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�....I am not at all qualified to comment on the quality of the illustrious journal which by my father Late Sri Ramakotiswara Rau founded and ran with pride (albeit with great difficulties) and later on it was the great enthusiasm, hard work and immense desire of Late Sri Bhavaraju Narasimha Rao garu that kept the journal being published without compromising in the least bit the quality and content of the articles contributed by stalwarts. You folks took on the enormous task of keeping such a great journal alive without giving up the quality or content or periodicity...and able to keep her firm hold on famous writers/poets mostly to the relentless efforts by you folks. I admire the persistence and determination of people like yourself, Prof. Chalapati Rao garu and Sri B.N. Murthy garu to make this journal a successful one despite the heavy odds against it. Your endeavour has the wholehearted support from me.

�......I think funds can be raised to keep the journal self-sustaining ... (and) have reasonable sized group of patrons/subscribers. In this day and age, it is much easier to reach the prospective subscribers through the internet via the e-mail, Newsgroups and through the World-Wide Web...the internet is a very powerful tool not merely to reach the subscribers, but also get their direct and candid feedas well as to reach prospective contributors to the journal.

�......To me the purpose of this journal, whether during independence movement, immediately thereafter, or in the immediate future remains the same ­to help attain cultural renaissance and aid in the harmony among the people of different languages and religions of the country (and why not even the world?)....I would want the articles to be clear, informative and in simple text.....I am not saying that we do not want the contribution of great and learned scholars because that is where the journal has its pride and niche., The pride, in my view, does not come from making it so hard that only the elite few can appreciate it. That is wrong. Rather, it comes from reaching the average reader. It is important to recognise and dispel the myth that highly literary articles have to be unreacheable to the common man....Alternately, you can perhaps consider accepting articles alsofrom lesser known, but those that can write in simpler text which can reach the masses.....Tothis end, adding, perhaps, more ‘regional� stories translated into English, might be welcome news, (at least for us the NRIs)....we need to bring in the new readers with simpler but more easily assimilated articles and ‘short stories�, but in the process introduce them to the more elite work by placing on the net, perhaps, some excerpts (or even in their unedited form) from the previously published great philosophical articles such as the ones by Shri Jinarajadasa or Shri Aurobindo or Dr. Radhakrishnan, once we have the WWW going... there is a tremendous need for a journal like this one especially for those ofus in the distant shores from our motherland - This will enable us to pass on our rich and great cultural heritage to ourchildren and their children...

“As times keep changing...we must periodically reassess the purpose and goals of the journal and adapt in such a way as to serve the greater part of the readership if we want to attain true success in any sense. It is not too difficult (I hope) to make a few changes/additions...It is easy to be content in taking pride in the past by simply saying “this illustrious journal has had the contributions from great people�. However it by itself does not lead to meeting our goals. We must recognise and whole-heartedly welcome some simple changes that would, hopefully, open the doors to new avenues.....

“With very limited resources, you folks are already doing such a marvellous job...But as you may appreciate, good work endeavours to become great work, since it has the potential to reach there and I hope, I have provided with some constructive criticism....�

- Vijay R. Kolavennu
(Fremont, CA 94539, USA)

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I congratulate the TRIVENI Management. The Editorials and most of the articles have depth and quality. I am a traditional reader ofthis cultural quarterly.

- R. Krishna Murthy
Secunderabad

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We have the following suggestions

Annual subscription should not be combined with contribution. Let’s keep the subscription as $35.00 as mentioned in the front pages of TRIVENI. While inviting the subscriptions let’s request to add $ 65.00 as contribution.

- Ramanand Achanta
GREENSBORO NC 2740 USA

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As my father (Prof. K R. Srinivas Iyengar) lost his vision totally, due to a minor stroke last year, he is unable to write to you. He has asked me to convey to you his very best wishes for the successful continuation of this journal to which he made his first contribution some sixty years ago.

- S. Ambirjan
Madras

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I welcome the idea of letters to the Editor. I had suggested it to the late Dr. B.N.R. - along with the “Triple Stream� and ‘Who’s Who of contributors�. It is left to you to implement the ideas which gladdens my heart.
- Dr. D. Anjaneyulu
Madras.