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Tamil literature offers a vast array of insights in a range of domains from science to history, society to astronomy and more. In this talk delivered in Tamil, one of the most ancient languages in the world, Tamil scholar Sirpi Balasubramaniam shares some very diverse lessons contained in Tamil literature over its long and rich history. What could modern environmentalism learn from history? How awe-inspiring is the vastness of the universe? How do traditions communicate with great subtlety? Are people and the fictional characters they create black or white? Padma Shri. Sirpi Balasubramaniam is a two-time Sahitya Akademi award winning poet, critic, scholar and professor from Pollachi. He was a founding member of the Vanambadi literary movement in the 1970s. He is also the founder of the Sirpi Arakkattalai. Founded in 1996, the organisation has been supporting the work young Tamil poets for over 26 years now. He has published more than a fifty works of poetry and literary criticism in his literary career. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award in 2001 for his translation of Lalithambika Antharjanam's Agnisakshi into Tamil and again in 2003 for his original work of a poetry collection, Oru Giraamattu Nadhi. In 2022, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contributions to Literature and Education. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx