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Sahodaran (Malayalam:സഹോദരൻ, meaningBrother) was an IndianMalayalam-language newspaper published inKerala from 1917 to 1956. It was the mouthpiece of Sahodara Sangham, an organisation founded bySahodaran Ayyappan to fight against the caste system in Kerala.
After organisingMisra Bhojanam inCherai in May 1917, Ayyappan wrote an article on the need to sweep away superstitions and sent it toMithavadi, a prominent newspaper of the time run byThiyyas.Mithavadi rejected the article and Ayyappan realised the need for a publication in order to propagate his rational thoughts. This led to the birth ofSahodaran. Its first issue was published in September 1917 fromPallippuram nearErnakulam. It was initially published monthly. Ayyappan himself was the editor and it was printed at S. P. Press inParavur.
In 1918,Sahodaran became a bimonthly and the publication was shifted from Pallippuram toTrivandrum. In 1920, the publication was again shifted to Ernakulam and the printing was done inTrichur. After a brief stoppage,Sahodaran resumed publication as a weekly fromMattancherry in May 1925. It was again shifted to Ernakulam in 1937.Sahodaran strongly advocated for rationalism, socialism, labour movement, intermarriage, temple entry for the underprivileged and responsible governance. A number of articles on communist ideology appeared inSahodaran. An illustrated biography ofLenin was published in the annual edition of 1929.
Sahodaran ceased publication in June 1956, amid Ayyappan's efforts to turn it into a daily. An effort to relaunch the magazine was made in January 2021.M. K. Sanu, who was associated withSahodaran, was the chief editor of the relaunched magazine.