Grihshobha - Hindi Edition | 
| Publisher: Delhi Press Patra Prakashan Ld
Buy New: $55.00
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 588
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: B00007AXOS
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
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Product Description
A glossy magazine for young women in HINDI and also in GUJARAI, MARATHI, KANNADA, TAMIL, TELUGU AND MALAYALAM which caters to their intellectual needs. Its coverage includes foods, latest fashions, bold fiction and personal problems.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not Good February 20, 2008
Mr. Naresh Garg
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was applied on Jan 02, 2008 and still Feb 20, 2008, I am waiting for this magazine. Don't have any idea when I will get the 1st edition. I called so many times to Amazon, but never getting fruitful answer from them.
 A Subtle Agenda July 25, 2008
Sanjay Agarwal (India)
This magazine is published by Delhi Press, which brings 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.
Grih shobha is targeted at simple housewives, who are unlikely to figure out its agenda. Many of the articles are well-written, useful and interesting. However, 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, they 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 if you are committed to family values.
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