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dasavatharam
Thank you Venkat.

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dasavatharam
Venkat, sorry I did not get/see your post and I thought Ravi was replying to me. As far as my limited knowledge goes, the dasavataram along with the remaining 11 are first mentioned in Garuda Purana, which is supposedly a 'bad purana' (o…

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dasavatharam
Am glad we are not arguing theologies. Yes I agree 100% on the usage of the word Buddha as well as Avathar. Yes there is no evidence that Gautama Buddha was a vishnu avatar too. But is there any 'evidence' that any human being historical…

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dasavatharam
Ravi, my conclusion is that it does not matter if he was an avatar of the creative or protective force. It is even debatable if these forces are some distinct separate entities or aspects of the same entity.As you said for Gandhi, if the Buddha did …

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dasavatharam
All I can say is that there is nothing wrong with worship of nature and worshipping God as a formless entity. The Buddha is a highly respected figure among many hindus, including several freedom fighters, authors including kalki. .Buddha and Adi S…

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dasavatharam
Ravi, i am not any big philosopher, from what little I know, 1 How do we define nothing - that is the whole point , we cannot. Nothing, vastness, the great 'mounam' whatever you call it can only be experienced, not defined and limited …

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dasavatharam
Thiru, the scientific origins of the universe as explained by Stephen Hawking and other theorists is that it did come from nothing (and eventually will dissolve into nothing). The hindu concept has more in common with Genesis or intelligent creation…

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dasavatharam
The ISKCON translation of Srmad Bhagavadam mentions a sloka 'Buddha born in Gaya to redeem mankind'. I am not a sanskrit expert to verify this and also not a huge fan of ISKON either. There was also an article in times of india which I …

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ponniyin selvan quiz
Venkat, great idea!! We can do one novel per person - nobody knows PS better than you do :))

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dasavatharam
Udanx, whatever little I know, Buddha was included in Avatars to make Buddhism part of Hindusim during the days when conflict between the two religions was very high. I don't understand the Balarama/Lakshmana thing either. It is impossible t…

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Kasturiba Gandhi
SPS, my uncle sent me this book on Kasturba, written by her grandson Arun Gandhi and his wife Sunanda Gandhi. It is one of the best of her available, you may find it at Landmark or some bookstore there, if not I will be happy to bring a copy when I …

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Kasturiba Gandhi

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Thirumazhabaadi
so very good to know, thank you.

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Kasturiba Gandhi
Ravi, 'title and morals' is often times more of a burden than we think, people expect you to live up to something all the time and that is a huge burden to carry for ordinary people. We should not really expect Gandhi's clan or Bharth…

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Kasturiba Gandhi
Also just fyi, I do not know about all of Gandhi's progeny. I know for certain Arun Gandhi, one of his grandsons, is hardly a sensationalist. He runs a centre for peace in Memphis, and is a highly respected figure in public here in US. As for R…

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Kasturiba Gandhi
Yes perhaps, but Gandhi was not Rama or Laxmana, he was a human like any of us who became great due to his conviction and strong sense of self. The point behind the stories such as this is not to idealise humans, or trash them for their frailities, …

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Thirumazhabaadi
Venkat, is this the same teple referred to in PS?

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Kasturiba Gandhi
Ravi, very well said, I agree 100%.

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Tamil Measurements
Dear SPS, I am not running away, just awestruck by how much is there to learn and how wise our ancestors were. Thank you.

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Tamil Measurements
Wow, so how do you measure like that i mean without any tape or anything, do we make a thread go around all fingers?

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Tamil Measurements
Satheesh, most interesting, i know the classic 'muzham' is palm to elbow, as often used by florists, how do you measure jaan in terms of your hand - meaning is it double of muzham, or something else? Am reminded of the other saying too &…

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Kasturiba Gandhi
Udanx, if Bharatiar lived nowadays he would have written kaalai ezhunda vudan email... :) I check email twice once in the morning with tea and once evening. Good luck with your mid year review, those are always a pain :)) I had a dream yesterday …

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Kasturiba Gandhi
This article has very good summary of Gandhi and Saraladevi, I had no idea the Bengali woman was her, she was Tagore's niece and known feminist of that era. I asked my uncle who is a Gandhian and avid collector of all books on Gandhi and he sen…

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Story of India-Silpa Shastra

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Kasturiba Gandhi
I don't think there is anything wrong in discussing a celebrity's personal life as long as we are not doing any 'yellow journalism' here, meaning deliberate intention to malign someone should not be there. Udanx, we are all adul…

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The Books That Changed Your Lives
SPS, I remember reading a great book on Kasturiba Gandhi, translated inot tamil by AK Chettiar, a long time ago (the original was hindi or gujarati, i don't know). Ba as she was fondly called in some ways is deserving of even more respect than …

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The Books That Changed Your Lives

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The Books That Changed Your Lives
Muthu, so nice to read your 'narcissicm' :) from another book worm :) If I have any more books my father has threatened to throw me out as books take up more room in our modest home than people :) I am not even thinking of sending them to …

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Story of India-Silpa Shastra
SPs, yes extremely well put..Hema Malini was a telugu find matter of fact appeared in a movie called Pandava Vanavasam as a dancer first. So was Waheeda Rehman.

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The Books That Changed Your Lives
Yay here!!! I did not write about it (there are too many to write) but yes that is a great one!!

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