Epaper vs Deepika

The Kerala Kaumudi ePaper is India’s first multimedia newspaper. All the 9 print editions of the newspaper are replicated in the electronic format. Besides, it includes an extended ePaper with 24 plus pages and 50% more content than the print edition. Several novel features have been integrated into the electronic format. Audio delivery of the content and visual stories are created to enhance reader experience. Moreover, Varandya Kaumudi is also available in the ePaper. Kerala Kaumudi ePaper App Features: Tapping on the App takes the user directly to Splash / Login Screen User has the option to create a new account. User can login with email and password or with Facebook / Gmail / Apple id. ‘Forgot Password’ enables to retrieve password. App Home The default setting opens the day’s extended ePaper which is customisable in settings. Live TV icon takes the user to the livestreaming of the Kaumudy Television Channel.User has the option to tap to view ePaper Mapped Page. Mapped Section This section contains News Mapping. Page Selection Option is Available. News Section Comprises mapped news with Audio, Video, Text view and social media sharing. ‘Bookmark’ and ‘View Bookmarks’ features are available. Audio Section Audio version of the print edition is available in this Section. It includes option to sort news in a page-wise and category-wise manner. The option is customisable in Settings. Video Section User can access and sort visual stories in this section in a page-wise manner. Downloads Section Downloadable ePapers are available in this section. Archives Section Archived ePaper can be accessed in this section. Default Archives display time can be customized in Settings. Settings It includes all Kerala Kaumudi Publications, Editions, Customisable Archives Duration, Default Publication, Default Edition, Default Audio Grouping etc Live TV Live streaming of the telecast on Kaumudy TV. About Kerala Kaumudi: Kerala Kaumudi, a leading and well-established Malayalam language newspaper published from Kerala. The publication had its genesis in 1911 as a contemporary journal. It was founded by illustrious writer, editor, orator and thinker, Shri. C V Kunjiraman. In 1940, his son Shri K Sukumaran revolutionised the newspaper into a vibrant vernacular Daily, thereby triggering the dynamics behind various movements that redefined the state’s social and political landscape. Kerala Kaumudi Daily is among the largest circulated newspapers in Malayalam with 9 editions in Trivandrum, Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode and Kannur. In the course of over a century, Kerala Kaumudi has diversified and expanded into a multitude of media platforms. In addition to the flagship daily, Kerala Kaumudi comprises a midday named Kerala Kaumudi Flash, the Kerala Kaumudi Weekly, the children's magazine Magic Slate, the glossy film magazine Flash Movies, digital edition of the newspaper and the television channel Kaumudy TV.

The dawn of April 15, 1887 witnessed a rare moment in the history of publishing in Kerala when Deepika, (Nazrani Deepika- as it was initially named) India's first Malayalam Newspaper was first published. A marvel at that time, it was the realization and fulfillment of a long-cherished dream of many, which its Founder Editor Fr. Emmanuel Nidhiry (Nidhirikal Mani Kathanar), a renowned priest and perceptive, creative thinker of those times, initiated and shaped. The newspaper was initially printed on a crude, hand-made wooden press built by the legendary and far-sighted visionary Carmelite monk, Fr. Kuriakose Elias Chavara (now Saint Chavara) at Mannanam; a remote hamlet near the town of Kottayam in Central Kerala over a quarter century before then. This event further marked the epoch-making but humble dawn of organized, elite, free press journalism in Kerala. The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) congregation managed the newspaper till 1989, when it was converted into a Limited Company with public participation named Rashtra Deepika Ltd.; with a view to giving it fresh impetus, added professionalism and new ethos. The newspaper's founders had high and noble ambitions for this unique project that served as a major milestone in the evolution and advancement of literacy in Kerala. Under the dynamic leadership of Fr. Emmanuel Nidhiri, (a versatile genius and renowned philosopher of those times) and his team of thinkers, Nazrani Deepika marched unflinchingly over the years into the 20th Century, growing in stature and spreading its wings further. The printing frequency gradually increased from weekly to twice a week and later thrice a week. Correspondents and contributors were from virtually all segments of society.