Starting from March 4th, we will hold group reading sessions of the Civatarumōttaram and the Tiruttaṇikaippurāṇam at the EFEO centre of Pondicherry. These are two Tamil texts whose study is among the main research outcome of the team of scholars based in Pondicherry (see PROJECT and OUTPUT for more details).
In order to start off work, we will start by reading 2-3 times per week for the first month, and then reduce the pace to one group session per week from April onwards. The sessions will be led by Dominic Goodall, Rajarethinam and K. Nachimuthu, and will see the participation of SAS Sarma, Sathyanarayanan, Sushmita Das, Venkataraman, and Florinda De Simini (via Skype from Naples). During these sessions we will revise and discuss the English translations of the two works that are being produced by Rajarethinam and K. Nachimuthu.
