From: paulchem@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Atharvan)
Subject: A/K (a.c.k) Magazine: Who contributes and what ? The Answers.
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 04:30:49 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.134410.21015@abo.fi> RKRISHNAN@FINABO.ABO.FI (Radha Krishnan STU) writes:
>Namaskaram,
>
>Yes there are Malayalees in Finland too. The land where Santa Claus lives 
>(though this status has also been claimed by Sweden and Greenland).
>

[...]

>Maybe I shall write more about it in the proposed magazine for a.c.k. But 
>according to the posting of Paul Chemmanoor (regarding the magazine) articles
>should be about India/Kerala and its culture. So a Malayalee's life in Finland
>will not satisfy those conditions. Maybe Paul or some one from the committee
>could shed more light on these aspects. I think the magazine is an excellent
>idea especially for Malayalees like me who are thirsting for some news from
>home!
>Radha Krishnan


0] I thought this query was general enough to be answered on both sci and 
   and ack, judging from the responses we have been getting from people who
   either are not malayaalis or want to write on topics that do not fall 
   strictly into the categories we had  outlined in the original invitation 
   for articles. 

1] The rules given in the original article are only guidelines.
   To make things clear: 

a] (FICTION: Poetry, Short Stories, Humour etc) :
   If you have a good story to tell, you can send it to a/k.
   You dont have to be a keralite, nor does the story have to be about kerala.
   The only motive here is to have good stories. Simply put: good stories
   have no cultural barriers. The stories can be in english or malayalam.

b] (NON-FICTION: News, Political Stories, Arguments for or against communism,
    the relevance of the great three poets of the classical age in kerala 
    poetry etc, historical accounts of the people who have influenced Kerala) :

    These should have a clear kerala relevance, but the contributors dont have 
    to be malayaalis neither should they have to write in malayalam. In fact we
    expect the majority of the articles to be in english. And also expect quite
    a few contributors who are not from kerala.

c] Now what remains are articles that can be classified as neither:
   Travelogues, descriptions of places, any other kind of writing.

   Here, I think the author should make a judgement call, whether people the 
   audience for the magazine will like to read it. If they think they will
   be interested, send us your contribution, chances are your article will be
   included.

2] In particular, Radha Krishnan would be a welcome contributor, as I am 
   sure we would like to find out about Malayaalis, living in a place that 
   is so different from Kerala, and has so few keralites or even Indians is 
   all about.
   I am sure we would like such descriptions from people in places like 
   singapore, japan, germany, france  etc.

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