Here is a mail on the debate pertaining to Tamil Semmozhi Conference 2010 at Coimbatore, which may be an eye
opener !
veegopalji
(courtesy : S Kalyanaraman)
Influence of sanskrit over Tamil – breaking the dravidian racismPublished July 6, 2010 > >I had a debate in this blog post of sukumar about the world tamil conference and >parpola’s paper on Dravidian roots to IVC (which is also called Saraswathi >Civilization) . I argued that Tholkappiar, who wrote the first known tamil >grammar book called “Tholkappiam”, himself is a brahmin, and this fact is often >concealed or suppressed in various forums. Sukumar had challenged me to give a >proof that tholkappiar was a brahmin, and while sourcing information for this, i >happened to learn many things, which i want to consolidate in this post. Read >on... >http://psenthilraja .wordpress. com/2010/ 07/06/influence- of-sanskrit- >over-tamil/ > >