For Palaniappan Vairam, what 12 years of learning Tamil at school couldn't do, happened when he chanced upon research work by a Czech scholar on Dravidian literature. Vairam fell in love with his mother tongue. He now runs *karkanirka.org*, that translates ancient Tamil poetry, and which author S.Ramakrishnan has described as “one of the most informative blogs on Sangam literature.” Trying to contextualise Dravidian poetry for modern readers, he says, has helped him improve his classroom presentations (he is an MBA student in the Philippines).
http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” – Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore
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