“Thank You” My Team


The NANAL in its current form and format would have been simply not possible without the innumerable hours of work expended by my team. Several times, during the past two years, they have set aside their personal chores and volunteered their time for this selfless cause.


Since we wanted that every aspect of publishing – from content capture and assembly through printing and delivery—is fully covered and well supported, very early on in the game, we decided to add our spouses as well into the team.


The girl behind the NANAL covers is our creative


specialist, Shanthi


Chidambaram. With her imaginative touch, she elevated the standards of the NANAL cover to that of a professional magazine. Besides the cover, our cover girl has taken over the section, Home & Food, and brought out very interesting perspectives and contrasting stories on our cooking and lifestyle under our theme, அன்று


ம் இன்றும்.


Our technical needs are amply fulfilled by the enthusiastic Nagarathar, Elango Chidambaram. Because of his practical prowess on technological tools, rest of the team was able to focus on their content publishing flows and activities. He was our conduit to the Web Committee and took care of the NANAL section of the site. As he is naturally inclined toward Tamil literature—which is evident from naming his son as Mukilan—he also helped us with Tamil transcriptions and translations.


While the overall cover story work was split amongst many individuals,


coordinating the Children & Youth section including the youth contest and volunteer hours. She has been the one who followed up with youth contest jury and made sure that essays are assessed impartially and awards are distributed as promised.


Announcements was one of the sections that was acclaimed by many readers. I take pride in announcing the name behind this column: Valli Palaniappan. She did an amazing job of presenting a consolidated view of births, graduations, weddings, and other events across the regions.


In today’s world where both the spouses have to work for a comfortable living, our lives have become more stressful than that of our ayyas, aayas, and appathas. Thanks to


relevant topics and useful tips under the section, Health & Fitness, for leading a healthy life in today’s environment.


Ram Sundaram brought out varieties of stories under the section, Culture & Religion. His story on Ravana’s previous births was worth mentioning here. At the same breadth, I need to note that Akila Elango and Meena Chidambaram have captured the hearts of many through their Ask Achis column.


Chidambaram Lakshmanan and Arun Muthukaruppan have taken the role of content coordinators and were instrumental in gathering the content in a timely fashion and sorting them into topical sections to facilitate content assembly.


Any print publishing flow doesn’t end with just assembly. Once the content is fully laid out and QC’ed, it is time for printing. Chidambaram Palaniappan, our liaison with print-vendor, worked with printing staff in India, sat on top of the issues, and made sure that printing and shipping happen as scheduled. Since he is a C.A., he has been volunteered to act as the ‘CFO’ for the NANAL. He worked closely with the NSNA Finance Team and made sure that (NANAL) receivables are collected and accounts are reconciled.


Annamalai Natarajan and Selvi Mala Sukumar for bringing out


Annanamali were useful additions to the NANAL Family. Midway during our term, we felt the need of adding a new family to the team due to the increased workload. Since their induction, the newly weds have helped us in several ways—contributing to our cover story, collecting tidbits, covering the Retreat events, and many more.


I would do injustice to the team, if I fail to recognize my co-chair, Pal Kathiresan, who has been shouldering the overall responsibility of the NANAL publishing along with me. He has been there for me when I needed the most—be it when I was away for a prolonged business trip or when I was busy assembling the issues— he was there at critical times interviewing cover story celebrities, providing pertinent context to content, resolving missing and duplicate addresses, giving guidance to the team, and above all, personally handling the laborious process of sorting, banding, and bagging the printed copies prior to mailing them through the USPS.


Purnima


Palaniyandi has taken the lead role and written key parts of the storyline for several editions. She eloquently brought out the nostalgic aspects of our ancestors’ traditions


(அன்று ம்) று ம்). and


contrasted against today’s fast- paced lifestyle (இன்


Deepa Ramanathan has taken the sole responsibility of


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Since our first meeting on November 1, 2009, the NANAL Team’s meetings have become more of a family get-together and we have become ONE family. I have to say this to you: our engagement with this selfless social work has brought us only closer and relationships have grown thicker. In fact, we are even thinking of getting involved in something bigger and greater for the betterment of our Nagarathar community.


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