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Comment by satish_arun September 2009 permalink
Intercaste marriage during chola period
Thats what we perceive or thats what we were told. No one knows for sure. The puranas talk of Siva submitting to Vishnu at one point of time and vice versa in another...So it was a healthy debate of sort to show that all gods are equal and puranas a…

Comment by satish_arun September 2009 permalink
Intercaste marriage during chola period
saivaites and vaishnavites were not different castes. Kalki himselves says in PS that in those days, the same family will have saivaites and vaishnavites together. One brohter can be a siva devotee and the other a thirumal devotee. I know of a famil…

Comment by satish_arun September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
Very interested topic Venkat. After wishing to read Ayn Rand for...what...almost 15 years....yes 15 years - started reading 'Atlast Shrugged' twice and was forced to stop exactly in the middle of th book for some reason or the other and g…

Comment by satish_arun September 2009 permalink
Kannappar
hmm...interesting read.... I have not read Dr.Zvelebil and I am not well versed in history. But I strongly belive (and concur with Ravi and Sampath) that without a fact, there is no myth (maybe as malathi said...myth has origin in some fact). Just b…

Comment by satish_arun September 2009 permalink
age of heroines
>>But one thing for sure is Kalki didnt have clear cut idea about the ages of his characters. Not exactly. Kalki did err (???) as in many other instances. mudal pagam - Puthu vellam - adyayam 14 - Arulmozhivarmar... AVM is introduced in PS f…

Comment by satish_arun August 2009 permalink
"thee midhi " and some reminisences at chidambaram
I remember watching a program in Discovery - Myth Busters - regarding this 'thee midhi'. They demonstrated that, if a person walks quickly, may be a sort of slow sprint on the burning charcoal, nothing happens..may be a few blisters but no…

Comment by satish_arun August 2009 permalink
Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peruvizha - Finally came out of beta
You never seize to amaze with your technical updates Thiru.. Wonderful work. I like the information layout. thanks for the wonderfu work. Satish

Comment by satish_arun August 2009 permalink
15.8 Meet - Evening Session
Really wonderful to hear all the news about the event. Missed the event very much. I was all along praying that people should not stay at home with the fear of swine flu and thank god my prayers were answered. Thanks to Ganesh Kumar, Dr.Kailasam, S…

Comment by satish_arun August 2009 permalink
Souvenir contributions :: Advt Tariff
Really things are getting exciting day by day. A great endeavor and definitely a milestone to our group. Wish the event a great success and hope more and more members participate and make the event a grand success. Am really going to miss this. Tal…

Comment by satish_arun July 2009 permalink
Maus: A Survivor's Tale

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Maus: A Survivor's Tale

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Maus: A Survivor's Tale

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Maus: A Survivor's Tale

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Maus: A Survivor's Tale

Comment by satish_arun April 2009 permalink
Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Malathy, I definitely cant argue with you and will not argue with you because of obvious reasons... but time and again its repeated that Jewish holocaust is the worst ever crime perpetrated on humans..... Please read Venkatesh's again...I h…

Comment by satish_arun April 2009 permalink
Ponniyin Selvan Audio vadivam

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Maus: A Survivor's Tale

Comment by satish_arun April 2009 permalink
SRI VENKATACHALAPATHY

Comment by satish_arun April 2009 permalink
Elections
In very similar lines....read this article http://election.rediff.com/report/2009/apr/16/loksabhapoll-sarathbabu-contests-from-south-chennai-constituency.htm This Sarathkumar is from my place, and the slum he belongs to is just a couple of streets…

Comment by satish_arun April 2009 permalink
Greetings

Comment by satish_arun April 2009 permalink
SRI VENKATACHALAPATHY
Balajinna summava.... whatever be the controversy....Tirupathi is the undisputable power of the kaliyuga...

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puthandu vazthu
anaivarukkum puththandu nalvaazhthukkal....

Comment by satish_arun April 2009 permalink
Moderation
Very true Venkatesh. And you missed to say that, he is the official sponsor of the official drink (Bovonto) and official Snack (grand sweets) of the group. Just kidding :) We can even say, SPS is the face of our group. Members who had chance to me…

Comment by satish_arun April 2009 permalink
Origins of Indian Food - II - Rossagolla
ah....my mouth is watering ....missing those delicacies. The description reminds me of Kovilpatti near Tirunelveli...famous for Karasev and kadalai barbi (burfi??)...all along the street, every house will have a small stall outside..with the same s…

Comment by satish_arun March 2009 permalink
Stars, Digambaras, etc.

Comment by satish_arun March 2009 permalink
Food in Ponniyin Selvan
naatram is actually smell...good smell... durnatram is bad smell. in our times we have changed tamil so much that we give different meanings to words than it actually meant.

Comment by satish_arun March 2009 permalink
Manimangalam Sri Kailashanathar Temple

Comment by satish_arun March 2009 permalink
Travelogue of Mahendravarman I cave temple trip
Wonderful writeup Ragothaman. Thanks a lot. i really am missing all these beautiful trips. Reading your travelogue, the one thing I missed most is the idlies from Venkatesh's house...The best idlies I have ever tasted in my life...his wife pr…

Comment by satish_arun March 2009 permalink
Vote for vj

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