a Tamil Scholar from Moscow State University.
“Tamil has the gravity of expression that is not present in any other language. Coming to Tamil Nadu is like returning home” said Alexander Dubianskiy, a Tamil Scholar from Moscow State University.
Dr. Dubianskiy is part of the Russian delegation that will be participating in the World Classical Tamil Conference. He was addressing media persons at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture here on Monday.
He first came to India in 1978, and had pursued research in Tamil at the University of Madras for nine months.
He has more than 100 publications to his credit which include a translation of classical Tamil poetry into Russian, and a book in Russian on Tamil poetry.
He has written essays on Tholkappiyam and Silapathikaram which he expects to publish soon.