Periodicals
The increasing demands of the literate public led to the publication of a number of journals and periodicals, and these in turn provided a platform for authors to publish their work. Rajavritti Bodhini and Dina Varthamani, in 1855, and Salem Pagadala Narasimhalu Naidu's fornightlies, Salem Desabhimini in 1878, and Coimbatore Kalanidhi in 1880, were the earliest Tamil journals. In 1882, G. Subramaniya Iyer started the newspaper, Swadesamitran, which became the first Tamil daily in 1899. This was the first of many journals, and many novelists began to serialize their stories in these papers. The humor magazine Ananda Vikatan, started by S.S. Vasan in 1929, was started to help create some of the greatest Tamil novelists. Kalki Krishnamurthy (1899-1954) serialized his short stories and novels in Ananda Vikatan and eventually started his own weekly, Kalki, for which he wrote the immortal novels, Parthiban Kanavu, Sivagamiyin sabadham, and the popular Ponniyin Selvan. Pudhumaipithan (1906-1948) was a great writer of short stories and provided the inspiration for a number of authors who followed him. The 'new poetry or pudukkavithai pioneered by Bharathi in his prose-poetry was further developed by the literary periodicals, Manikkodi and Ezhuttu (edited by Si Su Chellappa). Poets such as Mu Metha contributed to these periodicals. Tamil Christian poets also added to the body of Tamil literature. Tamil Muslim poets like Pavalar Inqulab and Rokkiah[8] made significant contributions to social reforms. The pioneering fortnightly journal, Samarasam, was established in 1981, to highlight and cater to the ethnic Tamil Muslim community's issues