amerikA sAhitI sadassu in May '98.

samhita (samhita@mindspring.com)
Fri, 26 Dec 1997 15:58:33 -0500 (EST) 

Greetings..

Here is some very interesting information/announcement from 
Sri Vanguri Chitten Raju, President, Vanguri Foundation Of 
America, Inc. 

The First Telugu Literary Symposium Of America will be held 
in Atlanta GA. on May 23-24, 1998  ( Memorial Day weekend). 
Several literary discussions such as Telugu short stories, 
poetry, critical and scholarly analyses,"Sweeya Kavitha 
Pathanam", discussions and action  plans for teaching Telugu
in North America to yougsters, techincal sessions on Telugu 
software etc.. are planned. 

You are requested to to participate and share your literary 
talents and enjoy this unique literary event and make it a 
success. 

The following is datailed Call For Papers. 

For more information about the Conference, please contact any 
of the following Symposium Committe volunteers. 

Y.V. Syam Sundar (770) 740 9305 ssundar@avana.net
Vadlamani Viswanath (770) 801 9577 vadlamani@worldnet.att.net
Ram Dokka (770) 434 7837 ram_dokka@mindspring.com
Phani Dokka (770) 801 8141  sdokka@weather.com
Durga Yerramilli (770) 300 9587
RajeswaraRao Tekmal (770) 564 8249
Vanguri Chitten Raju (281) 493 9054 pantex@wt.net  
Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao (General Editor)(404) 634 4982
          phspvr@physics.emory.edu

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FIRST TELUGU LITERARY SYMPOSIUM OF AMERICA
ATLANTA, GA
MAY 23-24, 1998

CALL FOR ARTICLES IN TELUGU & ENGLISH

The Symposium Committee invites original contributions for 
presentation at the First Telugu Literary Symposium of America 
to be held in Atlanta, GA.
on May 23-24, 1998. 

Suggestions to Contributors

* Short Story (Original Kadhanika)
* Poem (Original Kavitha, Geyam)
* Skit, One act play (Original Natika)
* Essays on Literary aspects of Telugu such as analyses of the 
  work of Nannaya, Tikkana, Devulapalli, Sri Sri  etc., 
* Translations into and from Telugu, Contributions of Telugu to 
  World Literature, Impact of world literary trends on Telugu 
  literature.
* Essays on innovative approaches to teach Telugu in North America, 
* Original articles on educational tools available, commercial and
  non-commercial for learning written and verbal communications in 
  Telugu particularly suitable for second generation youngsters, 
  Analyses on Telugu software, improvements and key board 
  standardization, Telugu language in performing arts such as dance, 
  music and movies. 

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

1. All contributions must be original and unpublished.
2. Independent Editorial Committees will review all the articles 
   submitted for presentation and publication. The Editorial 
   Committees consisting of distinguished people in each literary 
   aspect will be chaired and coordinated by Dr. Pemmaraju Venugopala 
   Rao (General Editor, Vanguri Foundation of America, Inc.). All 
   contributors will be informed of the status of the submitted 
   articles in a timely manner. 

3. Maximum number of pages is limited to 25 hand written pages and 
   10 type set pages for each article. 

4. The Proceedings of the Conference will be published immediately 
   after the conference and will be mailed to all registered 
   participants. Pre-prints of selected contributions will be available 
   at the Conference Venue.

5. Contributors are encouraged to submit articles typeset in POTHANA
   Fonts, PC/MAC version.  English articles must be in MSWord, New 
   Roman Fonts. Floppy disk and two hard copies are required for each 
   article submitted. 

6. The following information must be included along with the article. 
   Author's Name, Address, Home Phone, Day Time Phone, FAX, e-mail, 
   Name and other details of the person who will present the article, 
   if different from the author and Audio visual equipment needs 
   (Slide projector, Overhead projector, etc.) 

7. Mr. Y.V. Syam Sundar, Atlanta, is the ChairPerson of the Symposium
   Committee. Registration to attend the conference is necessary for
   presentation and/or publication of the articles. Please contact Mr. 
   Syam Sundar at (770) 740 9305 or e-mail ssunadar@avana.net for more
   information on registration.  

8. ALL articles MUST be received by JANUARY 15, 1998 at the following
   address.

   Dr. P. V Rao               Home Phone: (404) 634 4982
   Department of Physics      Work Phone: (404) 727 4297
   Emory University           FAX  Phone: (404)727 0873 
   Atlanta, GA. 30322         e-mail:phspvr@physics.emory.edu

9. For more information, please contact the following: 

   VANGURI FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, Inc.
   Vanguri Chitten Raju, President
   P.O. Box 1948
   STAFFORD, TX. 77497

   Home Phone: (281) 493 9054 
   Work Phone: (281) 277-0445 
   FAX: (281) 277-6050 
   e-mail: pantex@wt.net

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Hope everyone interested will be able to make use of this
opportunity, participate/contribute to the event and make 
the praprathama amerikA sAhitI sadassu a grand success.

SubhAbhinandanalatO..

- Ram Dokka