Recently I bought the archives of The NewYorker from their online store. This is the digitized version of all the NewYorker issues from 1925 - 2005 in about 8 DVDs. It cost about $80 (International shipping costs more than the cost of the DVDs). But I think its money well-spent. You can browse through about 4100 back issues spanning 80 years and when you flip through the digitized 1925 inaugural edition carrying an ad for a eau-de-cologne its something to cherish. You can read more in my blog. But what I was trying to drive at is we know that Kalki, the magazine, should be having these back issues in microfilms or in crumbling storage and why cant we suggest a digitized version for sale or better, digitize and print for the future generations? Or is it something we can do using our own crumbling editions? Because since these are already about 60 years old, at some point, we may not be having the first edition at all..
I am not sure I know the right people to suggest this too. Yes acid based paper does not out last 50 years even if preserved in best condition. We may have already lost a lot. If someone knows the right people at Kalki it may be a worthwhile suggestion to make.