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Chief Editor’s
remarks and Managing Editor’s request
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In his
welcome address Mr Thomas Chakkiath , the Chief
Editor, said the word sahitya literally means the
state of being together and that the publication R
A S M I should serve as a forum for persons of
different cultures and nationalities to exchange
ideas and opinions -yes, it should be a true venue
for one for being together with others. In these
times when many speak of the clash of
civilizations what one should realy strive for is
a constructive dialogue between cultures, he said.
Mr Augustine Elanjipilly, the Managing Editor,
spoke at length on the difficulties involved in
running the publication in view of the
ever-diminishing financial resources.He thanked
all the subscribers who had already paid up the
arrears and reminded the defaulters that culture
costs money and that this money should come from
somewhere. Lip-service alone would not do, he
said. He requested one and all to partake of the
uniquely noble endeavour called Rasmi. |
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Writer’s
Symposium
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Together with the
anniversary celebrations , they organised
separately a conference of those who write in
Rasmi or who are its well wishers . They included
Jolly Padyatil, Thomas Vadekkara, C.K.Babu,
Abraham Karamel, Edward Nazareth ( Mukkadan) ,
Celine and Augustine Paranikulangara, Inasu Thalak,
Baby Kakassery, Augustine Elanjipilly,Jose
Puthussery ,Thomas Chakiath. Inasu Thalak from
Paris gave a long explanation on Malayalam poetry
. He pointed that in western society , popular
magazines do not publish poems due to lack of
interest by their readers, while it is not the
case in Kerala. He cited the poem of Sachidanadan
called “ Kurumulaku “ ( Pepper ) . To write this
he must have read world history first, as pepper
has been influenced by Roman, Jewish traders,
European colonialists, travellers etc.. He
distributed among the audience and read the poem “
Valarthu Mrignagal ( Domestic Animals ) which
appeared in Deshabimani Weekly . Dr.Thomas
Vadakkekara who woks with ZDF ( German T.V.
Channel ) mentioned that media could help the
language style in news channels. C.K.Babu stated
that we
do not have to use the brain of Einstein to
understand poetry. Celine raised a question : How
do we get people interested in Malayalam language
?. For this , the poets should write in a manner
that the ordinary people understand their language
without strain . |
