Tushara (magazine)

Tushara is a major Kannada monthly literary magazine published in Karnataka, India, with its headquarters in Manipal, Karnataka.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Tushara

May 2018 edition's cover, of magazine
Managing Editor	Sandhya Pai
Former editors	K. Shivaram Karanth Girish Karnad U. R. Ananthamurthy Satish U. Pai (ex-Managing Editor) A. Eshwaraiya (ex-Assistant Editor)[1] Udayananda Bhandary[2]
Categories	Literary
Frequency	Monthly
Format	Print (Paperback), Online[3]
Publisher	Manipal Media Network Ltd. (MMNL)
Founder	Manipal Media Network Ltd. (MMNL)[4][1][5]
Founded	April 1973; 52 years ago (1973-04)
Country	India
Based in	Manipal, Karnataka
Language	Kannada
Website	MMNL Official website
OCLC	34468126

The magazine features columns such as ′Sarasa′ (meaning: Naughty), ′Mathininda Lekhanige′ (meaning: From speech to pen), ′Sahitya Avalokana′ (meaning: Literature overview), ′Kannada Kathaloka′ (meaning: Kannada story world), ′Makkala Kathe′ (meaning: Children's stories), ′Vishwa Kathe′ (meaning: World story) and ′Masadamathu′ (meaning: indestructible words).^[1][3]

Sandhya Pai is the managing editor of the magazine.^[13]

History

The magazine, launched in April 1973, is the second publication of Manipal Media Network Ltd. (MMNL).^[1][5][14]

Sister publications

• Roopatara, a Kannada monthly film magazine
• Taranga, a Kannada weekly family interest magazine
• Tunturu, a Kannada bi-monthly children magazine
• Udayavani, a Kannada daily newspaper

See also

• Mayura, a Kannada monthly literary magazine
• List of Kannada-language magazines
• Media in Karnataka
• Media in India