The cause of Social Reform has received strong support from a recent decision of the Madras High Court in which a full bench consisting of Chief Justice Sir Arnold White, and Justices Miller and Munro ruled: "That a contract to make payment to a father in consideration of his giving his daughter in marriage is immoral and opposed to public policy within the meaning of section 23 of the Indian Contract Act."
I had to contend with one difficulty in printing this book. There are many sounds in the Spoken Dialect which are not represented in the Telugu Alphabet. In the present state of Telugu phonetics, I had to content myself with indicating such sounds by a horizontal line placed over the nearest symbols; and I employed the Ardhânusvara after a nasal వ. The creation of new symbols and their adoption into type can be effected only after a more widespread recognition of the Spoken Dialect.
My best thanks are due to Messers G. Ramaswami Chetty & Co., who cheerfully undertook to adopt my innovations, and did their part of the work to my entire satisfaction.
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"ELK HILL HOUSE," OOTACAMUND, 1st May 1909. |
G.V.A. |
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