Womans Era | 
| Publisher: Delhi Press Patra Prakashan Ld
Buy New: $75.00
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2423
Format: Magazine Subscription
Type: Trade magazine
Subscription Issues: 24
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 24
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10 Weeks
ASIN: B00006L2BX
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Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
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Product Description
India's largest selling women's fortnightly in English that is the family's friend, philosopher, and entertainer too! It covers women-oriented articles, fiction, exotic recipes, latest fashions, and films.
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A Pink Agenda July 25, 2008
Sanjay Agarwal (India)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This magazine is published by Delhi Press, which brings out a clutch of niche magazines, mostly targeted at poorer middle class. Delhi Press views itself as a Publishing house with a mission, and is sympathetic to Communist world-view.
Woman's Era is targeted at junior level office workers, who are unlikely to figure out its agenda. Many of the articles are well-written, useful and interesting. However, most the stories have a curious twist. For instance, one may depict a young married woman, who comes tantalisingly close to having an affair with an attractive stranger, but then steps back. I think the editors carefully assess how much its middle-class readers will tolerate, and stop at that. I suspect that they are trying to very subtly promote the Communist view: marriage is irrelevant in a modern society, sexual freedom should be encouraged. Considering Indian sensibilities, they are going at it ever so slowly.
The groups carries on a passionate battle against the mainstream religion in India, and has published many controversial books,. In one for, instance, they have argued that Tulsidas, the revered composer of Ramcharit Manas, misguided millions of Hindus. The group has been dragged to courts many times by Hindu activists, who find the magazines comments on their religious practices to be offensive. Each time, however, the activists have lost.
The magazine use ordinary paper, being low-priced. Binding and printing is fair. Magazine has a fairly large readership in smaller towns. There are not too many advertisements.
Avoid it if you are committed to family values.
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