Dear J,
Writer Nirmalya’s article, Siyamantakam, provided me with valuable insights. I came to know from it that Nitya Chaitanya Yathi wanted to make an inroad into the intellectual movement of Tamil Nadu. For that, he brought many literary figures and organized meetings at his ashram in Ooty. Nirmalya was present in all of them. Those efforts did not go well.
At that period, Nirmalya accidentally took you to Nitya Chaitanya Yathi. You have written that the moment you saw him, you accepted him as your teacher. He also accepted you as a student at that moment. You then took on the task of achieving what he had envisioned in Tamil.
Nirmalya had written that Nitya Chaitanya Yathi’s contribution was slightly greater in Tamil than in Malayalam. He had many students in Malayalam. Maybe you are the only one in Tamil. But today, various thinkers and writers declare that Nitya Chaitanya Yathi influenced them.
Your thoughts are also a continuation of Nitya Chaitanya Yathi’s insights. Everyone knows the profound influence it has had on Tamil culture. We can simply say it is a school of thought.
Upon reflection, it resembles a fable. It is like reading the story of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa-Vivekananda. You have achieved what your guru ordered you to.
The magic moment when he found you and you found him seems like something sacred.
J.R. Latha
Dear Lata,
He guided me to great activities and gave me the power to organize them. I don’t know if I have fulfilled what he intended. But until this minute, I have had unwavering motivation and action towards it. That is all I can do for him.
Jeyamohan
