PROF.K.V.
THAMPY REMEMBERED
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| Kuriakose Mar Cleemis, Metropolitan of the Thumpamon diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Church, addressing the Prof. K.V. Thampy commemoration meet organised by the Kerala Union of Working Journalistsat the Press Club in Pathanamthitta on Tuesday. |
The contributions of Prof. K.V. Thampy, former head of the
Department of Malayalam at the Catholicate College here, to Malayalam language
and literature were immense, said Kuriakose Mar Cleemis, Metropolitan of the
Thumpamon diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Church.The Metropolitan was
delivering the keynote address at the Prof. K.V. Thampy commemoration meet
organised by the Kerala Union of Working Journalists at the Press Club hall Pathanamthitta on Tuesday,11th
June,2013.Mar Cleemis said Prof. Thampy, who passed away due to old age-related
illness at a private hospital at his home town of Mulanthuruthy on June 6, was
a multi-faceted literary personality who had no parallel in his field of
activity.
Addressing the meeting, V.K. Jayakumar, former Deputy Director
of Information and Public Relations Department, said Prof. Thampy’s Malayalam
translation of Khalil Gibran’s classic ‘Prophet’ was a unique literary work.V.K.
Ravivarma Thampuran, Malayala Manorama Assistant Editor; George Varghese
Koppara, Principal of Catholicate College; A. Gokulendran, former secretary of
Bookmark; Vinod Elakolloor, KUWJ district vice-president; S. Rajeevan and Venu,
social workers, also spoke.Sanu George Thomas, KUWJ district president,
presided over the function and Biju Kurien, secretary, welcomed the gathering.Prof.
Thampy had a long acquaintance with Pathanamthitta where he stayed for nearly
50 years, during his career as an academic and a journalist. He was leading a
retired life at a retirement home at Kandanad, near Mulanthuruthy, for the past
two years.
Prof. John Kurakar
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