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a tamil I would like to meet.....
Sri: Unfortunately, I set the rules :-))))) So you have to pick one and only one. It is not easy sometimes, but that you have to pick either Kalki or Bharathi. ~GRS ps: If enough people participate I will collect the data and summarize it.

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Name one tamilian, from the past, you would love to meet.
Isn't 9-9-1899 before 12-31-1899? Or am I missing something there? Maybe my englipeechu is not that good. What I was trying to say is anyone born before the year 1900 AD.

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some thoughts on idol worship
No point getting frustrated. You brought in the discussions. If you don't like the replies, tough luck !!! GRS

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some thoughts on idol worship
Ah...thanks for making it personal. Well you have no idea if I understood or not. This is not about Kathy; I already said I have not attributed anything to her. My point is regarding people whom she cites - some of the Western people. I think it w…

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some thoughts on idol worship
Yes, yes, yes. I understand the difference. But just because the word has negative connotation out in the West, do you want us to bend over backwards to continue please them? Neither East nor West cultures should do such things. One of my friends w…

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Ancient migration
Kathie: Yes, one can work on the nuances; and probably discuss the significance of vigharams or murthis. But on the flip side; not all worshipers know, understand, believe or care about the background. In certain cases people do "idol worship&q…

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Christianity in India
What is "Kothu Vangal"? Seriously, I am curious to know this term. In the course of studing different types of arguments and fallacies I know some of the English terms; but I like to understand little bit more about this tamil phrase. I ha…

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Christianity in India
One clearly needs to make the distinction between institutions and people. The institution might be bad, but that does not make the people bad. For example let us take the recent global economic meltdown. It is clear the Investment Banks (a.k.a Wall…

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Ancient migration
Some of you might have already seen this: http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/ For those who have not, ensoy. It is history so nothing is "Vedavaakku"

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Ancient migration
All such corrections will have to be done slowly over the course of years; some of the Christians strongly correlate the history and their religion. One reason why they do not attach the word "mythology" to any of the biblical stories - th…

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Ancient migration
LoL. I agree and if I might say so you are preaching to the choir here. That is why I used the words "supposed to have been created".

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Ancient Migrations
If the arguments of some scholars hold good, then we will have to date some aspect of Indic culture even older than the Holocene period. Here is one set of arguments that talk about the Sarawathi river: http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id…

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How much of Indian History is Hindu History (North East)
Yes, there are certainly more reasons than just one reason for things to happen especially separatist movements. The foreign money that is flowing in for certain 'causes' does not augur good for helping the already plagued people. Be it t…

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Ancient Migrations
Dear Sri: I like to know the number of 4000 years that you use. Thanks. If my memory serves me right, I read that according to Christian scholars and dating of various lineages in the Bible, the earth was supposed to have been created around 4004 BC…

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ABCDs
While I will defer to the rest of the comments for now, as I am not even sure why they were in the first place. Let address the historic doubt that has been raised. The concept of invaders or AIT or people from Asia Minor has gone through different…

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How much of Indian History is Hindu History? (river sharing)
1. Rivers can be used as a weapon in long-drawn wars. And in wars, especially proxy ones, human rights are thrown out the window. 2. Discussing the rights of the people living in the upper & lower reaches of a river system can get very tricky. A…

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How much of Indian History is Hindu History?
I did not see the connection between 'Pazhamai' or 'Pazhasu', rituals, energy, Jainas, Buddhism, dharma etc. Can you elaborate the reason of your post as it is a reply to my post. BTW, Knowledge is Power only if one uses the kno…

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How much of Indian History is Hindu History?
But there is no denying that the Vedic system was formed in the current parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan and North-Western India. The system was refined as it spread towards J&K and the Indo-Gangetic plains. The spread of Vedic culture over the su…

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How much of Indian History is Hindu History?
I agree; such endeavors could give immense satisfaction and pose enough challenges too. We are all learners with varying interests and expertise; but one thing nobody would deny is that history (and even the future) is to a great degree is about con…

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What is the purpose of such emails? I don't get it. I agree with VJ, doesn't email for the sake of increasing the count create greater noise to signal ratio? You must have some ulNokkam :-))

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CJI INTERVIEWED BY NDTV VAIDHYANATHAN
Are we not stereotyping here by saying "unlike the north Indians" here implying that north Indians are not simple and only South Indians are?

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Did Jesus come to India? To do or Not to do.
Looks like you addressed this to me. As you know I neither started the thread nor have I posted anything to hurt other sentiments. My point is precisely what you said, it is tough to discussion religion without hurting others. GRS.

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Did Jesus come to India? To do or Not to do.
Since you bring the topic about Indian views on ahimsa and compassion; can you give us (or me) your perspective on what you think is the Indian views on ahmisa & compassion? nanri GRS

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history of mairrage
You are looking at just a few hundreds of years. Marriages gained societal acceptance well before the Mahabharata days (even conservative dating takes it to more than 4000 years ago) So are you curious about the concept of marriage per se or the ce…

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history of mairrage
Another way of looking at marriage is essentially a social consensus for two individuals to have sex. Whether it is one night stand or for their entire life. Rituals or ceremonies are just colorful additions. There are a bunch of books on the subje…

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history of mairrage
What do you mean by "only a few years now"? Are you talking in terms of centuries or millennia? It does not matter what types of marriages existed or are now. Humans have this blanket called "civilization" on us that suppresses …

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Research and its need
>>very good explanation sir.... Dank you dank you for the appreciation :-)))) While I urge research work, I have not discouraged "enjoying", correctA? Only because some do the research others can "enjoy" the fruits of labo…

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forensic archeology of noah's arc
It boils down to simple thing - moollah. Money. Organizations and individuals who have interest need money. Government and public enterprises might support them. But this would require more effort from the private space too - i.e. us individuals. …

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Did Jesus come to India?
You ask some very important and good question. But your frame of reference is Indian way of looking at things. So is for the Indian Christians. Unfortunately out in the West, some Churches simply can not accept that Jesus never existed or that he w…

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Did Jesus come to India?
Well some do not even believe in the "historicity" of Jesus. Some claim "Jesus" was modeled after some Roman Emperor; some claim "Jesus" is an amalgamation of different personalities from that period. Most of the "…

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