Tamil Language

There are two ways to destroy a nation.

1. One is from without by an invading military force.
2. The other is from within when the people of the nation no longer embrace and promote the history, language and culture that brought it to prominence and power.

-Thanks London Post and PAPundits

சொந்த தாய் மொழியை மறப்பது , அந்த இனத்தை அதன் அழிவிக்கே இட்டுச் செல்லும்

-Dr. Kadeer Ibrahim

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamils in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore where it has an official status; with significant minorities in Malaysia, Mauritius, and Reunion, and emigrant communities around the world. It is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, classical language in India, and has official status in India , Sri Lanka and Singapore. With more than 77 million speakers, Tamil is one of the widely spoken languages in the world.

Tamil has a literary tradition of over two thousand years. The earliest epigraphic records found date to around 300 BC and the Tolkāppiyam (தொல்காப்பியம்), oldest known treatise in Tamil, has been dated variously between second century BC and tenth century AD. Tamil was declared a classical language of India by the Government of India in 2004 and was the first Indian language to have been accorded the status.

Tamil employs agglutinative grammar, where suffixes are used to mark noun class, number, and case, verb tense and other grammatical categories. Unlike other Dravidian languages, the metalanguage of Tamil, the language used to describe the technical linguistic terms of the language and its structure, is also Tamil (rather than Sanskrit). According to a 2001 survey, there were 1,863 newspapers published in Tamil, of which 353 were dailies.

-more to come. Just an intro. Taken from wiki.

Hinduism

I am no one to say this but I have to say something that not even much people aware of.
This is not a single post, more to come in future posts.

What is Hinduism?:
Hinduism is the world's oldest extant religion, with a billion followers, which makes it the world's third largest religion. Hinduism is a conglomeration of religious, philosophical, and cultural ideas and practices that originated in India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation, one absolute being of multiple manifestations, the law of cause and effect, following the path of righteousness, and the desire for liberation from the cycle of births and deaths.

How and when did Hinduism originate?:
Hinduism has its origins in such remote past that it cannot be traced to any one individual. Some scholars believe that Hinduism must have existed even in circa 10000 B.C. and that the earliest of the Hindu scriptures – The Rig Veda – was composed well before 6500 B.C. The word "Hinduism" is not to be found anywhere in the scriptures, and the term "Hindu" was introduced by foreigners who referred to people living across the River Indus or Sindhu, in the north of India, around which the Vedic religion is believed to have originated.

What are the basic tenets of Hinduism?: There is no “one Hinduism”, and so it lacks any unified system of beliefs and ideas. Hinduism is a conglomerate of diverse beliefs and traditions, in which the prominent themes include: -

1. Dharma (ethics and duties)
2. Samsara (rebirth)
3. Karma (right action)
4. Moksha (liberation from the cycle of Samsara)

It also believes in truth, honesty, non-violence, celibacy, cleanliness, contentment, prayers, austerity, perseverance, penance, and pious company.

What are the key Hindu scriptures?:
The basic scriptures of Hinduism, which is collectively referred to as "Shastras", are essentially a collection of spiritual laws discovered by different saints and sages at different points in its long history. The Two types of sacred writings comprise the Hindu scriptures: "Shruti" (heard) and "Smriti" (memorized). They were passed on from generation to generation orally for centuries before they were written down mostly in the Sanskrit language. The major and most popular Hindu texts include the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, and the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata.

Dedicate to - God and Parents

நமச்சிவாய வாழ்க நாதன் தாழ் வாழ்க ....
இமைப் பொழுதும் என் நெஞ்சில் ....

நீங்கா தான் தாழ் வாழ்க....

This will be my very first post after a very long break.

Dedicating this blog to my parents and my family members who have a big impact on the Mugilan that people seeing now.

A big thanks to my school and university' teachers and friends, and not to forget my fellow colleagues in Intel.

And last but not least, thanks to the Ultimate Power - the God - for sending me to this world to do something useful.