From: sp2@cec1.wustl.edu (Sundara Pandian)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Acksharam/KairaLi: The a.c.k. magazine
Date: 22 Dec 1992 15:33:44 -0600
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   The Malayalam newsgroup next-door, the A.C.K. has started a 
magazine `acksharam' [ `ezhuththukkaL' or `letters' ] for ackers,
that may be compared to S.C.T.'s `a' in some respects. I saw an
article in S.C.I. by Paul C.Chemmanoor ( Atharvan, Icarus ..) 
inviting articles for this A.C.K. magazine. I like to post his
article in S.C.T. for those readers who don't read S.C.I.

- SP

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Article: 81480 of soc.culture.indian
From: tstpcc@gwunix1.gwu.edu (Paul C. Chemmanoor)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Acksharam/KairaLi: The a.c.k. Magazine, Invites Articles from you.
Date: 22 Dec 1992 10:47:39 -0600

Acksharam/KairaLi: The a.c.k Magazine, Invites Articles from you. 
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The magazine of the news group alt.culture.kerala invites articles 
for net publication in its innaugral issue to be released on Jan 31, 93.

The primary focus of the magazine will be on kerala and its culture.
However we invite articles that are relevant to Indian society in general
and kerala society in particular. 
We hope we can attract the best writing talent available on the net
for the fiction to be net published in Acksharam/KairaLi (a/k).

Kerala and malayalam have a rich literary heritage, 4 sahitya academi
awards going to malayalam in the past years. We hope a/k will reflect
the high place that kerala and malayaalis gives to the written word.



The format of a/k will be :

(1) Editorial.
(2) Articles on current topics.
(3) News from Kerala.
(4) Fiction- Poetry.
(5) Fiction- Prose.
(6) Humour.
(7) Travelogues.


The Editorial will be written by the a/k commitee (a/k:com).

Articles on current topics are invited from the net.public.
These articles will be from 100 lines to 500 lines.
Examples of topics:
(i) Secularism and Kerala.
(ii) Trade Unions and Economy.
(iii) Socialism.
(iv) Cultural change.
etc.

News on Kerala is invited from all sources. Proper source
must be given along with name and address.

The Fiction in Malayalam/English can be a translation of an existing
work in malayalam into english or an original composition in english.
Here the topic does not have to be kerala.
The same applies for humour.

The travelogues are recountings of journeys made in Kerala.


To facilitiate planning of the magazine, people who think they
have something to contribute in terms of articles can make a 
pledge to the a/k:com and send in the actual article later.

IMPORTANT: Those leaving on vacations for kerala please keep
a/k in mind, keep your eyes and ears open so that you can come back and 
tell us about the trip and news from home.


For any information about a/k or for pledging contributions
or sending in articles send mail to any member of the commitee.

Sincerely,

            The a/k: commitee.
Santy Kumar --    skumar@eagle.wesleyan.edu   ,
Mathai Chundat --  mchundat@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu  ,
Donald Kailath --  kailath@donald.aix.kingston.ibm.com ,
Jacob Thomas --    jacobt@nynexst.com  ,
Paul Chemmanoor -- paulchem@tigger.cs.colorado.edu .

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