"The Antiquity and Development of the Tamil Language" Seminar (Talk held in Tamil)
"The Antiquity and Development of the Tamil Language" Seminar (Talk held in Tamil)
Date: Sunday, 27 April 2008
Time: 5 pm to 7.30 pm
Venue: Level 1, The Plaza, National Library
The Tamil The Tamil Language Council (TLC) together with various Indian groups is celebrating Tamil Language Festival (TLF) in April 2008. This is the second year that the Festival is being celebrated with the support of the government. This year the TLF was launched on 5 April and will end on 27 April 08. Significant events organised by leading Tamil organisations in Singapore will take place every weekend from 5th to 27th April.
In conjunction with the month-long Tamil Language Festival, the National Library is organising a closing for the Festival - a Tamil Seminar titled "The Antiquity and Development of the Tamil Language". As Tamil is one of the official languages in Singapore, this is one way the government shows its support for the language. For the Seminar, the National Library is inviting two non-native speakers of the Tamil language, one being a Russian and the other, a Japanese. The third speaker is the Education Minister from Tamilnadu. The theme of the Seminar is in line with the KaalaChakra Exhibition where the Tamil language is highlighted in Gallery 4.
The Guest-of-Honor for the event is DPM Prof S Jayakumar. There will also be an opening and a closing dance item by Apsaras Arts dancers. After the Seminar, VIPs and all invited guests & the public will be taken on a tour of the KaalaChakra exhibition.
The Conference speakers are :
1. Dr Dubyanskiy Alexander from Moscow Russia. Dr Dubyanskiy who is the head of the Department of Indian Philology in the Moscow State University, specialising in the teaching of Tamil literature, religion and culture.
2. Prof Hiroshi Yamashita from Japan is the Head, Department of Multicultural Society, The Graduate International Cultural Studies.
3. Mr Thangapandian Thennarasu is the Education Minister of Tamilnadu, India. A scholar and an engineer by training, Mr Thannarasu is well read in Tamil literature.