Mathrubhumi

Mathrubhumi is a prominent Malayalam language newspapers in Kerala state of India. K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British, is the founder of Mathrubhumi.

History

Mathrubhumi played important roles in many social reformation movements such as Vaikom Satyagraha and Guruvayur Satyagraha against untouchability. Participating in the Satyagraha, K.P. Keasava Menon was arrested and was sent to Jail. Patriots like P. Ramanunni Nair, K. Kelappan, P. Narayanan Nair, C.H. Kunjappa, K.A Damodara Menon, and A.P. Udayabhanu have served as Chief Editors of the newspaper.

In 1932 the company entered Magazine Journalism with the launch of Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly. In 1940, Viswaroopam, a comic magazine was launched with Sanjayan as the Chief Editor. Yugaprabhat, a bi-monthly in Hindi was also published whose editor was N. V. Krishna Warrier. But now, these two publications are not in print.

Mathrubhumi is the second most circulated newspaper in Kerala. Inside Kerala, it is published from Calicut, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kannur, Palakkad, Malappuram, and Kollam. Outside Kerala, it is published from Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi. It has a circulation of over 1.3 million and its readership is around 7.5 million.

Currently, M.P. Veerendra Kumar is the Chairman and Managing Director of Mathrubhumi.

Controversies

Mathrubhumi carried out an expose that Venugopal, nephew of founder leader of Communist Party of India, A.K. Gopalan and deputy general manager of CPI(M) daily Deshabhimani, received a bribe to the tune of rupees ten million from the owners of ‘LIS’ (a dubious finance company, which deals in investments in lottery for appreciation of assets) for watering down the cases against it in courts. . http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200707031740.htm The Hindu News Update Service]

The Editors Guild of India has strongly condemned threats to the editor of Mathrubhumi daily, by leaders of the CPI(M) and its frontal organisations in Kerala.

Publications

Baalabhumi (Children's publication)
Grihalakshmi (Women's publication)
Chithrabhumi (Film publication)
Thozhilvartha (Opportunities publication - The leading career weekly in India)
Arogyamasika (Health publication - The largest selling health magazine in India)
Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu (Weekly)
Mathrubhumi Successline (Educational publication in English)
Mathrubhumi Vidyarangam (Educational publication in Malayalam)
Mathrubhumi Sports Masika (Sports publication in Malayalam)
www.mathrubhumi.com (The complete multipurpose portal in Malayalam)
Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus