Adyar Poonga Inaugurated
It is rare for anything eco-friendly to happen in Chennai with political patronage and non-interference. After much unnecessary political grandstanding between the Centre and the State, the Adyar Poonga got inaugurated yesterday and in the process acquired a new title too... 'Tholkappiya Poonga' now it is . I don't know what is the need to give the name of Tholkappiyam to a park or relationship of Tholkappiyar to Adyar, there is none as far as I know. But, Tholkappiyam is the base literature from which Tamizh derives itself and is referred to as the main source of the language and way of life. If the Poonga starts another chapter in the way of life of the Tamizhs - to celebrate diversity in the middle of the mono-cemented city, to not give up hope and create a beautiful oxygen lung from a dumping yard, to appreciate aesthetics, art forms and blending them as part of eco-restoration, learning and understanding...yes, the Poonga is a great beginning. Tholkappiyam,