From: sp2@cec1.wustl.edu (Sundara Pandian)
Subject: Re: Tamil Literary Society
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:12:25 GMT

In article <BvErvG.7At@ireq.hydro.qc.ca> srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca (Srinivasan K.) writes:
>In article <9209280042.AA21867@cec1.wustl.edu> sp2@cec1.wustl.edu
> (Sundara Pandian) writes:
>>
>>   On Sundaramoorthy's proposal to set-up a literary society
>>  -----------------------------------------------------------
>>missing in a few writers of this net. So setting up a  mailing
>>list `Tamil literary club' for netters seriously interested in
>>modern Tamil literature is better than setting up a society in
>>the  net  which  many  readers  don't care at all. So a simple
>>suggestion to Sundaramoorthy in his proposal  is  to  call  it
>>off. 
>
>I think setting a closed mailing list for the literary activity
>is not a good idea.

    I gave two suggestions in my article - a simple one and a 
more complex one. Somewhat like Hercule Poirot's final speech in
the Agatha Christie classic `The murder on the Orient Express'.
I gave them for Sundaramoorthy's consideration. He has decided
to go ahead with his proposal and go for a magazine. I welcome
his decision and I will send some literary material for this
literary society. I agree with you that setting up a mailing       
list and carrying a discusson in it is not a good idea. But I
don't see any literary activity in the net either. What I mean
is that even if a mailing list is set-up, not many readers would
miss the discusson there as I don't see any enthusiasm for good
works in modern Tamil literature from readers of this net.

> Yes there may not have been too much interest
>expressed in s.c.tamil on the proposal.

    There is hardly any interest expressed in s.c.tamil apart     
from a misunderstanding over Sundaramoorthy's intention, like
whether he is heading a dissident literary group or not.

> But that is more due to
>lack of expertise, than due to lack of interest.

    Though good Tamil books are not available here, interested
readers may obtain good magazines and books from India. Magazines 
like `Kanaiyaazhi' are available in book-stores in Madurai bus-
stand itself. It is not hard to obtain good literary magazines.
It is my opinion that the silence on Sundaramoorthy's proposal
is more due to lack of interest.                            

>Setting it up as part of the s.c.tamil activity, (amidst the other
>stuff, noise, discussions etc.) will bring more exposure to the
>activity.

    I agree with you that it is better to keep this socity as 
part of the s.c.tamil activity. But this would need more effort
from Sundaramoorthy and others interested in this society as only
a few people have expressed their interest in the net so far.

> The interest will develop.

    I will be glad if the interest develops in the net.
>
>Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing, how many agree with
>ones posting. The opposite is easy. Those who disagree express
>it via posting or e-mail. I can not think of an easy way to
>track this information.

   It is very true. I agree with you.

>
>K. Srinivasan   srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca

   Thanks for your reply.
                                                     S.Pandian.
                                              sp2@cec1.wustl.edu

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