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From: "Kannan"  | Block Address  | Add to Address Book 
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:01:51 +0100 
Subject: [e-suvadi] Travel Diary 26.01.02 
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Dear Suvadians:

I meet very interesting people in Chennai. A day goes without bringing
me such a surprise!

Mr.Mohana rangan from Srirangam is a bank employee. An ordent Hindu
Vaishnavite, Upaya Vedantee. You ask anything on Vaishnavism, wheather
it is 'eedu' or 'mukuntha mala' he knows. He sings Arayar Sevai 
padalkal as well. I have a concern over the dyeing art of Arayar Sevai started by
Natha Munikal in 9th century. Rangan gave me a very different picture. He 
told me that Arayar Sevai thrives in Srirangam. A happy news indeed.

Apart from this Rangan (or Mohan?) is a great devotee of Barathi and 
his  Ganaputhran 'Thirlog Seetharam". He recited poems from Seetharam for
nearly 2 hours without stop! Seetharam edited a Tamil Literary Magazine
called Shivaji. Seetharam's editorial reveals the interesting history 
of Tamilnadu from the time of independence to the upsurge of Dravida
Kazakams. He told me if a project is drawn, he could get us nearly 2000
pages of Seetharams editorial!!

Seetharam has been forgotten after Barathidasan.

I am amazed that people like Mohanarangan who fondly cheerish the
work of Trilog Seetharam is really encouraging that Tamil history will
not perish that easily.

Prof.V.C.Kulandaisamy is the receipient of Padmabushan and 
Prof.M.Ananda krishnan -Padmasri. I congratulated them on behalf of esuvadians.

Prof.V.C.K is keen that we help U.Ve.Sa library. He told me that 
U.Ve.Sa library is not a mere library, instead it is the residence of
Swaraswati. We need to step in with the feeling of reverence. I'm going for a second round of
talks with Mr.Venkatakrishnan in Feb.

In a new development, I've been invited to join an eminent group of
Tamil scholars heading for Delhi for a two day conference on the need of
translation of Tamil works in other Indian languages. (incidently, a collection of
my poems will be translated into Bengali soon). So, I will be off from Chennai
Jan.30-Feb.5.  I shall write my experience in the forth coming diaries.

anpuTan
Kannan

ps: did you notice our recent updates? Fellow Suvadian Mr.Logasundaram
has picked up a page of the earliest known printed book in Tamil. I
thank him for his continued support.

Be proud be a 'marapu anil'