'Tani Tamizh Iyakkam (1916-1945): Tamil devotion or Tamils' assertion?' a talk by Prof. Vijaya Ramaswamy at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 4th March 2014
Time : 3:00 pm
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
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Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Seminar on ‘Tani Tamizh Iyakkam (1916-1945): Tamil devotion or Tamils’ assertion?’ by Prof. Vijaya Ramaswamy, NMML.
Abstract : The passion for Tamil which gave rise to the Tani Tamizh Iyakkam of Neelambikai Ammaiyar and her father Maraimalai Adigal, has to be situated within the problematic of the political and literary scene of the early twentieth century in the old Madras Presidency. Tamil linguistic efflorescence and Dravidian nationalism foregrounds her historical location. The transitional years of pre-independence were characterized by Tamil renaissance and Dravidian nationalism in the context of what then used to be the Madras Presidency. The Tamil ethno-nationalist movement was a very significant development in Tamil Nadu politics from the 1920’s to the 1940’s although it was by no means the only politico-cultural movement of that period. It can be perceived as the beginnings of Tamil assertion which has persistently struggled against the domination of and by the Centre and pan Indian political formations. Ideologies were sharply critical of “the Congress ideology”, the linguistic domination by Hindi speakers and unequal resource allocation. The Tamil linguistic movement also provided pointers for the post-colonial developments in Tamil Nadu, especially the foundations of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam as well as the intensifying anti- Hindi, anti-Brahmin agitations which persist to this day.
Speaker : Prof. Vijaya Ramaswamy is Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She is currently Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. Prof. Ramaswamy's publications include Textiles and Weavers in Medieval South India; Divinity and Deviance: Women in Virasaivism; Walking Naked: Women, Society, Spirituality in South India, Historical Dictionary of Tamils and The Song of the Loom. Her edited book Devotion and Dissent in Indian History came out in 2014.
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Race Course(Yellow Line)'
Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Seminar on ‘Tani Tamizh Iyakkam (1916-1945): Tamil devotion or Tamils’ assertion?’ by Prof. Vijaya Ramaswamy, NMML.
Abstract : The passion for Tamil which gave rise to the Tani Tamizh Iyakkam of Neelambikai Ammaiyar and her father Maraimalai Adigal, has to be situated within the problematic of the political and literary scene of the early twentieth century in the old Madras Presidency. Tamil linguistic efflorescence and Dravidian nationalism foregrounds her historical location. The transitional years of pre-independence were characterized by Tamil renaissance and Dravidian nationalism in the context of what then used to be the Madras Presidency. The Tamil ethno-nationalist movement was a very significant development in Tamil Nadu politics from the 1920’s to the 1940’s although it was by no means the only politico-cultural movement of that period. It can be perceived as the beginnings of Tamil assertion which has persistently struggled against the domination of and by the Centre and pan Indian political formations. Ideologies were sharply critical of “the Congress ideology”, the linguistic domination by Hindi speakers and unequal resource allocation. The Tamil linguistic movement also provided pointers for the post-colonial developments in Tamil Nadu, especially the foundations of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam as well as the intensifying anti- Hindi, anti-Brahmin agitations which persist to this day.
Speaker : Prof. Vijaya Ramaswamy is Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She is currently Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. Prof. Ramaswamy's publications include Textiles and Weavers in Medieval South India; Divinity and Deviance: Women in Virasaivism; Walking Naked: Women, Society, Spirituality in South India, Historical Dictionary of Tamils and The Song of the Loom. Her edited book Devotion and Dissent in Indian History came out in 2014.
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'Tani Tamizh Iyakkam (1916-1945): Tamil devotion or Tamils' assertion?' a talk by Prof. Vijaya Ramaswamy at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 4th March 2014
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