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Poems - Tagore
Venkat, I have that Robert Frost peom at home, with a nice scenery to go with it, on my wall. Yes it is a timeless favorite. I can post many more as far as English goes, Emily Dickinson, Mary Olivier, Robert Bly..the list is quite long. And of cours…
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July 2008
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Poems - Tagore
Thanks Venkat, I knew Kalki was huge fan of Tagore but had no idea he initially critiqued Bharati. I mean perhaps I could give him some margin with Bharati's stories which are a little odd and childish but his poetry ranks on par wiht Tagore an…
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July 2008
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Story of India-Silpa Shastra
There is a saying that nobody understands India like the British do, 'nobody' meaning no other non indian. The British have had a long connection with our country, from colonial attitudes it has matured into understanding and respect, amon…
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July 2008
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The Book That Changed Your Life
I did not realize we were talking about english books too. Definitely Richrd Bach gets full marks from me with his JLS this tiny book has influenced more people than any I know of. Illusions is equally brilliant. Elie Wiesel,s Night on the holocaust…
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June 2008
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Dasavatharam - Parasurama
Thank you and sorry for the misposting. My grandmother corrected that Parasurama was eternal but his vishnu aspect or 'amsam' surrendered to Sri Rama after their encounter.
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June 2008
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The Books That Changed Your Lives
Venkat, yes you are right about RD. I came to know though after coming to US that it is not held in such high regard here as in India. The reason as I understand is getting credit from bits and pieces of other books and also the organisation's …
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June 2008
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The Books That Changed Your Lives
Dear Shoba, I liked Lakshmi very much too although I felt she became stereo typed in later years. She was a medical doctor, an MD and a novelist as well!! Have you read Latsiyavaadhi, it is one of my favorites of hers. Also Kanjanayin Kanavu? Ma…
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June 2008
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The Books That Changed Your Lives
Oh also forgot..Na Parthasarthy a.k.a Manivannan's Kurinji Malar.
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June 2008
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The Books That Changed Your Lives
Thiru, very good subject. To me a few books (there were many) that changed my life were - 1 Thi Ja's Mogamul (we had a thread on this already) 2 Manian's many travelogues (inspiration to travel and see other cultures) 3 Sujatha's Kar…
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June 2008
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dasavatharam
Yes that is true as far as my knowledge goes also. Parasurama was in his ageing years during Sri Rama's incarnation. My understanding is that avatar is not 100% divine has very clear human aspects and Parasurama was very much human when he met …
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June 2008
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Artist Silpi Blog - Siddhar Bogar Samadhi, Palani
Hi Venkat, I have some treasured paintings from the thodar titled 'thennattu selvangal' from Ananta Vikatan of 50s. I don't know if it is copyrighted by AV. If not I can send scans to you, sometime later, as the book is at my home in …
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
Rahul, if anyone ha an opinion there will be counter opinion. It is wholly unfair to dub counter opinions as kutram kandu...whatever . I must confess also that I have noticed grouping of people - probably members who have known one another as friend…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
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June 2008
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pungkuzhali
I call Vanathi Wimpy Vanathi. Even to bash someone there needs to be some uppu/puli/kaaram in the character..Really make a watercolor painting and wash it down, that is how her character looks to me. Poonguzhali now she is interesting. She is a re…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
Satish, I regard this as a classic case of an email debate..not just me rarely people read every word and syllable we write, it is usually the subject predominantly that sticks in people's minds. I may not have read your first post, my commen…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
Satish, What made your emails look like 'promos' atleast to me, was that it seemed to think highly of kamal than the movie, unlike Muthu or some others who pointed out obvous flaws in his approach even though they liked the movie. Kamal i…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
Muthu, very well put!!
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
Very interesting post, thanks Satish. I have not seen this movie and so i do not choose to judge too much. But to my mind, you can fit any darn tamil movie into chaos theory!!! I mean reverse engineer the story to say this is related to that, you wi…
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June 2008
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Where can I buy in Chennai?
Wow, what a priceless treasure!!
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June 2008
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Where can I buy in Chennai?
Venkat, consider scanning your copy before it is too late and paper begins to crumble. Scanning is not illegal, only distribution and marketing is copyrighted. I have some of Lakshmi's novels bound from AV - Pen Manam, Kanjanayin Kanavu and La…
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June 2008
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Digitizing old editions
I am not sure I know the right people to suggest this too. Yes acid based paper does not out last 50 years even if preserved in best condition. We may have already lost a lot. If someone knows the right people at Kalki it may be a worthwhile suggest…
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June 2008
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Vatican bans prequel to 'The Da Vinci Code'
Yeah..makes me proud..how much of freedom of opinion this hindu land has..(and then we have blokes like Kamal taking off with pseudo intellectual stances on what it should be :))
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June 2008
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Re : Where can I buy in Chennai?
I am very much interested also..not just PS but any novel of Kalki (SS, PK...) and several other old books. If anyone has a collection or knows of good sellers please do let me know, thank you.
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June 2008
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Re : Where can I buy in Chennai?
I am very much interested also..not just PS but any novel of Kalki (SS, PK...) and several other old books. If anyone has a collection or knows of good sellers please do let me know, thank you.
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
Satish, nobody disputes your liking the moviel- liking a movie is purely someone's taste, there is nothing in it to be defended about.. I disagree with you that 'super ego' is a 'parinama valarchi', it is in fact an immatur…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
Dear Dr Sri, I did mention Navarathiri as a classic in my response. Navarithiri is a true showcase of Sivaji's acting talent, it is very difficult to choose which of those 9 roles he really excelled in, they were all one better than the other a…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasans Dasavatharamdraws effusive early reactions
He he :) Venkat that was funny. I was also reminded of the joke from the eternal classic 'Kathallikka Neramillai' - Nagesh attempts to be a movie maker/actor and says story/screenplay/direction/action ellam naan dhan and his sister remarks…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasans Dasavatharamdraws effusive early reactions
Why someone likes a movie and someone else does not is really not a logical thing, it depends on the person's taste. That said, we can and should logically discuss the issues around the movie, including the actor's bloated ego that makes h…
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June 2008
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Kamal Haasans Dasavatharamdraws effusive early reactions
Thank you to everyone for their comments...I think I saved myself some $$ :)) Even without watching some thoughts came to my mind. Kamal developed this obsession with weird make ups after he successfully played female iyer mami and a midget guy. I …
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June 2008
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