After the likes of Kamal Haasan, GV Prakash, Suriya and Sivakumar, who all came forward to support the cause of creating a Sangam Tamil Chair at Harvard University, actor/producer Vishal has now donated Rs 10 lakhs for the same.
Speaking about the cause, he said, “When the Ukrainian language spoken by three crore people, and the Celtic language spoken by one-and-a-half crore people have Chairs at the prestigious Harvard University, (which has been functioning for more than 380 years) — Tamil, one of the classical languages of the world which has ancient literature dating back to 300 BC, and spoken by eight crore people — should have one too! Other languages like Sanskrit, Hebrew also have Harvard Chairs.” One may recall the Tamil Nadu government recently sanctioned Rs 10 crores for the Tamil Chair at Harvard varsity.
The Thupparivaalan star also urged Tamilians all over the world to contribute generously for the cause, since a sum of Rs 23 crores more is needed to achieve the target of '40 crores. Meanwhile, actor-turned-politician Karunas has contributed Rs 1 lakh for the cause on behalf of the Mukkulathor Puli Padai party.
