Author: Meena Kootala

Through this post we are releasing the scan of eleven issues of Travancore Information & Listener published in the year 1946 &1947

Travancore Information & Listener was an important monthly English periodical published from the erstwhile princely state of Travancore (present-day Kerala). It functioned as an official and semi-official information journal, carrying government notifications, administrative decisions, public announcements, and policy-related updates.

Apart from official content, the magazine also included articles on social, cultural, educational, and public affairs, making it a valuable source of contemporary knowledge for administrators, intellectuals, and the educated public. It served as a link between the Travancore government and the people, helping to disseminate information transparently during a period of administrative modernization.

Historically, Travancore Information & Listener is considered an important documentary source for researchers studying the political, social, and cultural history of Travancore, as it reflects the governance practices and public discourse of its time.

These documents are digitized as part of the Madras University Library digitization project.

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• Name: Travancore Information & Listener
• Published Year: 1947 & 1946
• Scan link: Link

Through this post we are releasing the scan of Indian Central Arecanut Committee Annual Report published in the year 1948

The Fifth Annual Report (1953-54) of the Indian Central Arecanut Committee is a valuable historical document that captures the early post-independence efforts to organize, regulate, and strengthen India’s arecanut sector. Published from Kozhikode, the report reflects a period when agricultural policy, research and cocperative marketing were gaining national importance

It also highlights the emergence of organized marketing through cooperative societies, price regulation, standardization and transport facilities. More than an administrative record, the book serves as a historical snapshot of agricultural policy and institutional thinking in 1950s India, making it a valuable reference for researchers and agricultural historians

These documents are digitized as part of the Madras University Library digitization project.

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• Name: Indian Central Arecanut Committee Annual Report
• Number of pages: 58
• Published Year: 1954
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1924-ൽ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ച, എൻ. കുമാരനാശാൻ എഴുതിയ ലീല എന്ന പുസ്തകത്തിൻ്റെ ഡിജിറ്റൽ സ്കാൻ ആണ് ഈ പോസ്റ്റിലൂടെ പങ്കു വെക്കുന്നത്

മലയാളകവിതയുടെ കാല്പനിക വസന്തത്തിനു തുടക്കം കുറിച്ച കവിയാണ് കുമാരനാശാൻ. അദ്ദേഹത്തിൻ്റെ പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഖണ്ഡകാവ്യങ്ങളിലൊന്നാണ് ലീല. 1914-ലാണ് ഈ കൃതി ആദ്യമായി പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെട്ടത്. പ്രണയകഥയുടെ രൂപത്തിലൂടെ ജീവിതത്തിന്റെ നിസ്സാരത, മനുഷ്യബന്ധങ്ങളുടെ അസ്ഥിരത, ആത്മാന്വേഷണം എന്നിവയെ ആഴത്തിൽ അവതരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന കൃതിയാണ് ലീല. മരണത്തിനുപോലും വേർപെടുത്താനാകാത്ത ദിവ്യപ്രണയമാണ്, ലീലയുടെയും മദനന്റെയും പ്രണയകഥയിലൂടെ കവി വരച്ചുകാട്ടുന്നത്.

മദ്രാസ്  യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റി ലൈബ്രറി ഡിജിറ്റൈസേഷൻ പദ്ധതിയിൽ നിന്നുള്ള സ്കാൻ ആണിത്.

മെറ്റാഡാറ്റയും ഡിജിറ്റൽ പതിപ്പിലേക്കുള്ള കണ്ണിയും

പുസ്തകത്തിൻ്റെ മെറ്റാഡാറ്റയും ഡിജിറ്റൈസ് ചെയ്ത രേഖയിലേക്കുള്ള കണ്ണിയും താഴെ കൊടുത്തിരിക്കുന്നു.

• പേര്: ലീല
• രചന: എൻ. കുമാരനാശാൻ
• പ്രസിദ്ധീകരണ വർഷം: 1924
• അച്ചടി: V.V Press, Kollam
• താളുകളുടെ എണ്ണം: 110
• സ്കാൻ ലഭ്യമായ ഇടം: കണ്ണി

Through this post, we are releasing the digital scan of Govt – Victoria College Magazine February issue published in the year 1941

The Victoria College Magazine( Vol. VII, No.2) is a remarkable snapshot of intellectual life during a turbulent period of world history. Produced by students and faculty of Victoria College, Palakkad, the magazine reflects how young minds in pre-independence India engaged with global events, philosophy, science, love and social responsibility

One of its distinctive features is its multilingual character. Alongside English articles, the magazine also carries contributions in Indian languages such as Malayalam and Tamil, reflecting the linguistic diversity of the campus and the inclusive academic culture of the time. Essays like “At the Cross Roads” grapple with the moral and ideological conflicts of World War II,while pieces such as “Study of Nature” and “On Falling in Love at First Sight” reveal a thoughtful blend of science, literature and human emotion. The magazine also documents academic life through articles on engineering laboratories, educational excursions and campus activities offering a rare institutional memory of the era.

These documents are digitized as part of the Madras University Library digitization project.

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• Name: Government Victoria College Palakkad Magazine
• Published Year: 1941
• Number of pages: 64
• Scan link: Link