Anandabazar

Anandabazar Patrika

Anandabazar is the most popular Bengali newspaper in India. Currently, the circulation of this newspaper is more than a million a day and is concurrently published from Kolkata, NewDelhi, and Mumbai. The paper was founded in 1922 by Prafulla Chandra Sarkar who was the editor as well. It is the most circulated Bengali daily. Its supplements include the Sunday Supplement, Rabibasario, and the Saturday Supplement, Patrika. The Rabibasario has a children's page called Anandamela. Other supplements include Kajer Bazar and Prastuti. In addition its editions have a special supplement for the particular place from which the edition is published, e.g., "Kolkata" for the Kolkata edition. The paper has comic strips of Phantom and Mandrake from Monday to Saturday. Presently, the newspaper is edited by Aveek Sarkar.