Laalgudi Saptarishi Ramamirtham (Laa. Sa. Raa.) is no more. No more in the form which we always like him to be. He chooses the form which he always likes to present himself - abstract, simple, mysterious, magical, esoteric, loving, affectionate, strong, supple, beautiful, orphic, silent and invisible.
He passed away on October 30, 2007 at the age of 91 (on his 92nd birthday). I came to know about this from Thinnai. It is a shame that I came to know after so many days. I do not know if I have to blame myself for not reading the news with enough attention or the present state of media. It is a personal literary loss to me. I always wanted to meet him. I even called up his home few years back and checked with one of his family members if it was possible to meet him. I was told about his fragile health and asked if it would become an interview. I said it could never become an interview. It might rather become a visit with not even one question asked or one sentence exchanged. But.. But.. the visit never materialised. Meeting Laa. Sa. Raa has joined the list of things-not-done-and-cannot-do-anymore. 
But wait!!! Meeting Laa. Sa. Raa is meeting his words!!
No!
Meeting Laa. Sa. Raa is meeting his words and going beyond them to see what he conveys.
Going beyond them to see what he communicates.
Going beyond them to meet ourselves finally.
1. Dhalavai Sundaram's interview with Laa. Sa. Raa in 2002 (in Tamil)
2. Photo courtesy: Thinnai and Dhalavai Sundaram's Blog
3 comments:
The Hindu did report on October 31, 2007. How the news of our interests slipped away from our (in)attention.
Dear shencottah..
It's a shame this news has not created any ripples in the media, that be print or multimedia..whatso ever be.
The Hindu and some Tamil dailies gave just a few lines for a person whose contribution for the language and for that matter to the humanity can not be measured.
Dear Manikandan,
Your words are indeed true. Imagine how informative and appropriate it would be if many articles, reviews, biographical sketches, achievements, etc had been published. But we have to create that world within us.
Thanks for expressing your feelings.
- Shencottah
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