CHENNAI: Union Communications Minister A Raja released a postage stamp on Tamil daily 'Dinamalar’s founder T V Ramasubbaiyer on Sunday.
The stamp was released by the department of post and telegraph to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Ramasubbaiyer. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi who received the stamps from Raja said,”This is an event where the Indian postal department pays its respect to a great journalist. One elder journalist (Karunanidhi) is paying his respects to another (Ramasubbaiyer) and we are happy that the Central Government has acted as a bridge for this.”
Karunanidhi praised Ramasubbaiyer for his works for various social and political reasons. He also attributed the amalgamation of Kanyakumari district with Tamil Nadu to his efforts and said, “It is said in Ramasubbaiyer’s biography that he advised Bakthavatsalam (former chief minister of Tamil Nadu) on Kanyakumari.
The DMK leader said, “The relationship between this paper (Dinamalar) and me is a long one and not limited to this event. I read this paper everyday and the work that Ramasubbaiyer has left behind is being carried on well.”
Dinamalar editor and son of Ramasubbaiyer, R Krishnamurthy, described him as a person concerned only about public interest. “My father started the newspaper to give voice to the Travancore Tamil Congress, which was trying to amalgamate Tamil-speaking regions of the then Travancore state (now Kerala) with Tamil Nadu,” he added.