Tamil Kavidhai (Poetry) Competition and related accusations

Sunday morning couldn’t have begun on a better note. Few comments on my blog made me realize that I had won the third prize in the Kavidhai Poatti (poetry competition) organized by Narayanan. Kudos to Narayanan Sir for organizing such an event. The participants showed loads of enthusiasm and lot of the kavidhais were of very high standard. Thanks to everyone for the encouragement and support. Congrats to Suresh and Rajkumar for bagging the first and second prizes respectively.

One of the anonymous comments that I received for my Tamil post had this to say: - “Aren’t u ashamed of being a Tam as this is the only post you have made in Tamil?”

Time is finite and I don’t have the luxury of maintaining two blogs (one each in English and Tamil). Although I intend to start a separate blog in Tamil, I don’t know the timeframe by which I can venture into it. I don’t need to prove my affinity for Tamil to people like you. People who know me offline know about my affinity for the language. Just because somebody blogs in English, he/she can’t be termed as a traitor of his/her mother tongue. Although there are many good tools available, I’m still not comfortable with the user interface and hence I’m reluctant to start a Tamil blog. Are you a blogger masquerading under an anonymous name? Didn't you know that many of the bloggers who participated in this competition were blogging in Tamil for the first time?