Along with the comics (in-house and syndicated), the content includes fables and fairy tales, rhymes, (translated) literary classics, and various puzzles. Starting as a monthly for teenage youngsters in March 1972, the Balarama became a fortnightly periodical in November 1984, before finally settling as a weekly in 1999. Balarama celebrated its 50th year of publication in the year 2022. It is one of the most widely read children's magazines in India (Indian Readership Survey 2019, Quarter IV).
Publications, of Malayala Manorama Group from Kottayam, Kerala in Malayalam language (digest-sized, on every Friday). Joy of Kids) is an Indian weekly comic magazine published by M.
99,804 (Audit Bureau of Circulations, July–December 2018).
