September 17, 2009

Remembering Thenkatchi Ko Swaminathan

I don’t know for how many years that we kept listening to his “Indru Oru Thagaval” through AIR Chennai (If my memory serves me right, it was at 7:40 am or something). In fact I had a Social Studies teacher who used to discuss about his “Indru Oru Thagaval” in class. Unfortunately or fortunately, at that time, many of my classmates were from the North and in her class we used to discuss as well as translate Swaminathan’s thagavals for them. We had been hearing the programme for so long that we were able to spot the “repeats” within a minute after it started.

I remember longing to see the face behind that wonderful voice for such a long time and used to keep asking my dad to take us to meet him. I don’t remember when I first saw him on TV. But he looked a lot different than how I imagined him to be. I have seen him in SUN TV only a couple of times. He will be one of those guys that will be remembered.

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  1. Yes, I also listened his radio and tv sessions. Such a simple person. May his soul rest in peace..

    Comment by Subbaraman — September 19, 2009 @ 8:38:15 AM

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