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Vattara vazhakku in ancient songs
Dear Shankar Paiya...Vellana....Villakku are all used very commonly by village folk in the thnajavur district...I am amazed that these are actually chaste tamil words.. mannin maanbu! Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not liv…
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March 2010
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The Colas By K.A.N.Sastri
Dear SPS Madras University and Madras Ventinary College stood their ground when Madras Medical College became Chennai Medical College due to political ambitions of a few! However that has been reverted and Madras Medical College stands proudly 17…
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March 2010
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Write a Historical Novel Program
Dear Sundar Krishnan and SPS I think it brings us back to the discussion we had earlier. May I suggest the following abstract storyline...ThE AO prequel... The Cholas left fleeing from the Pandyas but are still living the the same state as 800…
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March 2010
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Pallava Cave Temple at Thiruchirappalli Rockfort - Lalitankura Pallavesvara Griham|
Dear Shankar I am not sure if Paranjothi was a brahmin...atleast not according to Kalkis SS Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, In…
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March 2010
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Veera pandiyan MAY NOT be Nandhini's father
Dear SPS Kalki plays with the fact very cleverly...He claims Vikrama Kesari was young during Parantaka's time end of his regime and with Kandirathitha's regime lasting only a short span ...he served Parantaka II Considering the time diff…
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March 2010
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Dear Vairam Belated Birthday wishes Kind Regards Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest again, I shall not live in vai…
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March 2010
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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] Where it all began in South India - Stone Circles| கல்தோ
Dear Shash Thats a nice view point Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickin…
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March 2010
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Maruthu pandiyarkaL
Dear Satish I agree with you his sword and dress are ginormous (something which I picked from my 5 year old apparently gigantic and enormous!) The swords might have been longer to aid battle from horse and camel The dress we see is two dimentiona…
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March 2010
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Is it true or superstitious???
Dear Narasmihan We cannot compare the Madras Presidency of 1901's population to RJCs empire. The demographics were different there was polygamy people had more children as they knew they would die in battles and diseases Sri If I can s…
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March 2010
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Is it true or superstitious???
Incidentally ChndraGupta Maurya is said to have fielded Chandragupta fielded an army of 600,000 men and 9,000 war elephants (Pliny, Natural History VI, 22.4 against Selucus Nikator so the man power was not an issue Sri If I can stop on…
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March 2010
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Is it true or superstitious???
Dear Jeevan Pardon my ignorance...what are you getting at? Is it the number? Is it the achievement?Is it the maritime achievent? what is it you do not believe? You can sight GenchizKhan Timurlane Alexander Hannibal as examples...did they susta…
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March 2010
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field trip of second batch- Nurse
Dear All Interesting discussions Sushrutha is said to be the father of surgery ...plastic surgery even as cutting off the nose was a common punishment...aka soorpanagai....he used to apply jaggery or honey to the cut sides fix them together and ge…
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March 2010
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G U R U
Dear SPS Is the Guru in that list not the teacher! Its not the preacher! Unfortunately people confuse between the two Kannadasan talks beautifully in his Arthamulla hindu madam Child only know Mother (Madha) Thai kaatinal Thandai Th…
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March 2010
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happy birthday
Dear Kathie Many more happy returns of the Day Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain. …
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March 2010
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Watch Sun TV - 16/Feb/2010 @ 2230 hrs IST
Dear SPS I was fortunate to watch it as one of my friends phoned to and said Sri Sun TV paru theres something on PeriaKoil... It was good to create awareness and clarify myths.... I have a big bone to pick....If the Nijam producers cannot dist…
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sridhar_rathinam
February 2010
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HERITAGE CLUBS in TN - Joint effort
Dear SPS Excellent news Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson …
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sridhar_rathinam
February 2010
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AO - Cannibal Holocaust
Dear Dhiwakar I think you have hit the nail on the head! Just reading about the synopsis made my bile rise ...It surely must have influenced Selvaraghavans story line Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I ca…
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sridhar_rathinam
February 2010
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Modern Day Marcher
Dear Muruganandam Thanks for sharing it good luck to this mordern day marcher Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest ag…
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sridhar_rathinam
February 2010
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thiruvaiyaru - aram valartha nayagi - vishnu
Dear Dhiwakar Thanks for that...The common belief is Thiruvaiyaru is called so because it is nestled among 5 rivers Kollidam Kaveri Vennaru Vettaru and Kudamuritti A similar analogy exists in the Isle of Man They claim you can see from t…
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February 2010
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சேரர் கோட்டை
Dear Swarna It is vaialble in the varalaaru website itself Rajakesari http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=294 Paisasam http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=293 Thiru would it make sense to dd these on our homepa…
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February 2010
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சேரர் கோட்டை
Actually Sivaram Though it was published before Serar Kottai....It is the sequel to Serar Kottai Swarna LAkshmi I would also recommend you to read Paisasam by gokul which again is a very fast paced thriller Sri If I can stop one heart from …
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February 2010
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Chola street in Singapore and Malasiya
Dear Selvaraj Thats very interesting...The chulia link to Chian has vbeen described by others as well Sandilyan used that in his Kadal Pura where he based it on claims that Chulia was in the Chinese Emperors court as Chola Emperors emmissiory SRi…
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February 2010
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Pictures of Ponniyin Selvan
Dear senthil they are beautiful but the firt picture of the girl on the boat is Poonguzhali not Mandhakini! Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one f…
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February 2010
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HISTORY - as a subject while studying
Dear GRS the original mail was posted in Agathiyar and Dr Jaybee quized us all about the way it was weighed... Search the archives Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool o…
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January 2010
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HISTORY - as a subject while studying
Dear GRS North India is part of us but All we are asking is ..Give us due credit as well..The Cholas were called the Phoenicians of the East...The roman empire moaned about losing all their wealth to the pandiya pearls and chera spices!! Do our In…
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January 2010
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PS group and Moderation
That was quick..Thanks..Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson To:…
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January 2010
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Dear Kathie I am not sure if Noor Inayat Khan was as famous as Mata Hai...Ofcourse I know Mata Hari...but it did something looking at the Indian tricolour in Dachua...call me a sentimental old fool.........But I totally agree with you...Mankind has…
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January 2010
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Another Earth ?
Dear Kathie They probably have a buddist explanation as tHailand was buddist Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest ag…
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January 2010
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PS group and Moderation
Dear Kathy Pardon my ignorance what does Injamaven mean....please please dont embarass me with a lovely fine tamil xplanation Sri If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pa…
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January 2010
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How much of Indian History is Hindu History (North East)
Dear Kathie its really timely you clarify about Hitler....Two days ago was the Rememberance of Aushwitz day Remembering what man kind did to man kind... Having been to Aushwitz .....It was really bad to see the place...But I guess I could sto…
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sridhar_rathinam
January 2010
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