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Publisher: Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai & Cyberwit.net, Allahabad
ISBN-10: 8182531004
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 750
Copyright: 2006
ISBN-13: 9788182531000
Price: $35.00 (eBook)
On Tamils, Tamil Literature and Tamil Culture over the centuries...
Just a word to say that even if all the material in this collection has already been made available to readers interested in the subject, here the various articles, essays, critiques, reviews, and interviews have been brought together in a new and refreshing format. Typographical errors, the author hopes, have been put to rights; and where necessary fresh amalgamations of disparate pieces on similar themes have been allowed to fuse together, and a more rigorous layout has been affixed to old and varied presentations of these articles in variegated publications. Some meaningful order, too, has been imposed by organizing material in separate sections. In short, everything has been done to try to make reading easier. Some published work on specifically Tamil topics has not been included in this volume, for, it occurred to the author, further research on the subject would have been necessary. On the other hand, in an essay like "The Exotic in Aesthetics", a certain amount of the discussion though seemingly alien to the subject matter of this publication leads by argument to the introduction of the treatment of Tamil proverbs and Tamil classical poetry. The review on the re-construction of Borobudur finds its place here for, at the time of its creation, Tamil know-how and culture reigned in the Indonesian archipelago. The author does not wish to lay claim to being a Tamil scholar or Tamilologist. He is more than aware that he has no genuine competence which could be diligently exercised in the vast and abundant field of Tamil studies. De bon gré, he has produced these pieces by his own autodidactic effort and ventures to hope he might have shed some critical light on some Tamil topics, beliefs, and ways of life. He feels however that the distinguishing feature introduced in this particular mode of academic publication is the section, "Commentary via fiction" or rather "fictionalised comment". Fiction as a receptacle for ideas and concepts in no way diminishes academic rigour; if anything, it enhances receptivity, makes palatable what is normally dry and difficult. Of one thing though he is certain. As a Tamil, he cannot be discouraged from venturing further in the field of Tamil studies.
Rama and Ravana at the Altar of Hanuman: On Tamils, Tamil Literature and Tamil Culture. Allahabad: Cyberwit.net, 2008, 750p. (First published by the Institute of Asian Studies in Chennai in both Hard Cover and Paperback in 2006, 486p.)
by T. Wignesan
Dedicated to Chair Professor of Comparative Literature René ETIEMBLE at the pre-1968 Sorbonne University
Contents
Title..page..i Copyright page........................ ii
Dedication page: “In homage”....................iii
Contents pages..........................iv –vi Acknowledgements........................vii – x Preface.......................................xi
Section One: General Topics
1. TheSourcesofCulturalMemoryinXXthCenturyTamilCountry in the light of Carlos Bousoño’s aesthetic theories............................................2
2. A Comparative Study of the Skanda-Murugan Symbolisms and the Nature Phenomena of the Yi Jing: A Philosophical Rapprochement of
the Zhen/Qian and Murukan/SivaDuopoly................................................18
3.ProsodicandPoeticalAnalysesoftheEpicPoem:Manimekalai.........................30
4. The Yet Untold Story of Tamil Destitution...................................................48
5. The Bhagavad-Gita’s Philosophy of Non-Attachment and the Electronic
Invasion of the Psyche in the 21st Century...................................................58
6. The Extent of the Influence of Tamil on the Malay Language: A
Comparative Study...........66
7. From trial to turbulence: an Indian Asian Studies Institute – AnAmerican Success Story ? [An account of the Institute of Asian Studies at Chennai, India].............................86
8. Journey through the Hole-in-the-Heart in Tamil-Nadu: the First International Skanda-Murukan Conference-Seminar and the Ari Patai Vitu tour.................96
9. Origins and Scope of Tamil literature in Malaysia [and Singapore].............................. 112
10. The Exotic in Aesthetics: A Case Study of Poietics as the “Scienceand Philosophy of Creation” (together with an examination of translations from Tamil proverbsandclassicalTamilpoetry .......................114
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Section Two: On Individual Authors
11. Ananda K.Coomaraswamy’s Aesthetics: the rasa theory and the Hindu religious tradition in art – A Critique................................................156
12. Tambimuttu: “A Prince among Poets” – 1915 – 1983..............................180
13. Tambimuttu: Poet, Critic, Editor/Publisher..........................................204
14. Satire and Didacticism in S. Akastiyar’s last posthumously published book: Manita taricanankal (Glimpses of Humanity), the nurture of an autodidact, his life, style, and works [together with a CODA on his first published work: “Irunillule” and bibliography......................................................... 214
15. Paratitasan, The People’s Poet: Spokesman of Tamil Revivalist Patriotism...236
16. Kasi Ananthan: Poet Laureate of Eelam [Coda: “World Tamil Anthem”].... 248
17. S. Jekanatan’s Eri Carankal............258
18. S. Rajaratnam: His Land & Rural Folk Themes.............266
Section Three: Reviews
19. The First International Conference-Seminar on Skanda-Murukan.............272
20. (First) International Conference on Hindu Solidarity...............................276
21. The Labour of Compassionate Reverence: the Greatest Buddhist Monument re-discovered and restored with love by non-Buddhists..........................280
Section Four: Interviews
22. Transcript of an Interview with Appapillai Amirthalingum, the former General Secretary of the Tamil United Liberation Front of Sri Lanka.......286
23. Professor Christie Jeyaratnam Eliezer – the Cambridge Wrangler: in remembrance .............308
24. Replies to questions on T. Ananda Krishnan (the richest Tamil in the World) from a journalist from the Malaysian Business magazine...................312
25. Interview with the late S. Rajaratnam: ex-Senior Deputy Prime Ministerof the Republic of Singapore. 316
26. Interview with author by the webmaster of IndeRéunionnaise, Monsieur Philippe Pratxl on Tamil topics on August 12, 2003..............................344
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Section Five: Commentary via Fiction
27. “Master Valluvan, the long-misunderstood Tamil Mentor”......................354
28. “Krishna’s Advice to Arjuna”..............360
29. “To the author(s) of Manimekalai”.............364
30. “The Urchin in Dr. Radhakrishnan Rd.”.......368
31. "Blood Brothers or Bloody Brothers under the Banner" (Poem dedicated to the Dead in the Struggle for Eelam.) .................374
32. "Plaidoirie for a "Prince" of Jaffna?" (Poem on whether the appointment of a “Prince of Jaffna” is a tenable proposition.) .................. 378
33. “Wake! Asia! Wake!” Parts One and Two.... 382
34. “The Virgin Trip” [A long short story/short story long on Tamil traditions].......... 394
ANNEXE
35. “Aintinai, la théorie des cinq paysages dans la poétique tamoule classique”.........432
Last page..........439
(c) T. Wignesan - Paris, 1961-2006
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