[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] PRINTING - Navaneetham, our monthly newsl

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Hari Om! Jayasree,

I read your mails and others with great interest. Glad

to know that you are keenly interested in printing and

distributing a few copies of navaneetham. As Sunil put

it rightly, there may be some legal issues to do it in

a formal way.

 

In the magazine, there are only a few 'original'

contributions and I have been fortunate to be part of

that. One material that I 'borrowed' was written by my

grand father (late) for the Guruvayoor Ekadashi

supplement-1966 (Navakam).I am pretty sure that the

copy right period of that is over. For the

photogrpahs, few are originals from my own collection

and few are from various sources in the internet. The

article on " why do we worship " is a translation by me

from a Malayalam article appeared in the Malayalam

varikha last year. I haven't taken permission from

Swamiji to translate it. I tried contacting the

Ashram, but was not sucessful. Other articles sent by

members are all collected from various internet sites

and thats why we didnt put the author's names along

with them. I had expressed concerns to Vinodji and

others regarding this. Initially there was a talk

about listing names of all contributors, whether the

material is original or not.

 

In case if you are printing (subject to final words

from Sunil or others), I have the following

suggestions: Please print it double sided in good

quality paper, if possible in color, at least some of

the pages. Even if you print it in BW inside pages

with color for cover pages, please remember that the

quality of printing is as important as the material

itself. The idea is to have the 30 pages with the

front sheet and the last sheet in good quality thick

paper.This is how I envisaged it while preparing

it.(dont worry, a good printer can do it nicely for

you from a PDF) Also, I would consider it as our

'naivedyam' and when you distribute it, it becomes a

'prasadam'.

 

My personal opinion is that there is no harm in

printing a few copies for immediate friends and

relatives who will appreciate it. What we dont want is

to give it to people who may not care for it. There is

a saying " arasikEShu kavitva nivEdanam SiraSi

maalikha maalikha maalikha... " (hope you know the

meaning)

 

Hari Om!

sasnEham,

Sukumar

 

 

 

--- jayashree menon <jayashree_66 wrote:

 

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> Dear Shri Sunil Menon,

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> OM NAMO NARAYANAYA..

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> I did'nt think about these legal aspects involved ,

> if one was to print and

> distribute a certain number of copies of

> 'Navaneetham' . Maybe we shall

> have to put up a page acknowledging the original

> authors of certain

> scripts.... .

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> Whatever, but i certainly feel certain knowledgeable

> members could throw

> some light on it ,SOON.

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> or can we print it with the words 'for private

> circulation only' followed

> with 'complimentary copy'.

> I am certain about one thing - This magazine has a

> lot of potential and God

> willing who knows, it may be acknowledged by

> Guruvayoor Devasom board

> someday.

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> I was really looking forward to distributing some

> copies to devotees ,

> during my visit to kerala next month.

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> looking forward to hearing what can be done.

>

> JAYASHREE MENON

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> >I really wanted name the folks who worked behind

> the Newsletter,

> >however unlike my suggestion to them, only a few

> liked the idea of

> >putting down their names. You can see some those

> names in the

> >Newsletter rather than me putting half the names

> here.

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> >Thank you for your willingness to print and

> distribute Navaneetham. A

> >great idea indeed! I was thrilled to read that

> part, as I was talking

> >with a few folks to find a way to do so in future!

> I have to say,

> >Krishna has his own ways!

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> >As per my understanding we have to streamline some

> legal aspects like

> >copyright information of articles, giving proper

> credits to authors

> >before we can print and distribute the material to

> public. So, we will

> >definitely request your help in near future for the

> same. As a matter

> >of fact, many of you can do it as an OFFERING to

> Guruvayoorappan by

> >printing certain numbers of copies and distributing

> to your near and

> >dear in the future.

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> >We plan to publish the Newsletter around the first

> of every Malayalam

> >month and will try our level best to create the

> best possible content

> >that is useful to all of you. Please guide us in

> the process and we

> >need all your support.

> >

> >Thank you and may God bless you all.

> >

> >Om Namo Narayanaya:

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> >Sunil.

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