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Criticisms on PS
Hi one man's wine is another's poison the main reason kalki quit the employment under thiru vika was because as his biographer sunda said " couldnt cope with his karadu muradaana language' imagine a sub editor whose whole tim…

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Criticisms on PS
My question is this > What, if any, is the literary value of PS/SS? Hi Muthu you do raise thought provoking quesions. I think first you ought to define what a piece of literature is. if only the works of salman rushdie and vikram seth are co…

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Parthiban Kanavu
> > As per my info the movie was a few years in the making and was released only in 1960 and by then Sarojadevi had become a big star. Gemini Ganesan and Vyjayantimala appear quite young too. > saroja devi seems to have acted in maj…

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Parthiban Kanavu
Hi there is quite some evidence to beleive that kalki had finished parthiban kanavu when in the employment of vasan. but chose to hold on to the stroy till he started his own mag. like assistant directors offering their second best story to the…

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Parthiban Kanavu
Hi s what was she doing - a cameo role? she had acted in kalyana parisu as a heroine the year before I guess. venketesh

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Parthiban Kanavu
today I saw a small part of PK in pothigai kunthavai complaining to appar about poli sivanadiyar. anyone noticed the thozhi standing behind. it resembled saroja devi.

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Historical records - the charm of dwelling into the past
Hi I visited the Roja muthiah library today to do some research on pudukottai. there was this book called "The Pudukkottai State Manual " published by the brihadamba state press of kingdom of pudukottai. to my great joy i discovered tha…

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The reading habit - how you get progressively faster
-Hi when we type fast we do make such mistakes. we need not feel guilty any longer . thanks to vijay venketesh

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Kaviri Mainthan Book .
Hi I just followed kalki. a sequel should remind the reader in a subtel wayy of the first book. but then elephants have been woven as a tepestry with our royaly. an ordinary man became the king of pudukottai because he tamed an elephant that wen…

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Irwing Wallace
hi pillars of the earth by follet about the building of a cathedral in Kingsbridge (an ancient town located in Southern England). It is set in the middle of the 12th century, primarily during the time of war known as The Anarchy. Follett's…

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Mediaeval Manuscript Library at Chidambaram
> > if we can use metal detectors to to detect metals underneath floors > > or inside walls - usage of metal detectors is banned in many countries. however there are a lot of amatuer archeologists who go past hunting in europe. the …

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Irwing Wallace
Hi on the same note ken follet for all his books and historical ones especially pillars of the earth wilbur smith for his books on africa and especially egyptian history like river god set in a period 4000 years back clive cussler all of …

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Tiruvenkaadu
Hi intha madanai thiruneermalai pakkathla oru panai marathula katti vachu uthaikanum let me clarify thiruvalangadu- rathna sabhai ,thiruvallur district, karaikal ammaiyar fame. site of cosmic dance by shiva thiruvengadu- adi chidambaram, nagai…

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Irwing Wallace
> Another one is 'The Almighty' a great novel on Press bossism. > > more than the bossism its about a newpaper man creating news. like killing pesidents shooting popes stealing the dead sea scrolls etc mamooty acted in …

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Irwing Wallace
> 1. THE MAN : An American Negro becoming the President of the USA by > an "hitherto" unused provision of the Constitution and the > consequences; now with obama around it might become a reality > 2. THE PRIZE :: Rel…

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Irwing Wallace

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Irwing Wallace
Hi Wallace is a wonderful writer. I guess he takes twice as much time to research than write. but as a comple story my vote goes for the seventh secret. the concept was brilliant. the bunker below the no man land and the only ones having access t…

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Mediaeval Manuscript Library at Chidambaram
> Even if the palm leaf manuscripts have crumbled, we > could be able to salvage some fragments atleast, like > how they brought back the "gospel of Judas" by > reassembling fragments of a damaged manuscript. Hi Vk always tho…

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Mediaeval Manuscript Library at Chidambaram
-Hi Vk I think we need to discuss this again what is the shelf life of a panai olai? that is an important determinant here. venketesh

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who donated the gold for chidambaram
Hi chidambaram has always been connected with gold. legends of a king bathing in sivaganga and coming out with a golden halo, the swarna bairavar changing a copper coin daily night for the dhikshithars into gold etc should check devarams for ref…

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Tiruvenkaadu
Hi out of respect for karaikal ammaiyar I think either appar or sundarar refused to enter thiruvalangadu and sang from outsid the town. venketesh

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Tiruvenkaadu
Ennapaa madan eesanukku "pillai kari" samaithu pottaval thiruvengaattu nangai. (periya puranam) districtayE change pannukirai. venketesh

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Tiruvenkaadu
Hi thanks dhiwaker for recalling. my wife's grandfather built the (kal thirupani)budhan shrine and amman shrine ( hence many vidya names in their family) it happened in 1942 and a kalvettu on the entry of the amman shrine says so. during the …

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Tiruvenkaadu
sambanda visited it in 8th century ad only. but then in ramayana its reported that (" like shiva killed yama in swetharanya on the banks of kaveri......) need to check the real lines. but then when appar visited thiruvanmiyur in 8th century…

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Tiruvenkaadu
Thiruvidanthai this temple is close to chennai on the ecr close tocrocodile bank. a ps group ( sivaram sathish vk etc)visited this 3 months back. sivaram should be having the photos. RRC edicts were in the temple. varahar here and adi varhar in ma…

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Tiruvenkaadu
1. thiruvengadu is nearer to poompuhar 2. its the only existing temple that was mentioned in valmiki ramayan 3. swetha means white and aranyam means kaadu( ven- kaadu) 4. idol behind the amman temple holds a child in the hip. reportedly uma devi an…

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Catalogue of historical novels

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Catalogue of historical novels
Bharathi as a novelist chandrikaiyin kathai- an unfinished novel by subramanya bharathi even wrote a english book the fox with the golden tail( was it long enough to qualify as a novel) somebody has to tell venketesh

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Catalogue of historical novels
Hi the best would be to appoint co ordinators and mail to them or if anybody has a novel to add send a mail to the group with one specific title. (like HISTORIC NOVEL FOR LISTING) the co ordinator can pick it up. but I think the info will be a f…

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whre is paalaiyarai now ???????
with so many people asking about them and While we are on the database creation for novels we may create one for place names in history their locations and present names etc. we could start with Ps initially venketesh

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