Introducing the Newspaper
INTRO:
PROMO:
NEW!!! Newspaper Racks
Newspaper racks can be found at all street corners in every city and town in the US.
To print a newspaper is very inexpensive. You have control over the content, and can print it inexpensively all in color. Probably the most important thing is that everyone reads newspapers. To see how much the newsprint publications are in demand we set out to different locations in San Diego. We went to restaurants, coffee shops, bars, grocery stores, medical offices, yoga studios, clothing stores, wherever we went we found people reading newspapers. Just a few hours ago, when we were in Ocean Beach, a town in San Diego, we saw several people reading our newsprint publication. Most notably I remember a guy sitting in his Mercedes Benz, his expensive shining shoes sticking out the car window, the car seat bent back, he looked all serious while contemplating the content of our paper. Two days ago I walked by a clothing store behind the temple on Garnet Ave. when a 30 year old came out of the store with our paper in his hands. I couldn’t resist, I told him I was the editor of the paper. We ended up talking for about half an hour. He said he will come to our Krishna Lounge. (krishnalounge.com)
From business folks to high school students, lots of people use the newsprint media to expose the world to their messages. At least in San Diego there are several Christian groups who have their newsprint publications distributed at numerous secular locations. I even saw a Jewish newspaper rack at a Whole Foods health food store. In San Diego and Los Angeles you can find the City Beat, the alternative community publication. The San Diego City Beat prints 50,000 copies every Wednesday, and they all get distributed within a week. If they can do it, why couldn’t we? Just imagine the impact. Most publications, sorry to say it, don’t have a quality content. Their content is all light stuff, innocent of any serious study of life. Our publication, based on the teachings of Srila Prabhupada, the Vedic teachings, is sure to make an impact on it’s readers. Here is an excerpt from a letter sent to us by Ben, one of our paper readers,
“I’m halfway through the issue of 16 Rounds and it’s a pleasure to read. I enjoyed the article on evidence of reincarnation, and I think any intelligent person who reads it will see the logic in reincarnation.“
We are not going to discontinue our book-racks. The newspaper racks are an addition to the book-racks. Books and newspaper each have their own unique advantages and disadvantages over each other, all depending on the situation and circumstances. By adding the newspaper to our arsenal we are simply trying to reach out to more people.
So, if you’d like to help, we need graphic designers, we need devotees to contribute the content, and, of course, we always need sponsors. If you’d like to sponsor the paper it costs $0.11 a piece if we print 20,000 at a time. If we print more it will cost less. The racks cost $29 each. So far we bought 50 out of which 15 have already found their “home.” I guess in the coming days and weeks we will show you more pictures of our racks and papers. So it is all ready to go. Actually it has already started. We just need you to join in, help out, and spread the message of Lord Caitanya. To donate go to:
Check out these images we took when out there distributing the paper. A few images show people taking and reading our newspaper. One panorama shows our newspaper rack while the other panorama shows the paper on a rack in a cyber cafe.
Our newspaper is on the rack, to the left of the door.
Our newspaper rack has a plate with a large number “16″ on it.
A worker in a sushi restaurant is reading our newspaper.
This fellow is walking away with a copy of our newspaper. If you look closely you will see that on the back of the publication he’s holding is the ad for our Krishna Lounge.
Another curious reader takes a copy of our paper.
Your Contributions
San Diego Sponsors:
- Rati Prabhu $750.00
- Bhakta Vatshal $665.00
- Jnana Bhakti Dasa $500.00
- Parashakti Devi Dasi $160.00
- Swarna Voddepalli $121.00
- Ladali & Mahabharata $118.00
- Bhaskar & Phani Peesapati $116.00
- Vraja Vadhu Devi Dasi $108.00
- Krishna Murti Dasa $108.00
- Yudhisthira & Radha Priya $105.60
- Atul & Kalpana Thakkar $100.40
- Debbie Nieto $100.00
- Amit Garg $100.00
- Jnana Bhakti Dasa $100.00
- David & Lila Manjari $80.00
- Narendra & Urvashi Rathod $80.00
- Narendra Soni $70.00
- Varun Verma $68.00
- Budhraja Siddharth $68.00
- Kanka Devi Dasi $68.00
- Jason & Pia $66.00
- Guru Krishna & Nimai $60.00
- Chandrashekar Hariharan $51.00
- Madan family $51.00
- Randy & Kripa Mayi $51.00
- Laurel Romney Barile $51.00
- Jayram Shetty $50.00
- Anonymous $50.00
- Miguel A. Sigueiros $40.00
- Alla Ramaswamy $40.00
- Udaya K. Rath $40.00
- Sergio Canela $30.00
- Nitin & Jayasri Patel $22.00
- Padmavati Devi Dasi $20.00
- Mike & Jennie Jennings $5.00
- Bhaktivedanta Memo. Library $9.03
- TOTAL: $4,222.03
Los Angeles Sponsors:
- Advaita Chandra & Sita Thak. $428.00
- Esekiel Jaggernauth $200.00
- Vamsi Dasa’s family $196.00
- Justin Connor $62.00
- Sadbhuja Dasa & family $50.00
- Balai Devi Dasi $42.00
- Jiten Patel $42.00
- Murari Krishna & Acintya Lila $32.00
- Cesar O. Lopez $30.00
- Anonymous $10.00
- TOTAL: $1,092.00
GRAND TOTAL: $5,314.03
Distribution to Institutions
8,433 books!!! have been placed in the following institutions:
- 6307 / Palm Springs Deli / 8309 Hercules / La Mesa
- 6308 / 4.0 Deli / 1441 Montezuma / San Diego
- 6309 / 4.0 Deli / 1441 Montezuma / San Diego
- 6310 / 4.0 Deli / 1441 Montezuma / San Diego
- 6311 / 4.0 Deli / 1441 Montezuma / San Diego
- 6312 / Palm Sprongs Liquor / 4301 Palm Ave / La Mesa
- 6313 / Palm Sprongs Liquor / 4301 Palm Ave / La Mesa
- 6314 / Palm Sprongs Liquor / 4301 Palm Ave / La Mesa
- 6315 / Palm Sprongs Liquor / 4301 Palm Ave / La Mesa
- 6316 / Palm Sprongs Liquor / 4301 Palm Ave / La Mesa
- 6317 / Palm Sprongs Liquor / 4301 Palm Ave / La Mesa
- 6318 / Palm Sprongs Liquor / 4301 Palm Ave / La Mesa
- 6319 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6320 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6321 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6322 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6323 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6324 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6325 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6326 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6327 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6328 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6329 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6330 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6331 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6332 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6333 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6334 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6335 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6336 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6337 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6338 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6339 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6340 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6341 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6342 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6343 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6344 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6345 / Peoplles Organic Market / 4765 Voltaire Street / Ocean Beach
- 6346 / Manny’s Pool & Bar / 8729 Broadway / La Mesa
- 6347 / Manny’s Pool & Bar / 8729 Broadway / La Mesa
- 6348 / Manny’s Pool & Bar / 8729 Broadway / La Mesa
- 6349 / Manny’s Pool & Bar / 8729 Broadway / La Mesa
- 6350 / La Meista Mexican Food / 7012 University Ave / La Mesa
- 6351 / La Meista Mexican Food / 7012 University Ave / La Mesa
- 6352 / La Meista Mexican Food / 7012 University Ave / La Mesa
- 6353 / La Meista Mexican Food / 7012 University Ave / La Mesa
- 6354 / Road Pros / 1070 E. Main Street / EL Cajon
- 6355 / Javancian Coffee House / 4338 Cass Street / Pacific Beach
- 6356 / Javancian Coffee House / 4338 Cass Street / Pacific Beach
- 6357 / Javancian Coffee House / 4338 Cass Street / Pacific Beach
- 6358 / Javancian Coffee House / 4338 Cass Street / Pacific Beach
- 6359 / East Co. Tire & Brake / 616 Broadway / EL Cajon
- 6360 / East Co. Tire & Brake / 616 Broadway / EL Cajon
- 6361 / Berthas Mexican Food / 1029 Fanita Road / Santee
- 6362 / Berthas Mexican Food / 1029 Fanita Road / Santee
- 6363 / Berthas Mexican Food / 1029 Fanita Road / Santee
- 6364 / Berthas Mexican Food / 1029 Fanita Road / Santee
- 6365 / Arya Bhawan Sweet/Snacks / 7257 Topanga Canyon Road / Canoga Park
- 6366 / Arya Bhawan Sweet/Snacks / 7257 Topanga Canyon Road / Canoga Park
- 6367 / Arya Bhawan Sweet/Snacks / 7257 Topanga Canyon Road / Canoga Park
- 6368 / Arya Bhawan Sweet/Snacks / 7257 Topanga Canyon Road / Canoga Park
- 6369 / Arya Bhawan Sweet/Snacks / 7257 Topanga Canyon Road / Canoga Park
- 6370 / Arya Bhawan Sweet/Snacks / 7257 Topanga Canyon Road / Canoga Park
- 6371 / Arya Bhawan Sweet/Snacks / 7257 Topanga Canyon Road / Canoga Park
- 6372 / Arya Bhawan Sweet/Snacks / 7257 Topanga Canyon Road / Canoga Park
- 6373 / Arya Bhawan Sweet/Snacks / 7257 Topanga Canyon Road / Canoga Park
- 6374 / Arya Bhawan Sweet/Snacks / 7257 Topanga Canyon Road / Canoga Park
- 6375 / WorldBeat Cultural Center / 2100 Park Blvd. / San Diego
- 6376 / WorldBeat Cultural Center / 2100 Park Blvd. / San Diego
- 6377 / WorldBeat Cultural Center / 2100 Park Blvd. / San Diego
- 6378 / WorldBeat Cultural Center / 2100 Park Blvd. / San Diego
- 6379 / Spiz Café / 5501 Clairmont Mesa Blvd / San Diego
- 6380 / Sri Ganesh Sweet & Spice / 5440 Clairmont Mesa Blvd / San Diego
- 6381 / Controversial Book Store / 3063 University Ave / San Diego
Hare Krsna Mahat Prabhu
PAMHO. AGTSP.
Please let me know how can I order a couple hundred of these newsletter. How often are you going to print these? I would like to get about 100 - 200 of each edition so I can place it around town in Dallas.
Hare Krsna
your servant
Sanjay
I’ve added Sastra Dana to Planet ISKCON.
Where can I download the newspaper?
Sita-pati Prabhu, Hare Krishna.
Sorry for such a late reply. We all went to India for a month long and much needed vacation. We just got back.
The newspaper can be downloaded from http://www.16rounds.com/downloads/
Thank you for adding Sastra Dana to Planet Iskcon.
ys Mahat-tattva Dasa
I AM INTRESTED N YOUR PAPER
Gaura Govinda Prabhu, what can we do for you?
namaskar,
I start the day with good news today,
I want this paper in Dutch to spread it here
Do you know somebody here who can translate it and print it?
Can you contact some devotee here. Who wants to transelate or make a paper for here?Do you have contact with dutch
consil?
succes
nice to get some inspiring hopefull news
Marleen, I don’t know of anyone who could translate it into Dutch. Try contacting an ISKCON temple where people speak that language.
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