Unish-Kuri

Unish Kuri, which literally means "nineteen twenty", targeted at teens and young adults, is one of the youngest fortnightly magazines published from ABP Ltd, publishers of Anandabazar Patrika and [http://www.telegraphindia.com/section/frontpage/index.asp/ The Telegraph], of Kolkata, India, that took off as a new division, or wing of Anandamela, the 33 year old legendary children's magazine published in Bengali. It is published from 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Kolkata 700001.

History and growth of the magazine

First published on 19 June, 2004, the magazine has already gained huge popularity among teenagers and young adults, of the age group 16 to 26, proving wrong all the critics who had predicted doom for the magazine. Founder editor of the magazine Paulami Sengupta has emerged from a lot of criticism regarding the magazine. It has often been criticized as being unsuitable for the young generation, yet all these only let to steady rise in circulation. Owing to its success Unish Kuri had to come up with one more magazine, Unish Kuri Career that deals exclusively with careers.

Content

Unish Kuri maintains a colorful outlook. The magazine is known for the guts to publish its own criticism. When all magazines are doing away with fiction, Unish Kuri has established its romantic fiction section strongly among its readers. Also popular among its readers is fiction falling under thriller genre. Unish Kuri also publishes serial novels. The regular sections are:

Cover Story,
Mail E-mail (readers' mails),
Teen Fashion,
Beauty tips,
Solution to personal problems,
Career related tips,
Laughter/humour,
Messageboard,
Sharing of readers' personal experiences,
Short story,
Serial novel
Celebrity interviews,
Latest from the world of science and IT,
Astrological predictions,
Campus news,
Debate,
Calendar (events of the fortnight).
The latest in content of Unish Kuri is a special column by RUPAM ISLAM, the popular youth icon from Kolkata, where Rupam gives advice and solution to the youth.

The magazine encourages article/fiction-contribution of readers.

Activities

Unish Kuri has started activities like Unish Kuri model hunt, and melodious voice hunt from 2005. These talent hunts have been popular.

Key writers

Names appear in alphabetical order:

Binayak Bandopadhyay
Indranil Sanyal,
Pampa Sensharma,
Paulami Sengupta,
Pinaki Ghosh,
Prachet Gupta,
Samaresh Majumder,
Sangita Bandopadhyay,
Shaktipada Rajguru,
Smaranjit Chakraborty,
Suchitra Bhattacharya,
Sukanto Gangopadhyay,
Sunil Gangopadhyay