This volume is a collection of ten papers written in different occasions throwing light on different aspects of Tamil Literature. Some of these papers were presented in different seminars; some were published in different journals; some were originally written in Tamil and later rendered into English: some were broadcast in the Madras station of All India Radio.
I hope that this collection will inculcate interest especially in the English knowing public to know further the hoary and grand literary tradition and treasure of the Tamils.
I am grateful to Dr. V. Jayadevan for having edited this volume and presented it in a pretty form. I am also thankful to Thiru P. Udayakumar for having added the Index to this volume.
Madras 600 029
30—4—1981
