தமிழுக்கும் அமுதென்று பேர்
It is impossible to begin writing about Tamil language and Tamil literature on the world wide web without paying tribute to the pioneering work of Dr. Bala Swaminathan, Dr.Gnanasekar Swaminathan, Dr. Vijayakumar Sinnathurai and Krishnaswamy Srinivasan, in Canada, Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram in Switzerland, Naa. Govindasamy in Singapore , Muthulilan Nedumaran and Sivagurunathan Chinniah in Malaysia, Siddharthan Ramachandramurthi , P.Kumar Mallikarjunan in USA, and Sinniah Ilanko in New Zealand. Dr. Sundara Pandian, Dr. Meenan Vishnu and C.R. Selvakumar in Canada, amongst others, contributed to the formation of the Soc.Culture.Tamil newsgroup which provided an early electronic forum for discussion on Tamil language, literature and culture. The work of the SCT, and the efforts of Kumar Kumarappan in California, led to the establishment of the first Tamil Chair in North America at the University of California at Berkele...