The publication of Sharada, the second Malayalam women's magazine in Kerala, began in Thripunithura, Kochi, in November 1904. B. Kalyani Amma, T.C. Kalyani Amma, and T. Ammukutty Amma edited Sharada. It was Kerala's first women-edited women's publication. The journal was published by Bharathi Vilasam Press and owned by K. Narayana Menon.