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<BR>--- "C.R. (Selva) Selvakumar" <selvakum@...> wrote:
<BR>...
<BR>> Numerous books (hundreds of thousands), numerous magazine
<BR>> issues of
<BR>> past 100 years, pamphlets. We would need specialists like
<BR>> archelologists
<BR>> (kalveTTu padippaaLarkaL கல்வெட்டு வல்லுனர்கள்) to know what is
<BR>> written. Connectivity with our literature and heritage is
<BR>> crucial.
<BR>> Tamil is in a delicate situation now (due to the situation
<BR>> in
<BR>> India,
<BR>> Sri Lanka, unprecedented impact of technology etc.)
<BR>> We *CAN* and *SHOULD* implement the reform for ukaram 
<BR>
<BR>very very good point...very very wise way of analyzing the
<BR>consequences!
<BR>
<BR>"..aRivudaimai mAnilaththu mannuyirkk(u) ellAm inithu."
<BR>
<BR>>and
<BR>> Ukaaram, at a time
<BR>> when we have electronically and digitally stored all our
<BR>> documents (it *is*
<BR>> possible) using OCR etc. so that we can substitute any
<BR>> symbol
<BR>> for our
<BR>> letters and still read without any difficulty. And when the
<BR>> GDP or economic
<BR>> affluence of an average Tamils is significantly
<BR>> better than now. Until such time it is *UNWISE* to
<BR>> effect this reform. ...
<BR>
<BR>> Sometimes, a small
<BR>> critical disturbance can destroy the whole system.
<BR>
<BR>A potential example is this issue.
<BR>
<BR>...
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