From: juvvadi@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Ramana R. Juvvadi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: FAQ for SCIT
Date: 5 Oct 92 20:03:23 GMT
Organization: VPI&SU Computer Science Department, Blacksburg, VA

I am trying to compile a FAQ for SCIT to keep it as clean as possible.
While we will not know which questions will be frequently asked before
we observe the newsgroup for some time, I have anticipated some of them
based on the experience of SCI. I don't have answers to all the questions.
I have included the information I know, and I left a *** for whatever
I don't know. Also lot of the answers are incomplete.
Please send me any info regarding any of the topics.
Also let me know, if you think any more questions should be included.
Once I finish compiling it, I'll post it regulary on SCIT. 
Also Dr. KS Rao kindly agreed to provide an FTP site for this file. 
Once the FAQ is reasonably complete, I'll archive it there for FTP.

Ramana
juvvadi@csgrad.cs.vt.edu
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Test Messages
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	Two news groups misc.test and alt.test are for this purpose.  You will
	get  automated messages from around the world indicating that they   
	received your message.  Isn't that fun.  You can actually know that 
	your message reached some corner in australia.

	Also at some sites, there is an exclusive newsgroup for test messages 
	which restricts your message to only your site. For example, in
	Virginia Tech it is called vt.test. Browse through your newsgroups,
	you'll find it. If you are able to post successfully in that group,
	you should not have any problem posting in SCIT.

	Remember, test messages are extremely annoying to the readers. So,
	please have some courtesy and don't post test messages in SCIT.


Problems with Visa, Immigration etc
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	There is nothing very specific to Telugus about immigration. This is
	not the appropriate forum to discuss immigration issues. Please 
	Check the FAQ on SCI or alt.us.visas

Asstships, Admissions in College etc
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	Again, this issue doesn't belong here. You can find much better
	information about them in the following newsgroups.

		soc.college
		soc.college.grad
		soc.college.gradinfo

Telugu Fonts, Telugu Software etc
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	TeluguTeX
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		TeluguTeX is a program for typsetting Telugu in TeX/LateX,
		developped by Mukkavilli Lakshmana Kumar and Mukkavilli 
		Lakshmi. You can ftp it from the directory /pub/tex/telugu at

			blackbox.hacc.washington.edu  [128.95.200.1]
		
		It comes with a README file and instructions for installing 
		it. TeluguTeX is a very  CPU inensive job. You should at
		least have a workstation if you want it to perform reassonably.

	Programs DOS & OS/2
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		***

	Programs for MAC
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		***  

Info on Air Travel to Cities in AP
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	There are three airports in AP you can fly to: Hyderabad, 
	Vishakhapatnam, Tirupati. Hyderabad is an international airport
	but only Air India flies there once a week. The advantage of
	flying to Hyderabad directly is that you don't have to change airports
	in Bombay and you'll save some time. Also, the customs and immigration
	queues are much shorter in Hyderabad compared to Bombay.

	For additional information, please refer to the travel survey posted
	regularly in SCI.
 
List of Telugu Associations outside India
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	Please send me the address of the assn, person to contact,
	his phone number, e-mail address, US mail address etc.
	I'll include the addresses in the list as I receive them.

Telugu Magazine Subscription from Outside India
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	***

Addresses of Book Shops for Buying Telugu Books
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	Hyderabad
		Vishalandhra Book House, Sultan Bazar
		Navodaya Book House, Sultan Bazar
		Ravindra Book Publishers, Kachiguda Stn Road

	Vijayawada
		****

	Warangal
		Vishalandhra Book House, Mandi Bazar

	Madras
		Navodaya Book Stall, T. Nagar

Course Material for Learning Telugu
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	Very few books are available for non-natives for learning Telugu.
	The few that I know are listed here.

	(1) A Grammar of Modern Telugu, Bhadriraju Krishnamurty, J.P.L. Gwynn
	    Oxford University Press.

		Probably the best of all the available books. However, it
		was written more for a linguist who want to study Telugu
		grammar than a layman. It is available in Virginaia Tech
		library. If your university has a good library, it might
		be available. 

	(2) Learn Telugu in 30 days, Balaji Publications,
	    103 Pycrofts Road, Madras.

		They have a series of books on all Indian languages.
		You are unlikely to learn anything beyond the script
		and a few simple words.

Telugu Radio Programs
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	Right now, AIR beams its programs to only Europe, South East Asia,
	Middle East, And Australia. If you are in US, it is difficult
	to catch AIR programs unless you have a good shortwave receiver.
	For more inforamtion on AIR programs read the FAQ on SCI.
	For more information on shortwave listening in general read
	rec.radio.shortwave. AIR Telugu programs are beamed to Europe.
	It is extremely difficult to get them in US. If you are determined
	try 17383, 15335, 9950 from 12:13 to 12:45 UTC.

	If you are living in one of the following cities you have the luxury
	of listening to local broadcasts.

		Houston		1180 Khz, AM, 
				Sunday, 2:00 - 2:20 p.m., Central Time
		New York   ****
		Chicago   ****
		LA
			.
			.

Sending Flowers to Cities in AP
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	****

Telugu CDs
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	Right now, there aren't many CDs in Telugu. For more information
	ask for a catalogue from 

		Shrimati's			510-548-6220
		Mantra House			718-460-4494
		Oriental  Records		516-747-4285