Why Preserve Tamil Heritage?

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* Thank You n-aNbar Mani *


From: Vassan (@ gup-085-dpm2.cia-g.com) on: Sun Jan 23 14:16:18 EST 2000

Chandra quoted from "thamiz maNam":

"..Tamil heritage has preserved the choicest artifacts over the past thousands of years. The timeless sangam classics have preserved the superb diction, subtle sentiments, graceful and profound customs of 2000 years ago! Tamil language is the key to that treasury. Enjoying that wealth is the only way to save it! Let us allocate time and space to appreciate it and to pass it on to our children..."
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Dear chandra,
I am on a vacation to USA. I am impressed withthe zeal with which Tamizhars of USA care about preserving heritage. I am sure this bug has caught on with Tamizhars on watching the Amercians trying hard to preserve their heritage of not so old. may be 500 years old at best. The sad and cruel facet of it is that in the Tamil land, the heritage is not well preserved or cared for. Petty politics and "naan periavanaa illay nee perivalaa" is what is overriding than preserving the heritage. In fact I found that reading is well encouraged in USA to kids, on many topics. Music is one medium where by language and heritage could be well preserved. There is a profound need for composing songs in Tamil and English (similar to Elmo songs on Spanish and English) to teach the language to Tamils settled in USA. Sure yd agree with me.

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Hey Iam from Kerala and guess what? I still keep malayalam which came from Tamil. So I speak it and I also speak Tamil cause thats my heritage. Naan oru thavana sonnu adhu 100 thavanu sonna madhiri. Big respect to the motherland, culture, tradition, and roots.

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Right now Iam in America but that don't mean that I hate my own people, culture, etc

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Good thread and very good info.