An illustrated Tamil monthly devoted to public welfare and popular education. The peoples friend is subscribed by Government for use in the agricultural stations and by several local boards and municipalities for the use of the teachers and pupils in the schools under the control.
This periodical embraced the congress ideologies and participated in Indian freedom movement. This periodical carried articles and history related to this.
Articles of prominent Tamil writers of this period like M. Varadharasanar, Mudiyarasan, Ka. Arivalagan, Kovai. Manisekaran were published in this periodical. It carried articles on classical Tamil work.
This periodical was published with the objective of developing the Tamil language. The periodical carried literary articles, poems, short stories and political news.
This periodical published in the form of a book carried short stories, poems and articles related to various arts. The then young upcoming writers had written modern articles in this periodical.