Tamil literary works should be renamed Tamil Kalanjiyam, says Seeman

Naam Tamilar Katchi chief co-ordinator Seeman on Friday threatened to launch protests against the State government if it goes ahead with the proposal to rename Sangam poems and other historical Tamil

Naam Tamilar Katchi chief co-ordinator Seeman on Friday threatened to launch protests against the State government if it goes ahead with the proposal to rename Sangam poems and other historical Tamil literary works as ‘Dravida Kalanjiyam’ and condemned ‘Dravidian revisionism’. Mr. Seeman said that renaming Tamil literary works as Dravida Kalanjiyam just because British scholar Robert Caldwell coined the term ‘Dravidian’ is comparable to the conspiracy of the ‘Aryans’ who claim that Tamils are ‘Hindus’ because of Sir William Jones passed a law. “The young and proud Tamils will not allow it. I urge the State Government to rename Tamil literary works as ‘Tamil Kalanjiyam’. If the State Government fails to do, it would have to face severe protests,” he said. Mr. Seeman said, “People who live here are Tamils, they speak the Tamil language, the works have been written in Tamil. Then, how can the compilations be called ‘Dravida Kalanjiyam’.”