I have shown in the foregoing pages, that Old Tamil was the parent
of Dravidian languages and the progenitor of the Indo- European Form of
Speech. It will be also seen, that the Teutonic group is the earliest
branch of the Aryan family of languages and hence closer to Tamil than
Vedic language or Sanskrit.
The Tamilians of the present day are in direct antithesis to their Lemurian
ancestors, in mental and intellectual faculties. As a result of the age-long
Aryan congenital caste system, they have become more or less degenerate
and devoid of self- respect.
The anti-Tamil forces are multiplying after the withdrawal of the British.
Even the very few Tamil scholars who have a real love for Tamil, dare
not speak a word in defence of Tamil in public, for fear of loss of employment.
Unless Tamil is restored to its prestine glory, and Linguistic and Cultural
Autonomy attained by the Tamilians, there is no future for Tamil language
and literature.
The suppression of Tamil doesn’t end with itself, but seriously affect
the scientific development of three branches of knowledge of wide human
interest, viz., World-History, Comparative Philology and Social and Cultural
Anthropology.
Therefore, I make an earnest appeal to the Literati at large, particularly
to the Western Scholars, to turn their attention to Tamil forthwith, and
dive deep therein to bring out prodigious truths more precious than the
valamburi pearls obtainable from the Pƒ–d·iyan
Seas.
“காய்தல்
உவத்தல் அகற்றி யொருபொருட்கண்
ஆய்தல் அறிவுடையார் கண்ணதே - காய்வதன்கண்
உற்ற குணந்தோன்றா தாகும் உவப்பதன்கண்
குற்றமுந் தோன்றாக் கெடும்.” (நீதிநெறி) |
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