The annual Deepavali Malars in Thamizh are on sale at local shops but few and far between.
These are magazine-formatted specials that carry non-fiction and fiction, verses and drawing and essays and features; their numbers sell less in this age where reading is a limited habit.
The iconic Nehru News Mart in Luz, now in the shadow of work on the Chennai Metro, offers some six different ‘malars’, priced Rs.100 upwards.
Copies are limited. Some are priced at Rs.300.
