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digging up important sites
Hi vijay 2 things which were unexplained were the shroud of the turin and the blood of san gerrano where the blood of a murdered saint remains solid for most of the year but on his birthday becomes blood like again http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…

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digging up important sites
-Hi remember the pharohs curses?? perhaps thats why when the mummy of rameses 2 was sent to france for some restorative work. it was received in paris with a gun salute because he had been a head of state. i think the burial place of RRc could …

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RKN
-Hi sujatha's cricket match story in srirangam brought me memories of malgudi cricket club. i am sure sujatha was influenced by narayan the best thing is the importance given to the owner of the bat or gloves. has happened in our lives t…

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Sati in PS and Chola times
Yes perhaps narayan was one writer i enjoy a wee bit more than kalki and the only novel i ever cried for was "The guide"- but that was long long ago that novel still gets a lump in my throat when I read it. recently when i read veenai ba…

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The Pallavas and the Pahlavas
Hi the parsees celebrated their new year last week. exactly the same day the persian new year was celebrated in iran. we had a strong persian immigration in 800- 900 ad in north india. but mostly traders and common men. and vijay this pahlavi d…

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Sati in PS and Chola times
My god malathi!!!!! hope you arent april fooling me. i thought both kamalas were the same. anyway it must be true and a blot on one of my heroes ' paint me wart and all' said cromwell but the images we have in our mind of our heroes ar…

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Sati in PS and Chola times
NO No Suneeta you got m wrong kali only wrote the fore word the translation was done by a person called krishnaswamy I guess of course r. narayan on vanthiyathevan would have been great. both their charecters would be down to earth and women mysteri…

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Sati in PS and Chola times

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Sati in PS and Chola times
Gosh so you are vVIP related malathi. 2 vips and my favourites. laksman and narayanan when rK. narayan was asked if he was related to r. k. lashman he said " distantly" then added I was the second son and he was the 7th the numbers may…

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Sati in PS and Chola times
Hi a link on the two writers againn http://www.thehindu.com/br/2007/06/19/stories/2007061950321400.htm

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Sati in PS and Chola times
Hi Suneeta a repost on the two geniuses R.K and kalki kalki and R.K narayan on Tue, Apr 10 2007, 10:40 IST hi Just glanced thro R.K Narayan- the early years by N.Ram and Susan Ram. noted that kalki and r.k narayan were in employment of SS…

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Sati in PS and Chola times
Hi thiyaga bhoomi was ananda vikadan days kalki exited by 1941. thiyaga bhumi was serialised in the late 1930's. venketesh

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Sati in PS and Chola times
Hi nice comparison. did you know kalki and r. k. narayan worked under the same boss at the same time once- the legendary s.s vasan venketesh

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PS Varalatru Peravai & International Cricket
Hi we had a long thread in the past where we discussed the lizard- the only reptile with a third eye.( an enlarged gland again) incidentally lizards are engraved on the roof of chidambaram and also the roof of the entry arch to sorgavasal in sri…

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Kandanmaran in Suranga paadhai
Hi sherlock holmes and ponniyin selvan Holmes fans refer to the period from 1891 to 1894 the time between Holmes' disappearance and presumed death in "The Adventure of the Final Problem" one woman poked doyle with an umbrell…

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Sati in PS and Chola times
I also know another lady who when her husband passed away opted to wear white , though her children were against it. Things are certainly blown out of proportion in movies to make matters " Cinematic" no. I differ. in urbanised popul…

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Sati in PS and Chola times
> > In Kalvanin Kathali, the heroin Kalyani is married to an old man > becomes a widow in a young age. this was another common thread in many of kalki's books a young woman marrying an elder man. starting from sembiyan madevi who …

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Sati in PS and Chola times
> In Kalvanin Kathali, the heroin Kalyani is married to an old man > becomes a widow in a young age. kalyani was the most revolutionary of all kalki's women. do you know in the first page she asks her lover " odi pokalaamaa?"…

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Kandanmaran in Suranga paadhai

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Sati in PS and Chola times
Hi Malathi great you seem to have answers for all the mythological questions. now lets get over with this surpanaka business? was she called meenakshi? venketesh

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MURAL PAINTINGS IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE
Hi we could ask ndtv arunachalam vaidyanathan on this venketesh

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Sati in PS and Chola times
kopperundevi?

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Kandanmaran in Suranga paadhai

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Sati in PS and Chola times
> > Kamba Ramayana in my humble opinion was greatly in > accordance with Kambar's times and had lot more > patriarchy/male dominance than the original. Do not > mean to deviate from PS. Sorry. dont you worry from deviating as l…

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Kalki and "Aahaa!" Expression
Hi another of his speciality words was 'allol kallOlam' to describe a confusionor hectic activity. venketesh

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Sati in PS and Chola times
Second is when Sundara chola passed away and Vanavan Madevi commits > Sati. there is a edict on this in thirukovilur(?) and it raised a supreme contreversy. vananvan madevi left her baby whom she was feeding to ascend her husband's funer…

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lions in south india
Hi vijay we should be also talking about the sinhalese, where there are more lions in mythology and history than any other culture. the sinhales ruling family is supposed to have descended from a lion. tropical lanka has had very little chance …

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Kandanmaran in Suranga paadhai
> Thanks for the reference and clarification. Nandini is still an enigma. > Sampath Hi sure she was for kalki himself > > Nandini was about to be thrown in the pyre by Ravidasan for not > protecting Veerapandiyan a scene like t…

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PS Varalatru Peravai - New Forum Site - An Experiment
Hi please do post your queries on PS, kalki's works and general history and historical literature. though most of us are not experts you will find very interesting theories thrown up as a response. the ensuing brain storming would certainly…

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Kandanmaran in Suranga paadhai
Hi SpS > > And could see member v suneetha's mails too ! > > Hi that was v. sumeetha, the one who translated PS much ahead of its printed version , whose work is on the net. V.Seneetha is a newer member I gues am I right? ve…

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