Unish-Kuri

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Unish Kuri, which literally means "nineteen twenty", targeted at teens and young adults, is one of the youngest fortnightly magazines published from ABP Ltd, publishers of Anandabazar Patrika and The Telegraph, of Kolkata, India, that took off as a new division, or wing of Anandamela, the 33 year old legendary childrens' magazine published in Bengali. It is published from 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Kolkata 700001.

1 History and growth of the magazine
2 Content
3 Activities
4 Key writers
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History and growth of the magazine

First published on 19 June, 2004, the magazine has already gained huge popularity among teenagers and young adults, of the age group 16 to 26, proving wrong all the critics who had predicted doom for the magazine. Founder editor of the magazine Paulami Sengupta Sarkar has emerged from a lot of criticism regarding the magazine. It has often been criticized as being unsuitable for the young generation, yet all these only let to steady rise in circulation. Owing to its success Unish Kuri had to come up with one more magazine, Unish Kuri Career that deals exclusively with careers.

[edit] Content

Unish Kuri maintains a tendy colorful outlook. The magazine is known for the guts to publish its own criticism. When all magazines are doing away with fiction, Unish Kuri has established its romantic fiction section strongly among its readers. Also popular among its readers is fiction falling under thriller genre. Unish Kuri also publishes serial novels. The regular sections are: