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N. Ganesan
May 19, 2010, 1:09:14 AM5/19/10
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இன்றைய ஹிந்து இதழில் முனைவர் பி.நடராஜன் அவர்களின் நூற்றாண்டு பற்றிய
பகுதியிலிருந்து:
"...An erudite scholar in English and Tamil, Dr. BN rendered great
works like Tirukural, Thirumanthiram and Tiruvundiar into English.
“Tamil can be truly glorified only by those who have mastered
English”
he would often say. He died on his 75th birthday in 1984..."
இன்னம்பூரான்
Thanks for mentioning the genius, Dr. B. Natarajan. Pollachi N.
Mahalingam
paid money to publish his translations into English. One such
is Tirumantiram translation publishd by Sri Ramakrishna Math,
Mylapore.
There is another Dr. B. Natarajan, an I.A.S. officer
& son of Sri. S. R. Balasubramanian, TirukkattuppaLLi high school
head master & a rare Chola historian. This BN wrote a classic
on Thillai temple.
Anbudan
N. Ganesan
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http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article431193.ece
An economist with human welfare at heart
Dharmalingam Venugopal
The year 2010 marks the birth centenary of the late Dr. B. Natarajan,
an applied economist of rare distinction, whose economic predictions
as well as policy prescriptions have greatly benefited the country,
particularly Tamil Nadu. A socialist at heart, he welcomed every means
to further human welfare. He decried the growing tendency of ‘Maa-
Baapism', which had made the people dependent on the government for
anything and everything. He called his memoirs appropriately,
‘Economics is not all', meaning economics without ethics and morality
is meaningless. Economic humanism should underlie an economist's work,
according to him.
Born into an agricultural family in the southern tip of the country,
Dr. BN, as he was known, started his career in Delhi under Sir
Theodore Gregory, the first economic adviser to the Government of
India in the years immediately preceding Independence. Later, he
became the first and the last Economic Adviser to the government of
Composite Madras State in 1948. During the five years he held the
post, he blazed many a new trail in planning and economic
administration. His office became the forerunner of the Department of
Statistics.
When Andhra Pradesh was created in 1953, its first Chief Minister Sri.
T. Prakasam appointed Dr. BN as its Economic Adviser, Development
Commissioner and Secretary, Planning. Though he occupied the post only
for two years, Dr. BN set up the Department of Statistics and prepared
several blueprints for its industrial and agricultural progress.
Dr. BN served as U.N. Economic Adviser to Egypt and Syria but gave up
the assignment in response to a call to serve his home State as a
legislator. He won by a thumping majority from Nagarcoil but was soon
disillusioned with the government's functioning and returned to
economic research before his term ended. Associated with the National
Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) from its inception, Dr.
BN became its Deputy Director-General. Though Dr. BN was not much in
favour of quantification in economics, he pioneered studies on the
national income and techno-economic surveys of various States.
After his retirement, he set up the Institute for Techno-Economic
Studies in Madras (now Chennai). The reports “Tamil Nadu 2000 AD” and
“Tamil Nadu 2020 AD” commissioned by the Ford Foundation in the 1970s
forecast the shape of things to come with remarkable accuracy.
“Economics is often deprecated for its incapacity to predict. But of
late, it has evolved quite a few tools for projections and
predictions,” he said.
The national Futurology Workshops he organised on topical issues like
housing, water management and transport greatly helped planners and
policymakers to anticipate long-term problems as well as potentials.
His study of the London Passenger Transport System eventually prepared
the way for the State transport undertaking in the Madras State. After
making a detailed study of crop insurance in Japan in the 1950s, he
proposed a universal crop insurance scheme for the Madras State. An
ardent supporter of the interlinking of rivers, Dr. BN never lost an
opportunity to strike a blow for schemes like the Ganga-Cauvery link,
the Grand Garland Canal project and the diversion of the west flowing
rivers in southern India.
An erudite scholar in English and Tamil, Dr. BN rendered great works
like Tirukural, Thirumanthiram and Tiruvundiar into English. “Tamil
can be truly glorified only by those who have mastered English” he
would often say. He died on his 75th birthday in 1984.
(The writer is an economist with Indian Overseas Bank. email:
dv...@vsnl.net)
--
நீங்கள் "சந்தவசந்தம்" குழுமத்தின் உறுப்பினர் என்பதால், இம்மடலைப் பெறுகிறீர்கள்:
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santhavasanth...@googlegroups.com.
இன்னும் மேல் விவரங்களூக்கு அணுகவும்:
http://groups.google.com/group/santhavasantham?hl=ta
பகுதியிலிருந்து:
"...An erudite scholar in English and Tamil, Dr. BN rendered great
works like Tirukural, Thirumanthiram and Tiruvundiar into English.
“Tamil can be truly glorified only by those who have mastered
English”
he would often say. He died on his 75th birthday in 1984..."
இன்னம்பூரான்
Thanks for mentioning the genius, Dr. B. Natarajan. Pollachi N.
Mahalingam
paid money to publish his translations into English. One such
is Tirumantiram translation publishd by Sri Ramakrishna Math,
Mylapore.
There is another Dr. B. Natarajan, an I.A.S. officer
& son of Sri. S. R. Balasubramanian, TirukkattuppaLLi high school
head master & a rare Chola historian. This BN wrote a classic
on Thillai temple.
Anbudan
N. Ganesan
-----------
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article431193.ece
An economist with human welfare at heart
Dharmalingam Venugopal
The year 2010 marks the birth centenary of the late Dr. B. Natarajan,
an applied economist of rare distinction, whose economic predictions
as well as policy prescriptions have greatly benefited the country,
particularly Tamil Nadu. A socialist at heart, he welcomed every means
to further human welfare. He decried the growing tendency of ‘Maa-
Baapism', which had made the people dependent on the government for
anything and everything. He called his memoirs appropriately,
‘Economics is not all', meaning economics without ethics and morality
is meaningless. Economic humanism should underlie an economist's work,
according to him.
Born into an agricultural family in the southern tip of the country,
Dr. BN, as he was known, started his career in Delhi under Sir
Theodore Gregory, the first economic adviser to the Government of
India in the years immediately preceding Independence. Later, he
became the first and the last Economic Adviser to the government of
Composite Madras State in 1948. During the five years he held the
post, he blazed many a new trail in planning and economic
administration. His office became the forerunner of the Department of
Statistics.
When Andhra Pradesh was created in 1953, its first Chief Minister Sri.
T. Prakasam appointed Dr. BN as its Economic Adviser, Development
Commissioner and Secretary, Planning. Though he occupied the post only
for two years, Dr. BN set up the Department of Statistics and prepared
several blueprints for its industrial and agricultural progress.
Dr. BN served as U.N. Economic Adviser to Egypt and Syria but gave up
the assignment in response to a call to serve his home State as a
legislator. He won by a thumping majority from Nagarcoil but was soon
disillusioned with the government's functioning and returned to
economic research before his term ended. Associated with the National
Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) from its inception, Dr.
BN became its Deputy Director-General. Though Dr. BN was not much in
favour of quantification in economics, he pioneered studies on the
national income and techno-economic surveys of various States.
After his retirement, he set up the Institute for Techno-Economic
Studies in Madras (now Chennai). The reports “Tamil Nadu 2000 AD” and
“Tamil Nadu 2020 AD” commissioned by the Ford Foundation in the 1970s
forecast the shape of things to come with remarkable accuracy.
“Economics is often deprecated for its incapacity to predict. But of
late, it has evolved quite a few tools for projections and
predictions,” he said.
The national Futurology Workshops he organised on topical issues like
housing, water management and transport greatly helped planners and
policymakers to anticipate long-term problems as well as potentials.
His study of the London Passenger Transport System eventually prepared
the way for the State transport undertaking in the Madras State. After
making a detailed study of crop insurance in Japan in the 1950s, he
proposed a universal crop insurance scheme for the Madras State. An
ardent supporter of the interlinking of rivers, Dr. BN never lost an
opportunity to strike a blow for schemes like the Ganga-Cauvery link,
the Grand Garland Canal project and the diversion of the west flowing
rivers in southern India.
An erudite scholar in English and Tamil, Dr. BN rendered great works
like Tirukural, Thirumanthiram and Tiruvundiar into English. “Tamil
can be truly glorified only by those who have mastered English” he
would often say. He died on his 75th birthday in 1984.
(The writer is an economist with Indian Overseas Bank. email:
dv...@vsnl.net)
--
நீங்கள் "சந்தவசந்தம்" குழுமத்தின் உறுப்பினர் என்பதால், இம்மடலைப் பெறுகிறீர்கள்:
இக்குழுமத்தில் மின்மடல் முகவரி: santhav...@googlegroups.com
இக்குழுமத்திலிருந்து விலக வேண்டுமெனில்,
santhavasanth...@googlegroups.com.
இன்னும் மேல் விவரங்களூக்கு அணுகவும்:
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Pas Pasupathy
May 19, 2010, 7:43:10 AM5/19/10
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2010/5/19 N. Ganesan <naa.g...@gmail.com>
இன்றைய ஹிந்து இதழில் முனைவர் பி.நடராஜன் அவர்களின் நூற்றாண்டு பற்றிய
பகுதியிலிருந்து:
"...An erudite scholar in English and Tamil, Dr. BN rendered great
works like Tirukural, Thirumanthiram and Tiruvundiar into English.
“Tamil can be truly glorified only by those who have mastered
English”
he would often say. He died on his 75th birthday in 1984..."
இன்னம்பூரான்
Thanks for mentioning the genius, Dr. B. Natarajan. Pollachi N.
Mahalingam
paid money to publish his translations into English. One such
is Tirumantiram translation publishd by Sri Ramakrishna Math,
Mylapore.
It is very tragic that nobody insisted or saw the need for having an Index for this Thirumanthiram book. Hence the Ramakrishna Math Book can not really be used.
(At least I am unable to use it.)
Tamil Publishing is still in a primitive stage.
What is the use of a 'poetry' book without an Index?
Pasupathy
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May 19, 2010, 8:46:59 AM5/19/10
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On May 19, 6:43 am, Pas Pasupathy <pas.pasupa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/5/19 N. Ganesan <naa.gane...@gmail.com>
>
> > இன்றைய ஹிந்து இதழில் முனைவர் பி.நடராஜன் அவர்களின் நூற்றாண்டு பற்றிய
> > பகுதியிலிருந்து:
> > "...An erudite scholar in English and Tamil, Dr. BN rendered great
> > works like Tirukural, Thirumanthiram and Tiruvundiar into English.
> > “Tamil can be truly glorified only by those who have mastered
> > English”
> > he would often say. He died on his 75th birthday in 1984..."
> > இன்னம்பூரான்
>
> > Thanks for mentioning the genius, Dr. B. Natarajan. Pollachi N.
> > Mahalingam
> > paid money to publish his translations into English. One such
> > is Tirumantiram translation publishd by Sri Ramakrishna Math,
> > Mylapore.
>
> It is very tragic that nobody insisted or saw the need for having an Index
> for this Thirumanthiram book. Hence the Ramakrishna Math Book can not really
> be used.
> (At least I am unable to use it.)
>
> Tamil Publishing is still in a primitive stage.
>
Yes. It is amazing to see the Indices published
in books edited by the great UVS.
Kalittokai, edited by I. Vai. Anantharamaiyar,
has a great Index too.
But yes, well indexed books in Tamil are a rarity.
NG
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