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all can enter temples?No way.--veens
Hi Veena, Agreed. It is just that in our Indian "secular" context religious criticism is usually always "Hindu" criticism. If the discussion is general and examines all religions under the same critical light, I have absolutely …

Comment by sillybuffer November 2004 permalink
all can enter temples?No way.--veens
I have refrained from entering into the current "debate" till now. However, I would like to suggest that if "religion" is being discussed, then we do it as a whole and not just focussed on Hinduism. For example, I agree caste is …

Comment by sillybuffer November 2004 permalink
Temples around Chennai
Hi All, I must congratulate the members of this group on their outstanding knowledge (and desire to learn) on history. As a tamilian who grew up in the north and hence wasn;t exposed to tamil history all that much during my school days (apart from …

Comment by sillybuffer November 2004 permalink
More on Tamil History
Actually I don't know the rest of the story.. Can someone elaborate please?

Comment by sillybuffer November 2004 permalink
Did Rajendra Cholan go...(Saanthimath theevu)
Wonderful piece. Thanks. However, I think you have missed out on Maratha rule over Thanjai. Shahuji and his successors ruled Thanjai (Sarfoji et al). Even now, the head of the thanjai periya kovil devasthanam is the descendent of the Maratha line is…

Comment by sillybuffer November 2004 permalink
Rajendra's expedition to Ganges
Wonderful synopsis! Keep it coming all. Thanks!! Arun On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 04:59:36 -0000, Sivapathasekaran

Comment by sillybuffer October 2004 permalink
Test mailing in Thamizh. Please don't get agitated
mannikkavum.. "saaLarangaLila" endru ezhuthirukkaNUm!

Comment by sillybuffer October 2004 permalink
Test mailing in Thamizh. Please don't get agitated
Vijay, Oru siru kELvi. NeengaL ezhuthiyathu, "saaLaraththilaa" allathu "Linux"ila? :p

Comment by sillybuffer October 2004 permalink
Cholas,Colas or should it be Sozhas
Hi, There IS no "right" or "wrong" way to spell one language in another. It is just what people agree upon.

Comment by sillybuffer October 2004 permalink
arthashastra
Hi Jayaraman, I bought a book Arthashastra by one Mr. Rangarajan.. wonderfully well written, edited and compiled.

Comment by sillybuffer October 2004 permalink
Kallanai and Karikaalan! - Kalingaththu Parani
Can someone tell me how to view this on linux? Am on Redhat 9 and Mozilla Firefox 1.0. Thanks in Advance, AK On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:58:57 -0700 (PDT), Rajendhra Cholan

Comment by sillybuffer October 2004 permalink
Kallanai and Karikaalan! - Kalingaththu Parani
Hi Rajendhra, I am on Redhat 9. Saved the font to ~/.fonts dir and chose ISO-8859-1 encoding but doesnt seem to work. Any help would be appreciated.

Comment by sillybuffer October 2004 permalink
Tamil's rightful place
HI, As far as signs being in Hindi in the UK etc, that is possibly because a majority of the Indian population there is from the north. In Singapore, the only Indian language in which there are signs is in Tamizh (and which irks a lot of the northi…

Comment by sillybuffer October 2004 permalink
classical language or eye wash?
Guys, I was born in the north and lived in the East for a long time. I think ONLY in Tamizh Nadu can someone go through his/her entire school career without studying Tamizh. Atrocious to say the least. I taught myself to read and write Tamizh after…

Comment by sillybuffer October 2004 permalink
Kunthavai and Nandhini..
Thanks all. Hmmm Pavithra's "psychology theory" sounds very plausible..

Comment by sillybuffer September 2004 permalink
Picturising PS :: RR / VT / Kundavai / Nandhini / Vanathi
How about Azhvarkkadiyan Nambi? A more rotund Manivannan maybe? Also, Mathuranthakan? a much thinner Karan perhaps?:P

Comment by sillybuffer September 2004 permalink
Picturising PS :: RR / VT / Kundavai / Nandhini / Vanathi
I thought a slightly younger Ramya Krishnan would have suited Nandhini's role to a T.

Comment by sillybuffer September 2004 permalink
Picturising PS :: RR / VT / Kundavai / Nandhini / Vanathi
AAaaah no no no! I had envisioned an old Sivaji as Periya Pazhuvettarayar (of course assuming we extend the choices to people who are dead). the way I read PP's characterization is that of a brave man, a patriotic man at heart.. caught in the w…

Comment by sillybuffer September 2004 permalink
miracles happen to those who believe
LEt me add my 2 cents to it. Science is universal: that is, it is applicable eveywhere. Beliefs are not necessarily universal. For eg, if you believe in rahu kaalam etc, then it should affect a person in Washington, London and TImbuktu also the same…

Comment by sillybuffer September 2004 permalink
sanskrit as the mother of all european languages
You know that you will immediately be branded communcal if you even remoely suggest anything of this sort , don't you? ; - ) I personally think the Rig Veda dates back to at least the 3rd millenium BC if not earlier.

Comment by sillybuffer September 2004 permalink
About Zha
I have seen Chinese use a sound VERY similar to "Zha". : -) Go figure!

Comment by sillybuffer September 2004 permalink
Pallippadai..
Thanks Vijay!

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Help on books

Comment by sillybuffer June 2004 permalink
Spectacular finds at Adhichannallur..

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