Invitation to join a Classical Tamil list (2nd announcement)

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Dear Indology List Members,

 

since it seems when one reads the messages

on the Indology list, that not everybody

is able to browse the archives

I take the liberty to send for the second time

the announcement I made last week,

so that those who might be interested

to join see this. Since that day, the membership

of CTamil has reached 32 and some interesting

exchanges of views have taken place.

 

I apologize for any inconvenience

due to duplication.

 

-- Jean-Luc CHEVILLARD (Paris)

 

***** O R I G I N A L A N N O U C E M E N T ****

 

following the kind advice of Tiru N.Ganesan,

I have decided to try to set up a new list

which would be dedicated mostly

to discussions on Classical Tamil

(Topics concerning Modern Tamil

and Sanskrit are of course not excluded).

 

This new list, which has an open membership,

unless its future members later decide otherwise,

has its home page at the following URL:

<CTamil>,

which you can use if you want to .

 

While taking part in discussions on the Indology List,

founded by Dominik Wujastyk,

I often had the feeling that it was not possible

(or not advisable)

to have long in-depth discussions

on questions pertaining to Classical Tamil,

and especially Classical Tamil Literature,

because the section of the readership of INDOLOGY

really interested in them was too small.

 

This is not to say that Tamil should be in a ghetto,

but I feel that, in some cases,

a discussion could eventually start on INDOLOGY

be continued on CTAMIL, with a possible pointer

being sent back to INDOLOGY when an interesting discussion

has taken place (and possibly reached a conclusion).

 

This might not be a realistic view

but one has to give a try.

 

So, welcome to Classical Tamil,

alias <CTamil>.

 

Regards to everybody!

 

 

an2puTan2

 

-- Jean-Luc CHEVILLARD