Respected Members, I am a new member and hence some of my comments may sound old/odd or could have been already discussed. Please excuse me for the same, if they were already brought in and discussed. While all of us wish the tomorrow meeting a grand success, I would like to bring a few points for discussion, if it is worthy enough: 1. As we grow bigger, need for an organized one-day seminar (with sufficient time for all of us to plan- at least 2 months in advance) may be a good idea and can be a regular annual event. These can even come in rotation as far as venue is concerned (like Chennai, Thanjavur, etc). We need to look into roping a few sponsors to cover expenses which we cannot pool in. 2. It may be a better idea to form a trust where we can become officially members and do a bit of annual contribution.
3. The trust/ forum may conduct such seminars, guided tours (not the regular ones but for the real knowledge thirsty ones) and publish a few (even e- publications) publications which can generate a bit of revenue. 4. I know Varalaaru.com meets some of these objectives. These can all be brought under single umbrella. 5. I sincerely wish the spread of cultural and historical knowledge is to be taken to the next generation (hope more children show interest in these) and we have to be instrumental in this. Back to the main purpose of the forum, I have one suggestion for which I welcome the feedback (please feel free to correct myself or criticise)of this august forum: As time pass by, the concept of religion, caste and all associated belief will continue to evolve. These are inevitable. With Tamil nadu state had so much transition in the last century and in the current century, many of the traditional information held within the older generation is not getting passed. Today’s generation does not value such belief (they are also not to be blamed) and we may permanently loose many of these. A classical example is while a Ramachandran XXXXXX in Tamil Nadu has become Ramachandran, he is Ramachandran Nair in Kerala and Ramachandra Naidu in AP. I am neither against caste belief nor supporting it. I am only looking at neutral angle and an angle very much related to us. With Tamil society dropping the caste/sub caste title from their name, so goes the tradition and history attached to it at a faster speed. Before we permanently loose these, it is high time we spend some energy in preserving the traditional knowledge available with these people. Example of sub titles of our Ponniyin Selvan heroes- like Pazhuvettarayar, Mazhavarayar, Kadavarayar, Pallavarayar, etc can still be found with many of today’s family. My suggestion is not to bring them to glory but bring out whatever these families have in their memory before it is permanently lost. I am sure the next generation of people from these families may not even know of their back ground. A recent example of Mr. Gandhi of our forum met Udayarpalayam Jamin and tried to dig out whatever they know; A similar exercise I feel should be initiated as soon as possible to bring out many hidden facts. I am aware of families living in remote villages of chola desam with titles of cholanars/ cholanganars traditionally engaged in strict marital relations with families of mazhavarayar, kachchirayar, narasingharayar and pattarayar (pazhuvettarayar) ONLY. I am sure people like them might have something in the memory passed from one generation to another. We have brought many visible things to the fore. It is time for invisibles!!!
அன்பின் எஸ்பீஸ் , நினைவுகள் நிகழ்ச்சயில் தான் இருக்கின்றன , வர எண்ணி இருந்தேன் ,தட்டிப்போய்விட்டது வாய்ப்பு . வாழ்த்துக்கள் அன்புடன் அண்ணாமலை சுகுமாரன்
unfortunatlly i couldn't get the leave ,physically I couldn't attend this event, but i mentally i presence in the event which is now going on meenakhshi bhavan.
sure i will attent next event ,i want involve more into this activity soon,
best wishes for this event.i am waiting ur mail abt this event