The Grove of Beautiful Tamil (Pain Tamil Solai)This nice Book opens with a song of praise to Mother Tamil, so appropriately. All poems in this Book in praise of Tamil display the reverence, passion and love that Dr. Suddhananda Bharatiyar had for the Tamil Language.To make the description interesting and captivating, Swamiji draws a beautiful grove of Tamil before our eyes and takes us on a journey with him into that Grove! As the Author, an erudite scholar himself, Swamiji, takes a stroll in the Grove that he picturises, sees the great ancient works in the Tamil language and brings out the essence in each of the literary works.The greatness of Tamil, birth of Tamil, growth, what is to be done by us for Tamil to excel and shine, construction of a Tamil Temple, the methods for making Tamilians shine in the field of Literature, Music, Dramas, Trade, Sculpture, Politics, domestic life, Social life are all covered vividly in this Book by Swamiji in his inimitable style. An amazing presentation indeed!As the Author laments, for the loss of many great works Tamil language, which were lost for ever in the rough Sea, along with the major portion of the land itself of the Tamilians, our hearts go out to the Tamil language and to the legendary writers who had created those magnificent literary works. Also, there would be hardly any lover of Tamil, who will not be moved to tears as Suddhananda Bharatiyar traces the downfall of Tamil Language and of its neglect.One who completes reading this Book will understand the greatness of Tamil Language and develop an admiration, love and respect for the Language.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget