Colourful Deepavali issues
Kalai Magal.
Deepavali has a long association with Tamil journals with most of the publications releasing special editions for the festival. This year too the stands look more colourful thanks to the presence of these bonus issues.
Kalai Magal
Combining tradition and trend, the special offers fare to suit every palate.
Amudasurabhi.
Erudite articles — one of them bearing the by line of Swami Vivekananda, a tribute to Ki.Va.Ja., the late editor, an informative sketch of Chalukya temples,etc., — humorous ones, short stories, travel accounts and so on make reading worthwhile.
For the spiritually inclined, the magazine offers a round-up of Lakshmi Nrisimha temples, an article on Sri Aurobindo and a picture page of Ganapati in various forms.
The cover is Chaitanya Mahaprabhu contemplating Krishna drawn by S. G. Baraskar.
Gopura Darisanam.
The edition has pictures that will delight the collector, one of them being the benign visage of the Paramacharya.
Amudasurabhi
Crisp short stories that leave you contemplating form the highlight of this edition.
The authors include Ashoka Mithran, Sujata, Thilakavati, S. Kandasamy and so on.
Sivasankari writes on her visit to Amritsar. The cover is adorned by Gopulu's painting.
The artist visualises Rukmini dreaming of Krishna to whom she addresses a letter and awaits reply. Thenkachi Swaminathan contributes to breezy humour.
A special on Ramana Maharishi and a profile of writer Kumidini by another veteran Prema Nandakumar are among the items that make the special interesting.
Gopura Darisanam
With a predominant spiritual flavour this magazine offers glimpses of temples, architecture and profiles.
Manjari.
A highlight of course is the article on Sri Kamakshi by Paramacharya accompanied by the drawings of G. K. Murthy. The cover illustrates (V. Durgaa) Sathyabhama standing in amazement that all her jewellery does not measure up to Krishan's worth whereas the scales balance with the thulsi offered by Rukmini.
Ladies Special.
Manjari
This compact edition (Rs. 35) offers an eminently readable fare that includes an article by Paramacharya on the nectar-like sweetness of Krishna (cover) and another by Krishnapremi on what is bhakti, a pilgrimage by A. M. Rajagopalan, a profile of musician-painter S. Rajam, poem, short stories and so on.
`Ladies Club' has also brought out a special edition complete with articles, short stories and travel accounts.
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