Kurincippattu (Tamil: குறிஞ்சிப்பாட்டு ) is a Tamil poetic work in the "Pathinenmaelkanakku" anthology of Tamil literature, belonging to the Sangam period corresponding to between 100 BCE – 100 CE.
 "Kurincippattu" contains 261 lines of poems in the "Achiriyappa" meter.
 "Kurincippattu" tells the story about the love affair between the hero and the heroine.
 The poems were written by the poet Kapilar.
 An ancient note at the end of this poem notes that Kapilar wrote this to explain the beauty of Tamil poetry to a north Indian king names Brhadatta.
Venba ("" in Tamil) is a form of classical Tamil poetry.
 Classical Tamil poetry has been classified based upon the rules of metric prosody.
 Such rules form a context-free grammar.
 Every venba consists of between two and twelve lines.
The Jaffna Tamil dialect is a Tamil dialect that is native to the Jaffna Peninsula and it is also the primary dialect used in the entire North of Sri Lanka.
 The Jaffna Tamil dialect has very similar intonation to Malayalam ( Kerala in India) and therefore it is sometimes mistaken for Malayalam, when it's heard spoken in Tamil Nadu.
 Although, audibly, quite distinct from the spoken Tamil dialects of Tamil Nadu, it nevertheless shares the same standard written Tamil as in Tamil Nadu.
 If anything one could argue that the formal/ written Tamil is somewhat based on the Jaffna Tamil dialect as it was formulated and pioneered by the Jaffna Hindu Pundit Arumuga Navalar.
 He was much celebrated as the father of modern Tamil prose.
Laxman Mahadeo Chitale, (1892-1960) was an Indian architect, author and one of the first Indian associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
 He was the architect of several landmark buildings in India such as the Life Insurance Corporation of India building, Chennai, Ram Mohan Palace, Kochi which was once the seat of the High Court of Kerala, Subramania Bharati Monument, Ettayapuram, Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Adyar and the Reserve Bank of India building, Nagpur.
 The Government of India honoured him in 1957, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.
The Sri Lankan Tamil dialects or Ceylon Tamil dialects form a group of Tamil dialects used in the modern country of Sri Lanka by Sri Lankan Tamil people that is distinct from the dialects of modern Tamil spoken in Tamil Nadu and Kerala states of India.
 Tamil dialects are differentiated by the phonological changes and sound shifts in their evolution from classical or Old Tamil (300 BC - 700 CE).
 It is broadly categorized into three sub groups: Jaffna Tamil, Batticaloa Tamil and Negombo Tamil dialects.
 These dialects are also used by ethnic groups other than Tamils such as Sinhalese people, Sri Lankan Moors and Veddas, who consider them to be distinct.
 These dialects are not mutually intelligible with Indian Tamil Dialects, which some of the native speakers consider to be a separate language.
Thirukutrala Kuravanji is a form of Tamil poetry.
 The author of this poetry is Thirigudarasapa Kavirayar.
 This poetry was written around 1600 - 1700 CE. "
"Kuravanji"" is a famous folk dance drama which is fine blend of classical and folk art.
 Thirukutrala Kuravanji is a poetry written with Kutralanathar as the Hero.
 Kutralanathar is the Lord Shiva deity present in the temple at Kutralam, a waterfall near the Tirunelveli town of southern India.
 The Kuravanji poetry is written with specific sections and arrangements.
 The most famous section is the "Kurathi" songs in praise of the richness and beauty of her land and the hero of the Poetry.
 "Kurathi" is a native Tamil women of a specific clan well versed in fortune telling, they had lived during the period of this poetry in the highlands of Tamil Nadu.
In Our Translated World: Contemporary Global Tamil Poetry is a bilingual (Tamil and English) anthology of Tamil poetry.
 This collection contains poems by 78 Tamils, of whom 21 are women.
 The authors are from many countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Australia and Europe.
 Similarly, their backgrounds and experiences are diverse, described as being "women and men, young and old, Hindu, Muslim and Christian”.
The Vaṭṭeḻuttu alphabet, also spelled Vattezhutthu (literally "rounded script", Tamil: வட்டெழுத்து , "vaṭṭeḻuttu ", ] ; Malayalam: വട്ടെഴുത്ത് "vaṭṭeḻuttŭ ") is an abugida writing system originating from the ancient Tamil people of South India.
 Developed from Tamil-Brahmi, Vatteluttu is one of the three main alphabet systems developed by Tamil people to write the Proto-Tamil language, alongside the ancient Grantha or Pallava alphabet and the Tamil script.
 The syllabic alphabet is attested from the 6th century CE to the 14th century in present-day Tamil Nadu and Kerala states of India.
 It was later supplanted by modern Tamil script and Malayalam script.
 Vaṭṭeḻuttu replaced Tamil-Brahmi for writing Tamil after the 2nd century CE.
 This rounded form of writing was also used in Kerala to write in Tamil as well as in proto-Malayalam and Malayalam language.
 Currently, Malayalam uses the Malayalam script.
 Inhabitants of Kuccaveli, located north of Trincomalee, used the Vaṭṭeḻuttu script between the 5th and 8th centuries, attested to on rock inscriptions found there.
 Inscriptional records in Tamil date from 300 BCE to 1800.
 Grantha was an alphabet in which extra letters were created specifically for Sanskrit words.
 It was also a modified form of Tamil script to write Sanskrit granthas or books.
 In Tamil, many of the letters which are found in Sanskrit do not exist.
Professor A. Dakshinamurthy born in Neduvakkottai, Mannargudi Taluk, Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India in 1938 is an Indian Presidential Award winning Tamil scholar, a writer, and a translator of ancient, medieval and modern Tamil literature into English.
 He is a pioneer in the field of translation of Classical Tamil works.
 He has given complete and faithful English translation of 19 ancient classical Tamil literature for the very first time in history between the period of 1999-2012.
 He has translated 13 of the 18 Sangam Classics belonging to Patiṉeṇmēlkaṇakku division and 6 books belonging to the Patiṉeṇkīḻkaṇakku division.
 He gave the first complete translation of the Sangam anthology Akananuru and the six Akam books belonging to the Patinenkilkanakku division.
 He is also a pioneer in propagating the works of poet Bharathidasan through translation.
 He has the credit of translating, seven works of poet Bharathidasan all for the first time.
 He has authored several Tamil books on the history and culture of Tamil Nadu.
 He is the author of two books of commentaries to Sangam classics.
 He obtained his PhD in Tamil in 1988 from the University of Madras.
 Having served as a teacher for 33 years in various institutions in Tamil Nadu, he retired in 1996 as the principal of the Senthamizh Arts College, Madurai Tamil Sangam, Madurai.
Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati, also known as Bharathiyar (11 December 1882 – 11 September 1921) was an Indian writer, poet and journalist, and Indian independence activist and social reformer from Tamil Nadu.
 Popularly known as "Mahakavi Bharati", he was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry and is considered one of the greatest Tamil literary figures of all time.
 His numerous works were fiery songs kindling patriotism and nationalism during the Indian Independence movement.

Question: The pioneer of modern Tamil poetry was an associate of what organization?
Answer: Royal Institute of British Architects