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Men's mind set about women's self-respect
Dear SPS sir, Will definitely keep an eye out for those books.
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September 2008
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Men's mind set about women's self-respect
Madan, I think Mysore is cosmopolitan more because of the fact that it is a University town. As for Chennai, a Mangalorean lady at work told me that when she had gone to Chennai a few years back as part of a college group, she was amazed at the ogg…
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September 2008
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Men's mind set about women's self-respect
Dear Venketesh, This group is not really typical of the average Tamilian I think. If only our state could be the way this group is.. where women are treated with respect.. their opinions listened to etc. I think there is still a tendency in our sta…
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September 2008
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Men's mind set about women's self-respect
Hi Madan, Oh nice to know you are in Bangalore too :) Well, you might well be right about actual kannadigas in which case I would be very disappointed. The thing is, even in a small town like Mysore, I have seen girls walk by in all sorts of dresse…
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September 2008
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Men's mind set about women's self-respect
Ok.. as a tamilian.. I think Tamizh Nadu is probably the MOST male chauvinistic of the four southern states. Having lived in TN and now living in Bangalore.. there is a marked difference in the way women are treated. In spite of all talk of the &quo…
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September 2008
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Mahabharat Visuals - NTR as Krishna
Duryodhana's son Lakshmana was married to Balarama's daughter.. not Krishna's IIRC.
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September 2008
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Mahabharat Visuals - NTR as Krishna
Yes.. he does this when he sees Arjuna getting despondent on seeing Bheeshma's prowess, and questioning whether anyone can defeat him. To bring him to his senses, Krishna takes out his Chakra and says that he will kill Bheeshma. only for Arjuna…
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September 2008
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Quiz on Draupadi
continuing on these interesting lines, I saw a play (I forgot written by who.. possibly a Kannada writer) .. the play was in English and was about Gandhari.. contrary to popular belief that Gandhari tied the bandage around her eyes to share her husb…
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August 2008
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mythological quiz
Oops.. i remembered.. Vaideha was the country... hence Vaidehi! Arun
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August 2008
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mythological quiz
3: Kubera 2: Mandavi (mandovi) . Also I think Shatrughna's wife was Shruthakirthi. 1: hmmm good question... no idea! Arun
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August 2008
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: Messages from New members / Silent members
Dame? Arun
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August 2008
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Indus Valley Scripts found in TN
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August 2008
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India in 1835....
Thank you Priya!
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August 2008
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Ravana Vs Rama - Dravidian Vs Aryan
Vairam asks "Why did Kamban introduce such conflict of cultures in his work? " Maybe because there was no such divide in those times? After all the Aryan invasion theory is a modern construct...
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July 2008
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sivagamiyin sabatham
Ok I am a guy and I generally don't like "Chick-flicks" or "chick-books" but SS is nothing like that. IMHO, SS is Kalki's finest historical novel, far better than his PS. PS has many contrived situations, some confused …
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May 2008
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R2I!
Thanks Malathi :) Well not really into the "pub" scene.. but I think music-wise we can get a healthy blend of a number of different genres of music. Shall keep the "safety" aspect in mind!
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April 2008
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R2I!
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April 2008
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R2I!
*grin* wow.. some quite scary emails there.. However,. Bangalore is my favourite city in India (despite the increased pollution, traffic etc) because I believe it is the most cosmopolitan of cities. Having grown up in different places in India, I fi…
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April 2008
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R2I!
Thanks SPS sir and Humble..!
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April 2008
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iniya puthandu vazhthukkal
Ravi, You mention " if DK was not there, the rampant practices of casteisum would have deteriorated the country". Having lived outside Tamil Nadu for the majority of my life I can say with some degree of confidence that TN is probably one …
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April 2008
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Web - World
Malathi, My 2 paise (way lower than 2 cents you see :)) was not about "sensational news" or about "Gossip". Rather it was about expressing views on any and all issues.. say such as the caste "crap" etc. People have opin…
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April 2008
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Web - World
For what it's worth.. here is my 2 paisa worth: I believe that this group has a collection of individuals which is quite rare to encounter in other groups. I do believe that the people here are mature enough to discuss anything in the proper s…
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April 2008
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breakthro in migration concept
I agree.. I think what I failed to realize and what struck me only after someone pointed it out here is that archaeologists work on much smaller time scales compared to evolutionary biologists :) However, from a cultural standpoint, even finding a…
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April 2008
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breakthro in migration concept
Dear Ragothaman, You too?:) (Please call me Arun btw). I agree with what you have written. My point was that (and here I agree with Richard Dawkins) is that in a sense our bodies are vehicles for the genes. Hence, we could build hapmaps using any …
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April 2008
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breakthro in migration concept
Rahul, All it means is that I am not a real biologist :) like Bhuvana. I use computer models, mathematical techniques and algorithms to study biological systems unlike say Bhuvana who would be carrying out experiments in the lab. We are poor cousins…
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April 2008
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breakthro in migration concept
Satish, As I mentioned, there is no one single person all of us can trace back to. We can always go back further in time and trace each of our genes to different individuals. Hence, to me, all this talk of one single ancestor 70,000 years ago is jus…
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April 2008
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breakthro in migration concept
Nice explanation Bhuvana... I liked the analogy with the software code.. very apt! I am on the computational side of things btw (computational biologist).
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April 2008
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breakthro in migration concept
Dear Venketesh, It just happens to be what we work on .. so no big deal in knowing something in that. What you guys know in the field of history and everything else is amazing... The reason for my long silence is mainly because I realized I would l…
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April 2008
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breakthro in migration concept
Thanks SPS Aiyya. Hope things are fine.. have been quite busy and also lurking :) Didn't want to intrude into some rather erudite discussions where I couldn't have contributed much. Thought it better to shut up and learn from the more know…
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April 2008
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breakthro in migration concept
Hi Venketesh, Certain genes can be traced to certain populations. A common example is the gene for *haeomophilia* that affects males in the British and related Royal families. This can act as a marker gene since it is inherited as part of mitochond…
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April 2008
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