About Author and About the Book

About the author

Sri O.S.Subramanian is a Sourashtrian hailing from Madurai Hobula Family of Upamanyu Gothram. He is a Retired Manager of LIC of India. Presently he is the Honorary Director of Sourashtra Sabha Museum & Library, Madurai. He is also the Secretary of Sourashtra Vidya Peetam, Madurai. He is a Life Member of Dravidian Linguistics Association, Trivandrum and has attended its
several annual conferences.

He is closely associated with Dr. Uchida Norihiko of Kobe, Japan, since 1972 when he stayed in Madurai for two years while he was working as a Senior Fellow in Linguistics under the auspices of Annamalai University, Chidambaram.
He has assisted Dr. Uchida in bringing out ‘Oral Literature of Saurashtrans’ published in 1979. He has also assisted him in his compilation of ‘Saurashtra- English Dictionary’ published in 1990. He has edited Ramarai Ramayanu Part
I & II (1979 &1980) published by Sreshta Sourashtra Sahitya Sabha, Madurai.He has contributed many articles to the Sourashtra Groups in the Internet websites. Presently he has taken up the work of compiling the ENGLISH-SAURASHTRA Dictionary.

About the Book

This paper deals with the literary status of the Sourashtra Language spoken in Tamil Nadu. It highlights the literatures available in the form of Prose, Poetry and
Drama. The translation works include Ramayana, Bhagavath Gita, Thirukkural, Nauka Charitram and Geetha Govindam. It establishes the uniformity and the simplicity of Sourashtra Script. Already two foreigners Dr.H.N.Randle, Librarian, India Office, London and Dr. Uchida Norihiko of Kobe, Japan had studied this language and written articles and books. It is hoped that in future also many more Indian and Foreigners may come forward to make a comparative study of this language.