Russian Tamil scholar is no more
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Professor Alexander Dubiansky, a well known Tamil scholar from Russia, who had visited Tamil Nadu many occasions and brought half within the World Classical Tamil Conference held in Coimbatore in 2010, died on Tuesday.
“He died at a Moscow hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of COVID-19,” stated P. Thangappan, secretary-general, Indo-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industries, and a good friend of Professor Dubiansky.
He labored as Tamil professor at Moscow State University, and his college students as we speak work within the subject of schooling and the media. Tamil author D. Jayakanthan, Tamil scholar Sivathampi and lyricist Vairamuthu are amongst his buddies.
“After the disintegration of the USSR, there was a lack of interest in Tamil learning and Dubiansky single-handedly revived the interest. Every year, he organised a workshop on Sangam poetry,” author and Villupuram MP D. Ravikumar stated.
Recalling a paper introduced by Professor Dubiansky, Mr. Ravikumar stated it raised many questions on the contradiction between Tholkappiyam, the Tamil grammar textual content, and Sangam literature.
“He had cited a lot of examples. But the topic remains undiscussed,” he stated
Mr. Thangappan stated Professor Dubiansky was additionally an achieved musician. “Once we met maestro Ilaiyaraaja, and the discussion went around music. When Ilaiyaraaja asked whether he had listened to his music, Professor Dubiansky played ‘Intha minminikku kannil…’, a song from the film Sigappu Rojakkal. Ilaiyaraaja was immensely pleased,” Mr. Thangappan recalled.
He had participated within the Bharathiar centenary celebrations and opened the Bharathiar statue at Salem.
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