[INDOLOGY] Cre-A Ramakrishnan passes away

[Robert Zydenbos]

This is very saddening. I first met Ram on my very first trip to India, back in 1979. Our contact lessened in later years because I shifted away from Tamil towards Kannada studies (his consort Jayalakshmi gave me my first Kannada novels, and I still have the congratulatory telegram he sent me – in the pre-internet age – when I got my doctorate), yet I owe him a great deal, mainly indirectly, but importantly. He was a highly supportive, exemplarily open-minded, enthusing person, and he will indeed be sorely missed.

Robert Zydenbos



> On 21. Nov 2020, at 02:28, Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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> I am very sad to hear this news.  I worked with Ramakrishnan in the context of the work of Jim Nye and others in founding the Roja Muthiah Research Library in the 90s.  He was a brilliant person, brimming with intelligence, opinions, and energy.  He did so much for Tamil language, culture and Indian culture as a whole.  He will be missed, indeed.
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> My condolences to his other friends here,
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> Dominik
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> On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 at 11:13, Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
> Some members of the list may be interested in this sad news.
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> https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2020/nov/17/veteran-tamil-publisher-lexicographer-cre-a-ramakrishnan-dies-at-75-2224494.html <https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2020/nov/17/veteran-tamil-publisher-lexicographer-cre-a-ramakrishnan-dies-at-75-2224494.html>
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> The Indian edition of Early Tamil Epigraphy by Iravatham Mahadevan was published by Cre-A.
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> Regards,
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> Palaniappan
> 

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Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos / ಪ್ರೊ. ಡಾ. ರೊಬೆರ್ತ್ ಜೆಯ್ದೆನ್ಬೊಸ್
Institut für Indologie und Tibetologie
Department für Asienstudien
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Deutschland




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