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dated February 8, 1958: Czech scholar in Tamil

The 31-year-old Czech scholar in Tamil, Dr. Kamil Zvelebil, speaking at a reception accorded to him by the Tamil Writers’ Association at the Mahajana Sabha Hall, Mount Road, Madras, on February 6 said that Indologists not only of his country but all over the world felt that there was a “special neglect” of the study of Dravidian languages, literature and culture. He stressed the need for research into the Dravidian languages and their literature which have played an “enormous part” in the evolution of Indian culture.

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