<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="gmail-heading1" style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:40px;line-height:44px;font-family:proxima-semibold,"roboto slab",roboto,arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Vairamuthu: I will release my next book after keeping it at MK’s feet</h1><div class="gmail-brandwire_txt" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></div><span class="gmail-time_cptn" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:15px;font-family:proxima-regular1,roboto,arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(102,102,102);height:40px;display:inline-block"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">tnn</span></span> | <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Jan 7, 2019, 00:19 IST</span></span><div class="gmail-leftsocial" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;width:120px"><div id="gmail-widget-two" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><div class="gmail-tpwidget gmail-tpwidget-two" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:90px"><div class="gmail-tpwidget-float gmail-pos-rel" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div class="gmail-tp-logo" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;width:34px;height:20px"><img src="https://image.timespoints.iimg.in/tpwidgets/static/dist/images/crown.png" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: bottom; text-size-adjust: none; max-width: 100%; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></div><div class="gmail-text-normal gmail-tpwidget-float-head" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:17px;line-height:42px;vertical-align:baseline;height:40px;width:40px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(53,184,184);color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:50%"><span class="gmail-" style="margin:10px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:block;width:auto;height:40px;border-radius:100%"><div class="gmail-odometer gmail-odometer-auto-theme" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:16px;vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden"><div class="gmail-odometer-inside" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-odometer-digit" style="margin:10px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block;width:auto;height:40px;border-radius:100%"><span class="gmail-odometer-digit-spacer" style="margin:10px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block;width:auto;height:40px;border-radius:100%"></span><span class="gmail-odometer-digit-inner" style="margin:10px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:block;width:auto;height:40px;border-radius:100%;text-align:left;overflow:hidden"><span class="gmail-odometer-ribbon" style="margin:10px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:block;width:auto;height:40px;border-radius:100%"><span class="gmail-odometer-ribbon-inner" style="margin:10px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:block;width:auto;height:40px;border-radius:100%"><span class="gmail-odometer-value" style="marg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ur: Lyricist Vairamuthu said he will release his next book after keeping it at the feet (memorial) of the late chief minister M Karunanidhi.<div class="gmail-last8brdiv" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline;width:100%"><div class="gmail-sponsor_block gmail-clearfix" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><ul class="gmail-colombiatracked" id="gmail-320694-674117741" style="margin:auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:initial;overflow:hidden;clear:both;float:left;width:665px;height:250px;max-height:430px"></ul></div></div><br style="display:block">The lyricist delivered a speech on the late poet ‘Kaviko’ S Abdur Rahman in the city on Sunday, as part of ‘Tamizhattrupadai’ series. Vairamuthu has conducted research on various personalities, including seventh century poet Andal.<div class="gmail-last7brdiv" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></div><br style="display:block"><div class="gmail-last6brdiv" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></div><br style="display:block">While speaking at the event, DMK MP Kanimozhi said Tamizhattrupadai series will be the first book of the national award-winning lyricist post demise of her father Karunanidhi. Recalling her statement, Vairamuthu, in broken voice, said, “Yes, it will be my first book release without the presence of Kalaignar (Karunanidhi). But I will first keep the book on his feet before its release.”<div class="gmail-last5brdiv" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline;width:100%"></div><br style="display:block"><div class="gmail-last4brdiv" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline;width:100%"></div><br style="display:block">“I was literally blown away when Kanimozhi said that Karunanidhi loved me more than his children,” he said.<div class="gmail-last3brdiv" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></div><br style="display:block"><div class="gmail-last2brdiv" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></div><br style="display:block">Vairamuthu urged all the political parties in the state to have a separate topic on development of Tamil in their election manifesto, and announce their language policy, in the upcoming elections. “We may reach a point, where Tamil could become one of the languages which are only-spoken (not having presence in literature), like Sanskrit and Hebrew. The present generation, which does not show much interest in the language, should wake up. The government should bring in new legislation like the ones brought for plastic ban,” he said. tnn<br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>