Day #83: tamil

Today for the first time in my life I attended a program in Tamil. Initially I was reluctant to attend this. But since it was being organized by my friend venkatesh's company I decided to attend.  The program is called kannavu meiypadda.. dreams to reality.
The speakers were Tmt Praveen Sultana and Thiru Kaliyamurthy. It was a riveting morning and both the speakers were on fire. For the first time I realised the beauty of my mother tongue and I could understand most of the language.
When they switched from English to Tamil I noticed that it is true that English was moving my mind while Tamil was touching my heart.
I'm grateful for my mother tongue Tamil. I wish I had learnt it from childhood... Especially bharathiyar and thirukurals
The words flow so easily and  the poetry flows like water over a brook.
I love Tamil and I'm grateful for this language
Would love to learn it properly at least now

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