New city-based magazine released

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For all those citizens who get bogged down by the rush of information while trying to figure out a thing or two in  Thiruvananthapuram city, ‘Metro Mart’, the newly-launched city magazine,  can prove to be one-stop-solution.A first-of-its-kind magazine in the city, ‘Metro Mart’ offers the location and address of shops, institutions, railway, bus and air timings, contact numbers of essential services and many such information that would lift much burden off your shoulders, if available at the fingertips. The magazine had its formal launch on Thursday with Marthanda Varma, the  head of the Travancore royal family, handing over a copy of the first edition to Mayor K Chandrika. A G Harishankar, managing editor of Haritha Media, which is bringing out the magazine; Gireesh Chandran, Rajan Perunna and others participated.  The magazine also includes interviews with leading personalities in the city such as politicians, cultural leaders and media persons. The first edition has a delightful motley of reading material with politicians and administrators sharing an overview of the development plan for the capital city, reviews of spas and boutiques and a classifieds section. The print and paper quality of the magazine makes reading effortless.Haritha Media has already earned the goodwill of readers with English magazines like ‘Industrial Business Mart’, ‘Better Handling’ and the financial magazine in Malayalam, ‘Dhanasree’.