than a century ago, the first joint stock publishing company of India came into being. It was founded by Kandathil Varghese Mappillai at Kottayam, a small town in the princely state of Travancore, on March 14, 1888. The name Malayala Manorama came out of an elite brainstorming. The great poets Kerala Varma, Valiakoyhithampuran and Vilvattathu Raghavan Nambiar coined it, almost. It turned out to be an enchanting, enduring name. The company started with one hundred shares of Rs Imo each. The investors paid in four equal instalments. The first instalment was good enough to buy a press. It was a small treadle press, a Hopkinson & Cope, made in London. The pedal-powered press was installed in a vacant building, which would later become a cathedral.
A local craftsman, Konthi Achari, was hired to make quality Malayalam types for the imported press. It was a herculean task. Being phonetic, the Malayalam script had 800 characters. Kandathil Varghese Mappillai was only 31 when he founded Malayala Manorama. He was an accomplished writer, a high thinker and a very
Malayala Manorama is a daily newspaper in Malayalam language which is published in the state of Kerala, India. According to World Association of Newspapers, it holds a position as top 26th most circulating newspaper in the world (third largest circulating newspapers in India behind The Times of India and Dainik Jagran and most widely read daily and number one in Kerala. It was first published as a weekly on 14 March 1890, and currently has a readership of over 20 million (with a circulation base of over 1.9 million copies). The Malayalam word "manorama" roughly translates to "entertainer". The Week (India), an Indian weekly, is also brought out by the Manorama Group. Manorama Yearbook is another yearly publication by the Kottayam–Kozhikode-based Manorama Group. It has 32 publications all over India in five languages (English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Bengali).
HISTORY
One bright morning, more than a century ago, the first joint stock publishing company of India came into being. It was founded by Kandathil Varghese Mappillai at Kottayam, a small town in the princely state of Travancore, on March 14, 1888. The name Malayala Manorama came out of an elite brainstorming. The great poets Kerala Varma, Valiakoyhithampuran and Vilvattathu Raghavan Nambiar coined it, almost. It turned out to be an enchanting, enduring name. The company started with one hundred shares of Rs Imo each. The investors paid in four equal instalments. The first instalment was good enough to buy a press. It was a small treadle press, a Hopkinson & Cope, made in London. The pedal-powered press was installed in a vacant building, which would later become a cathedral.
A local craftsman, Konthi Achari, was hired to make quality Malayalam types for the imported press. It was a herculean task. Being phonetic, the Malayalam script had 800 characters. Kandathil Varghese Mappillai was only 31 when he founded Malayala Manorama. He was an accomplished writer, a high thinker and a very