Jul
17
Modern Tamil poetry
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Much of the modern Tamil poetry is written by middle class professions, mostly Tamil pundits or other lowly job holders. You don’t have a Tagore today. Or there are poets as revolutionaries either! It is a laid-back, confused society! Our revolution talk seems to be mere bravado! Either out of inferiority complex, or mere helplessness! [...]
Jul
11
Nobel Prize for Tamil?
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Tamil writers and scholars would be driven to silence if you ask them why no major literary prizes are coming to their literature! I have been asking these questions lately in many forums. I am surprised such thoughts haven’t come to the Tamil minds. They are all so self-absorbed, operating in many narrow factions and [...]
Jul
11
Use English to promote Tamil literature
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We live in a world where English had become a much powerful force and in the globalised world, translations of our literature into English assume critical importance. How to expose the modern Tamil literature and poetry in particular to the international audience. We have to promote translation projects, run translation courses in our language departments, [...]