00:00Music
00:13The sky is full of rain
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00:18The sky is full of rain
00:20Music
00:27Vanakkam Neerli
00:29Music
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00:59If the sky is speaking in Tamil
01:02through a radio station called Oli 96.8,
01:05it won't be a big deal.
01:07It is the native Tamil language
01:09that uses the radio
01:11from other Tamil radio stations
01:13to the best of its ability.
01:15Oli is a big obstacle
01:17in creating programs
01:19that mix English and foreign languages.
01:22Similarly, if all Tamilians
01:24struggle to speak Tamil
01:27there will be no room
01:29for the question
01:31whether our language will live or fall.
01:33In the history of the Tamil world,
01:35only a few people have had
01:37such a feeling.
01:39One of those few people
01:41has started a large organization
01:43called Thani Thamizh Ekam
01:45and has contributed to Tamil.
01:47The Tamil world calls him
01:49Thamizh Kadal
01:51and Thani Thamizh Thandai.
01:53The name of the historian
01:55we are going to meet
01:57in today's episode
01:59is Marai Malai Adigal.
02:01Marai Malai Adigal
02:03was born on July 15, 1876
02:05in Kadampadi,
02:07near the city of Nagapattinam,
02:09India.
02:11His parents gave him
02:13the name Vedachalam.
02:15As he grew up,
02:17he started doing
02:19a lot of charity work
02:21and started doing
02:23a lot of religious activities.
02:25The people called him
02:27Swami Vedachalam.
02:29Later on,
02:31due to his pride
02:33in the Tamil language
02:35and his interest
02:37in Thani Tamil,
02:39he wanted to change
02:41his name Vedachalam
02:43to Thuyathamizh.
02:45The name Vedam and Asalam
02:47can be divided
02:49Swami is called
02:51Adigal in Tamil.
02:53The name Swami Vedachalam
02:55is Marai Malai Adigal.
02:57Marai Malai Adigal
02:59started his education
03:01in the Christian school
03:03called Wesleyan Mission.
03:05As English was his first language,
03:07he learned English well.
03:09He learned the Tamil
03:11alphabet from Narayanasamy Pillai.
03:13Not only that,
03:15he also learned
03:17the Tamil alphabet
03:19in three languages.
03:21Due to his
03:23unique interest in Tamil,
03:25he clearly learned
03:27the difficult words
03:29like Tholkappiyam,
03:31Silapathikaram,
03:33Sivagasindhamani,
03:35and Pathanenkelkanakku.
03:37From a young age,
03:39he became the father
03:41of seven children
03:43by marrying
03:45a Tamil teacher.
03:47He praised the
03:49achievements of
03:51Somasundara Nayakar
03:53who was named
03:55in the Siva Siddhantam
03:57and wrote
03:59a lot of articles
04:01in that magazine.
04:03His writing
04:05was a source
04:07of inspiration
04:09for the Nayakar
04:11who read
04:13his writings.
04:15He prepared himself
04:17for the Tamil teacher's
04:19writing competition.
04:21The winner of the
04:23competition was
04:25the famous
04:27Tamil poet
04:29Bharathimar Kalingar.
04:31He received the
04:33Tamil teacher's
04:35writing competition
04:37for 25 rupees
04:39per month.
04:41In 1902,
04:43he started a magazine
04:45called Gnanasagaram.
04:47He changed its name
04:49to Arivukadal
04:51in Azhagu Tamil.
04:53At that time,
04:55he started to
04:57dedicate his life
04:59for the promotion
05:01of the Tamil language
05:03which he was
05:05interested in.
05:07He started his
05:09own Tamil association
05:11to save the Tamil language
05:13and to write and speak
05:15in Tamil.
05:17He started to
05:19work as an example
05:21for that.
05:23Only then,
05:25he changed his name
05:27to Marai Malai Adigal.
05:29Many Tamilians
05:31named him
05:33as Thooya Tamizhal.
05:35He wrote in simple Tamil
05:37He used Thooya Tamil
05:39in a way that
05:41no one could understand
05:43without being
05:45a strict Tamizhal
05:47or a mixed Tamizhal.
05:49He translated
05:51the love poem
05:53called Sagunthalam
05:55written by Kalidas
05:57in Vettamuzhi
05:59in Tamil.
06:01He believed that
06:03mixing languages
06:05was necessary
06:07for the development
06:09of the Tamil language.
06:11He felt that
06:13learning English
06:15was necessary
06:17for the development
06:19of the Tamil language
06:21as well as
06:23for the development
06:25of the Tamil language.
06:27Due to his
06:29Tamizhal association,
06:31many Samaskritis
06:33like Namaskaram,
06:35Jalam, Santhosham,
06:37Apechakar,
06:39Muraiye, Vanakkam,
06:41Neer, Mahilji,
06:43Vetpalar, etc.
06:45We should thank
06:47Marai Malai Adigal
06:49for that Thooya Tamizhal.
06:51He breathed life into
06:53Tamizhal and
06:55wrote 56 books in his life.
06:57Even though he was
06:59devoted to God,
07:01there were two things
07:03he loved in his life.
07:05One was Tamizh,
07:07the other was his wife,
07:09Soundram.
07:11Even in the few months
07:13after his wife's death,
07:15he did not tolerate separation
07:17and died.
07:19Marai Malai Adigal
07:21who worked for Tamizhal
07:23till his last breath
07:25died on September 15,
07:271950 at the age of 75.
07:29Anyone can easily
07:31ask a question,
07:33but only those who love
07:35a language can realize
07:37its importance.
07:39Since Tamizh language
07:41is the true identity
07:43of Tamizh people,
07:45Marai Malai Adigal
07:47started his own
07:49Tamizh association.
07:51As a result of his
07:53thought process,
07:55our Tamizh language
07:57has become
07:59the language of Tamizh people.
08:01The Tamizh language
08:03has become
08:05the language of Tamizh people.
08:07The Tamizh language
08:09has become
08:11the language of Tamizh people.
08:13The Tamizh language
08:15has become
08:17the language of Tamizh people.
08:19The Tamizh language
08:21has become
08:23the language of Tamizh people.
08:25The Tamizh language
08:27has become
08:29the language of Tamizh people.
08:31The Tamizh language
08:33has become
08:35the language of Tamizh people.
08:37The Tamizh language
08:39has become
08:41the language of Tamizh people.
08:43The Tamizh language
08:45has become
08:47the language of Tamizh people.
08:49The Tamizh language
08:51has become
08:53the language of Tamizh people.
08:55The Tamizh language
08:57has become
08:59the language of Tamizh people.
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