[S.T.D.]

Dear Gandhi and Sudhaama

Nannool is by Pavanadhi or Nandi Munivar ?( or they are one and the same?) . Was there a grammar work also known as Veerasoliam? Are there separate grammar standards for Literature and Poetry?.. I think I am asking too much.!

Why I am asking is, recently we had a Kaviyarangam by one of the great poets from Chennai. During that event, he made a pun of a missing "CH" between the word Thamizh and Sangam (While writing in Tamil) in our Logo. He also said he cannot call himself a Tamil Poet If he is not pointing out this mistake. Initially I thought he could be serious... but then the joke he cracked following that statement made me think that he could not be serious about that!. The crowd (almost 3000 of them) enjoyed his joke rather than giving a thought to the statement he made. I should be following the Pied Piper, If I am not awakened!

I have heard that Poets would always find ways to bend or even break rules to carve a space for themselves. Is it true?

Dr. Somu
Riyadh