Triveni Journal

1927 | 11,233,916 words

Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....

‘Triveni’ Silver Jubilee

Masti Venkatesa Iyengar

You are aware of the services rendered by Sri K. Ramakotiswara Rau to the cause of Indian letters through his English magazine Triveni. The magazine is now in its 25th volume. In the course of the 27 years through which it has been in existence, it has brought the work of writers in all the Indian languages to the notice of fellow Indians in other parts of the country, and steadily built up among our people the consciousness that all our writers, in whatever language they might be writing, are servants of one culture that we love as being Indian. In this task which he placed on himself, Sri Ramakotiswara Rau began work taken up later on by the P.E.N. and just now by the Bharatiya Sahitya Academy sponsored by the Central Government. Sri Ramakotiswara Rau has spent himself in the service which he took up and is now poor as only the best servants of Truth can be. He has however the satisfaction that the service he has rendered is held in high esteem by all lovers of our country and our literature and culture.

A few friends of Sri Ramakotiswara Rau have thought that it is only proper that those who value his work should in some manner pay him their tribute of affection and esteem in this the Silver Jubilee Year of the magazine. At an informal gathering called by the Telugu Sahiti Samiti in Bangalore City, members of the Samiti and other friends of Sri Ramakotiswara Rau decided that the Silver Jubilee might be celebrated in Bangalore on the Vijaya Dasami day this year (7-10-54).

A meeting will be held on that day to felicitate the Proprietor-Editor on his having reached the 25th volume of his magazine and the next issue of the magazine will be issued as the Silver Jubilee Number.

We shall require some amount, not too large, for these purposes. As a friend of the cause we beg leave to approach you with a request for a contribution. We shall be glad to have as good an amount as you might wish to give, but shall not consider any amount too small.

We shall be grateful for the favour of an immediate response to this request. Remittances may be made to the Address of Principal V. T. Srinivasan, Treasurer, “Triveni Silver Jubilee Committee”, No. 22, Sannidhi Road, Basavangudi, Bangalore-4.

MASTI VENKATESA IYENGAR
(Chairman, Celebration Committee)

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