Introduction to `a' - S.C.Tamil Literary Society's literary magazine, December issue
Sundara Pandian
interesting features in the charter for the Usenet group
`soc.culture.tamil' [SCTamil]. Thanks to the efforts of
M.Sundaramoorthy and the support this proposal received
in the Tamil newsgroup including respected SCT writers
like K.Srinivasan (ADAMI), it was formally created in
the first week of October.The objectives of this society
are to promote the Modern Tamil Literature which is
underexposed in the popular Tamil magazines to readers
interested in Tamil Literature, to introduce good Tamil
writers in Modern Tamil Literature and their good works,
to have discussions on the works of Modern Tamil writers
and on the current trend of Modern Tamil Literature etc.
The Tamil letter `a' is the name of the monthly
literary magazine published in the net by the TLS. It is
edited by a board of editors comprising Sundaramoorthy,
Sundara Pandian, Vigneswaran(Vicky), Ramesh Vaidyanadhan
and Arul Suresh. This magazine is the embodiment of the
objectives of TLS. Each issue of this magazine carries a
profile on a good writer in Modern Tamil Literature and
provides samples from his writings so that the readers
could glimpse his style of writing and get some ideas
about his works. Original contributions from netters are
also welcomed by TLS and the perspectives for submitting
an article for the literary magazine `a' are outlined in
the `announcements' included at the end of each issue of
this magazine. The ADAMI transliteration scheme devised
by K.Srinivasan is adopted in this magazine for writing
Tamil text using English alphabets. This transliteration
scheme was chosen for this magazine among other schemes,
because of its simplicity, readability and intelligence.
The first issue of TLS was posted in SCT in the
first week of last month and it featured among others a
profile on the Tamil writer N.Pichamurthy. In the second
issue that will follow this introductory article today,
a original profile on the Sri Lankan poet Mahakavi by an
editor is featured with a sample from Mahakavi's poems
among other interesting articles including translation
of a short story by a popular Tamil short story writer
R.Jeyakanthan whose works have been translated into many
languages including Russian. In the next issue, Mouni, a
distinguished modern Tamil writer is chosen for profile
and articles on Mouni or samples from his works will be
encouraged. Letters from any quarters on the articles
that appear in this issue or on the writer whose works
are sketched in the profile are welcomed by the editors.
The December issue is a long one and spans more than
25 pages length. It is suggested that the readers print
the December issue and read it in their leisurely hours.
Plans are being made to post the issues of TLS magazine
in a PostScript form for accomodating Tamil fonts inside
English essays or for Tamil articles like poems. Editors
need volunteers and some technical assistance to carry
out this work.
Yours sincerely,
Sundara Pandian.
[ s...@cec1.wustl.edu ]