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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] An Unique Panel - Fire in the Kandhava forest...Cambodia
VJ, the sculptures are amazing!! In Cambodia of all places. The story has couple of small details to be added - Agni grants Arjuna an inexhaustibl quiver of fire arrows and the famous golden chariot in return, and Maya - Takshaka's accomplice…

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Chance meeting with Artist Padmavasan
Hi VJ, thanks for the interesting story!! We had a relative of Silpi (brother's grandson I think) on this list, he even sent me couple of rare pictures, scanned of course but incredible. There is also a blog dedicated to him where there are lo…

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
Thanks Sandeep and SPS. It is gratifying to note your stances and encouraging to work better twords equality with respect and keeping our healthy respect for tradition and glories of the past.

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HEARTY CONGRATS TO INDIAN NSG COMMONDOS
Well said Diwaker sir. Individual alertness matters and perhaps is the only thing we can rely on. Kudos to our brave forces but again, I feel like Satish does, we are playing the same record (we shall overcome, this that) over and over for years n…

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Agatha christie
Thank you Venkat, am a big fan of Christie but not read this one. Added to my long list to to-reads.

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
Just fyi, I received a somewhat hurt, angry response to this personally, from an elderly member - accusing me of not respecting 'karpukkarasis' and those who had consented to voluntary suicide by fire with their spouses. I put it down t…

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TERROR ATTACK IN MUMBAI :: HEART-FELT CONDOLENCES TO VICTIMS
Sincere prayers for peace in our tolerant land.

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
Sati is a crime regardless of whether there is 'consent' or not. (No woman in her right mind would consent to burning alive, it is not like a choice she makes to wear a white sari). donations and sponsoring various arts, temple donatio…

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
SPs, very good to know, thank you!! Are there any references to a. Royal family members learning dance/music or any other art form, am sure they would have considered that worthy of recording. b. Dance being not practiced as a profession among el…

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
Venkat, I agree 100% on all that you say. I don't know this singer very much so do not want to take off on him. If someone I don't know said this I would think without hesitation that he is making up something to show off. Kundavi danci…

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
Sandeep, am no history expert but based on Kalki's writing and very generic information - there were LOT of restrictions royal family people had, both men and women. Since we are talking about women - royal women generally were not allowed t…

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A Puzzle
In my great grandfather's times atleast it was considered wrong to take money (or any return) from people for food. Of course where you ate was strongly bound by caste definitions. So if you are a bachelor or out of town and a brahmin, you a…

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Indian Tricolour Placed on the Moon
Congrats: to ISRO and thanks to Satish on achievement = na enna artham? :))

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Indian Tricolour Placed on the Moon
Wow!! Congratulations Satheesh!! Happy to know someone who is part of such a prestigious team! Malathi

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Devan
Dear Venkat, thank you, I had no idea of all this. Has lowered by respect for Kalki certainly a notch or two but all great people have shadow sides to them. Malathi

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On the beauty of science
Beautiful!! Also in the Ramayana there is a rishi by name Jabala who argues athiesm with Sri Rama himself. Jabala was the original EVR :)) just kidding but it was not considered unusual even in those days. We have to be proud of such a religion th…

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Thillayil oru kollaikaaran
Dear Venkat, I finished the book yesterday...thank you..I felt like I had read a very well written historical novel after a very long time. Your writing has shades of Kalki but is very much your own which I truly appreciate. What I very much lik…

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On the beauty of science
Dear Atpu, again the quote/question was not mine - It was the great scientist Stephen Hawking :) The parental model of God is similar to the white bearded punishment oriented authoritatian male God of abrahamic religion who has frustrated many p…

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On the beauty of science
-Ravi, I was quoting Stephen Hawking I didn't say that myself!! I was only using that quote to say to bundle the world as a scientific or karmic formula of any kind is difficult, we can only explain parts as karma or by science, either way a…

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On the beauty of science
VV, am guessing Kaviarasar stole a bit of this when he said 'Deivam endraal adhu deivam, verum silai endraal verum silai dhaan, undendraal adhu undo, illai endraal adhu illai'!! Malathi

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On the beauty of science
-VV and Sandeep, I agree 100% of omnipresence as well as experiencing oneness via meditation. Yes there has to be cause and effect but it is not 100% cause and effect, in other words sometimes what changes 'effect' to be something else …

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ChozhalMandala Music
Dear Kathie, there is *lots* of powerful indian music, yes as you rightly say the variety available in the west appears severely limited :) I can give you a list of stores you can go to if you happen to visit India or share my collection most wil…

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Earliest reference to Deepavali celebrations..
Yes that is true. How *modern* fire crackers found their way into India is via the British as far as we know. There wer firecrackers even before that but not as safe or modern and even the discovery of fire crackers is debated as possibly in Indi…

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On the beauty of science
Well,I am not given to any cynicism only what I don't understand and what I understand. Never hurts to share the latter though. Arun you might want to check out this PBS documentary made by Harvard University called The Question of God. It …

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On the beauty of science
Sandeep, very thought provoking and thank you. I do not in any way mean to challenge words of a great/learned person, but am tempted to quote Stephen Hawking when he said why does a well organised universe need a God? Does anyone have any though…

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Devan
Dear SPS, interesting subject - I know a few in music - LalgudixTN Krishnan, MSSxMLV, SemmangudixAriyakudi, and so on. These were healthy rivalries where there was respect, and both parties grew in talent and ability. The clashes usually were be…

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Devan
Thank you both for the wealth of information!!Venkat D, you say Nagesh played thuppariyum saambu in Motor Sundaram Pillai, now a light goes off for me, i have seen that movie!! Quite hilarious!! I sitll remember that joke of Nagesh's remarki…

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Devan
Paintal does ring a bell, thanks. I am clueless on tamil tv serials as I grew up in Bangalore in 80s and did not watch much tv later. I will scratch my head more who knows one day might even get the tune of somewhere!!

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Earliest reference to Deepavali celebrations..
Arun, yes of course the firecrackers and only a century or so old. In olden times (I have some old records from my own ancestors) it was celebrated with mud lamps on kolams. The British introduced fire crackers starting with the sparkler/mathhapp…

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Devan
Satish, do you remember what the hindi serial was called? I was an avid watcher of DD in those days, not sure if I would have missed it! Thanks!! Malathi

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