Re: good writing

Suresh Kolichala (suresh@austin.ibm.com)
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 19:04:38 -0600 (CST)

Ramana Juvvadi wrote :
> Rama's complaint was that most writers in telugu have awful
> writing style. For example, I don't know how much training
> does an average Eenadu journalist gets. Consider the examples:
>
> 'ataDu vivAhituDayyaDu' ---- eeks!!!
> 'ataDiki peLLI ayyindi' ---- probably unnecessary split
> 'ataDiki peLLayyindi' ---- preferable
>

Just curious to know if you were using the name of "eenaaDu" as a
generic name for any telugu newspaper, or you think that the standard
of telugu in "eenaaDu" is worse than other telugu newspapers ?

I somehow got an impression that the quality of telugu in eenaaDu
is a notch above the other newspapers. I thought the standard has
to be better in eenaaDu, because it is none else than boodaraaju
raadhaakRshNa, who administers the training classes for the
journalists of this newspaper.

I am not asking this just for picking nits. Having never really
evaluated the quality of language in telugu newspapers myself,
I really want to listen to everyone's opinions on the relative
standards of telugu newspapers!

[Yeah, I hear someone saying "they all suck" ;-)]

Regards,
Suresh.