LECTURE ON KAMBA RAMAYANAM BY ACTOR SIVAKUMAR
Veteran Actor also known as Margandeya ( evergreen hero) of the Tamil films Sivakumar gave away lecture on the essence of Kamba Ramayanam. The oratory was in Tamil, which he gave it to the students of Erode Thindal Vellalar College in Coimbatore.
According to the actor, in order to convey the essence of the Kamba Ramayanam to the younger generation in a subtle manner, he chose 1000 couplets, which contained the crux and message of Ramayanam from Kambar's works.
Sivakumar reportedly narrated this in about two and a half hours which was witnessed by over 5000 students including professors and Tamil research scholars.
The compact disk of the event is planned for release on March 10 at Four Frames Preview Theatre Chennai.
Comments
The service of veteran Actor Thiru Sivakumar is highly praiseworthy.
The greatness of India's culture and history were eclipsed and distorted by invasion and rule of foreigners. They had vested interests to sow the seeds of dissension; and to spoil self-esteem of Indians.
I do agree there have been exceptions; but general impact of foreigners has been negative.
As a result, our youngsters find it difficult to understand and appreciate the splendor of Bharat and its cultural heritage. A proper introduction of the Tamil literature has not been made even to our own youngsters, leave alone other peoples of the world.
Dr H V Hande published English rendering of the Kamba Ramayanam (released by the former President Shankar Dayal Sharma) in Chennai a few years back. This has been well received by the scholars; and remains to be perhaps the only highly useful reference book on the Kamba Ramayana even today.
The idea of selective presentation of the verses of the Kamba Ramayanam to our youngsters is simply excellent. Thiru Sivakumar is a very talented artist; whatever he does, we may be sure of perfection in it. He can definitely kindle interest in the minds of our youth not only about the Kamba Ramayana but about the greatness of Indian cultural heritage.
I record my heartfelt appreciation and thanks to Thiru Sivakumar for his efforts to propagate the ideas of the Kamba Ramayana among the students. I wish him success in this noble endeavor.
K S Venkataraman
Associate Editor
Dynamic Youth online magazine
www.dynamicyouth.org