No one that I know got a raise this year and costs keep increasing. My landlord raised the rent, though I managed to bargain a bit with a little recession sob-story.
With stagnant cash inflow, we need to make some cuts in expenses and for me it has to start with the magazines. I purchase an unnecessary number of them and since I don’t want to sell them to the raddiwallah, they eat up a lot of prime space in my already congested abode.
Therefore, I decided to go the Arnold Schwarzenegger way and put together a list of Indian print magazines that are available in a digital format (an e-replica of the print edition) and I was surprised to find so many. Also happened to discover a few that I never knew existed.
Most of these e-versions are either in PDF or flash, though there are a few in HTML too.
Here’s a simple way to slash those magazine bills in these hard times (the publishers might be a bit upset, but they earn more from advertising than sales):
List of Indian print magazines available in a digital format online:
- Abhisarika
(Sex education magazine in Telugu. Old issues 1949 onwards)
- Balaka
(Bengali)
- Champak
(English)
- Chandamama
(Archives 1955 onwards in English, Hindi, Kannada, Maalayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Oriya)
- Cricket Today
(English)
- Cricket Today
(Hindi)
- India Today
(English)
- India Today
(Hindi)
- Kamal Sandesh
(English)
- Kamal Sandesh
(Hindi)
- Outlook Business
Link URL corresponds to the April 18, 2009 issue. To view other issues use the Past Issues drop-down on the left of the page.
- Pratiyogita Darpan
(Hindi)
- Royal
(An adult men’s magazine. Some content NSFW)
- Sarita
(Hindi)
- Tehelka
(Requires registration)
Alternative link (No Registration necessary)
- Tehelka Samachar (Hindi. Requires registration)
Alternative link (No registration necessary)
- The Sunday Indian ( June 21 Issue. For the latest issue go to the home page and click on the E-Magazine link)
- Vastu Evam Jyotish
(Hindi)
- Yog Sandesh
(English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Gujarati, Assamese and Nepali)
If you know of more such magazines, do share them in the comments.