Disclaimer: Before you jump to any conclusion, read till the end of this post. My intentions are to give a glimpse of the past.
Recently, I came across a book titled “A classified collection of Tamizh proverbs” by Reverend Herman Jensen [1, 2]. This book was published in 1897. Yes, that’s long time back! In total there are 3644 proverbs cataloged, classified on various subjects numbering to about 300.
Reverend Herman Jensen was part of the Danish Missionary in Madras presidency. He arrived in 1887 and worked in Arcot, Ranipet, and Sallasapet (?) [3]. He left back to Denmark by 1899 [4]. In the preface, he identifies what Indians do in a regular conversation.
I had already perceived that the Indians could hardly tell a story without introducing some proverbs into it.
Hmmm….I am going to observe that in others from now on. 🙂
Proverbs give an insight into the…
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