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Churchill
Unfortuantely it was because once we won our freedom, the Elite decided to throw away our past traditions to set out a path totally set by the West. Our nation hence with one swoop was left without a national character or vision. Nehru actually trie…

Comment by intellisurfer September 2009 permalink
my dinner invitations
I disagree. Dinner, and all meals have been traditionally a family affair. Depending on the household the kids and women folk would eat just before or after the males eat. Only in the recent decades, with the advent of TV and busy life style we hav…

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what book are you reading now?
A. I stumbled upon this book quite accidentally; and this is going to be one of my favorite books of all times. Dharma : The Categorial Imperative Edited by Ashok Vohra, Arvind Sharma and Mrinal Miri, D.K. Print World, 2005 http://www.vedamsbooks.…

Comment by intellisurfer September 2009 permalink
Gandhi statues
Gandhi was as much of a product of India as a product of British and the West. Hence the West is enamored with Gandhi.

Comment by intellisurfer July 2009 permalink
Tamil-Brahmi script found in village - very imp find
>>>>>called the discovery of Tamil-Brahmi script "very important" because it had been found in a remote village and goes to show that literacy had spread to even far-flung villages during the early Christian era. Any specia…

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
Study on History & Culture
SPS and Virarajendra: The interest and reason for me to keep digging this subject is I read elsewhere somebody asking the following: {I quote directly} "Where are the tamil inscriptions in stone on the western shores...where are the ruins of …

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Ancient Glass making furnace and glass beads at Palani
Thanks for the explanation. But does that matter? Ever since N.Ram took over the reigns at the Hindu, it has gone downhill. But that is a different subject matter. I grew up reading that newspaper, and was little sad to see it leaning towards an ide…

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Ancient Glass making furnace and glass beads at Palani
Dear SPS: Can you elucidate the differences in the reporting style for people like me; and the point you are making? In future it will help us to discern better.

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Study on Kerala History & Culture
So why don't we have much information before the 8th or 10th Century AD? How much literary or archaeological evidences do we have say from 1AD to 10th Century?

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
cheras of old kerala
Yes language is a sensitive issue. There are tamilian who will be irked when someone tells them tamil has a degree of sanskritzation. In fact the South has imbibed several things from the North, vice versa. Discounting the fringe theories, it can be…

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
cheras of old kerala
Some of the Keralites seem to have the opinion that the migration from North happened through Kerala; and that the Vedic philosophies were established in Tamil Nadu from Kerala. Some tamilians have a habit of reminding Keralites that Malayalam orig…

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
PS Drive ..is it possible?
Ravi: Here is another idea: Toys and games. For boys: Male characters from PS - with all swords and war instruments. For girls: Lady characters from PS - the ability to dress them up in different clothes, hair dressing, lipstick etc etc. Kids: Mem…

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
PS Drive ..is it possible?
The efforts should be made at different levels: 1) Full 1.a) English - for non-tamil readers 1.b) Tamil - for tamil readers 1.c) Other languages - translation in other languages. 2) Abridged 2.a) English, 2.b) Tamil, 2.c) Other languages 3) Comic…

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age and ponniyin selvan
I had never read any of Ayn Rand's books. One day I was going to read it, but Michael Shermer poured water on my aims.

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
age and ponniyin selvan
I asked this earlier in this group, I ask again :-))))))))))))))) Is there an online English translation available? Project Madurai's one was not complete when I last checked.

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
Ponniyin Selvan Movie Trailer
This post is not to tell them how to do their job, this is to share my thoughts with other members. Being a professional company, I am sure they no more about making movies than me. My criticisms are not from the view point of PS fan. Any movie has…

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
The great Significance of Kodungallur of Kerala
Virarajendra: No, that URL or website was not part of your references and has nothing to do with your essay. I used it to double checking your citations. For example I could verify the 2 references in Mahabharatam, but did not see the Ramayanam one.…

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
Ponniyin Selvan Movie Trailer
I do not know the expertise of the people who created this, but it is not very impressive. Watching the trailer reminded me of reading the first few pages of PS. The attention to detail is very good, and probably that could become the weakness too.…

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
The great Significance of Kodungallur of Kerala
I checked the following website: http://sacred-texts.com/hin/rys/rys4041.htm And I did not see any refernce in Book IV, Chapter 41 to Chola or Kerala. Is there some online reference for your references?

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
Groups vs Forums
Yes, I have seen that before. But it is not actively used as a discussion forum. All the messages posted here appear there. Am I correct? If I recall it does appear on some search engine results. ~grs

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
Indian authors in English
Nice to see another RKN fan here. After Tom Sawyer's pinning, I thought Chandran's pining for his lady love in 'The Bachelor of Arts' as the best. In fact I would rate that book one of the best ever book I read. It takes you int…

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
an interesting study on Kumbakonam - with map of chola pierod

Comment by intellisurfer June 2009 permalink
TN inhabited by people dissimilar to Tamils in pre-historic times
But that is just a sample set, right? It is quite possible that these teeth could belong to that of visitors & traders.

Comment by intellisurfer March 2009 permalink
RAJAKESARI - Covers
Looking at the towering gopurams on the back cover, imagination travels to back in the days where there would have been no tall buildings; at least nothing taller than the gopurams. The gopurams would be raising from the tropical vegetation like in …

Comment by intellisurfer January 2009 permalink
The Importance of Measures
Dear Sri Sivapathasekaran: How is this unit used for the temple structure? Are all measurements multiples of this?

Comment by intellisurfer January 2009 permalink
The Importance of Measures
Can you explain this in with little more details? What does deriving off this base measure mean? Does this mean everything is measured in the multiples of this 'basic measure'. Based on SPS's post I understand it is like the 'sca…

Comment by intellisurfer January 2009 permalink
Pa. Singaram - Impressions from Puyalilae oru thoni
Here is the link to the google book, Fiery Dragons: Banks, Moneylenders and Microfinance in Burma" by Sean Turnell. Chettiyars are discussed in Chapter 2. Have fun.... http://books.google.com/books?id=nxb9fwtVUcwC&printsec=frontcover&am…

Comment by intellisurfer December 2008 permalink
Pa. Singaram - Impressions from Puyalilae oru thoni
There is a wonderful paper by Sean Turnell on Chettiars in Burma. A fascinating piece. Google for "Sean Turnell Chettiars Burma". Sean went on to incorporate that paper in his book too.

Comment by intellisurfer December 2008 permalink
Lord Rama & ceylon
Dissolved into the sea? That is little tough to digest. What I am saying is right from Madgascar to Australia we should see lots of land mass that tell us about them being submerged, right?

Comment by intellisurfer December 2008 permalink
Lord Rama & ceylon
Let us for the moment not focus on artifacts. We should be able to find land very near the current seal-level right? This piece of land should be at a higher level to the actual sea-bed. Am I missing something?

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