So far we have: No, it is NOT A POPULARITY contest. I can not emphasis that enough. Yet, I am putting a count so that we have a rough idea. Let me know if I missed somebody. As expected, though I warned, there are tangential discussions about the choices of a few. I said no arguments :-))))))))) But that rule was thrown out the window :-)))))
As you can see, I have omitted people who were mentioned as #2,#3 etc. etc. For example TVS Iyengar, CV Raman.... unfortunately those don't count :-)))))
Meanwhile for some writers and authors in this group; some day in the future one or a group of you write "50 tamilians I want to meet" - the audience being children.
If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson