vkasirajan

British India vs Post Independence India
The new ideas and the "questioning attitude" that came about in the Europe during the renaissance period really spread to India through the Britishers. Without those modern thinking, some of the elements of our society would have turned o…

Comment by vkasirajan November 2007 permalink
Epigraphy diploma course
Which paper please ? Also give the edition and date.

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Hail Kaveri !!! Kaviriyin Perumaigal....
It is the "Kanal Vari" songs which talk about Kaveri in Cilappathikaaram. They start like "Thingal maalai ven kudaiyan.." In a old Tamil movie "Karumbu" the Kanal vari songs were recorded by a Bengali Musician Salil C…

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MOOKAMBIGA - MIRACLES.
Thank you so much.

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SCRIPT MEET ON SATURDAY
May be you can invite me.

Comment by vkasirajan November 2007 permalink
Hail Kaveri !!! Kaviriyin Perumaigal....
That song appeared in a old Tamil movie and sung by KJ Jesudas. Anyone remembers which movie?

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18th Century / 19th Centry government records
Thanks.

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18th Century / 19th Centry government records
Thanks.

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chennai book fair 2008
Is it the same place where they conducted last year?

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MOOKAMBIGA - MIRACLES.
Amazing divine intervention. Can you give driving directions / hotel details as well ?

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Happy Deepavali
Wishing all a very happy Deepavali! Enjoy your vacation.

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Your identity Please without spoiling your privacy
Oops thats a great song.. If you liked Unanswered Prayers - you might also like: Andy Griggs - If Heaven Dan Seals - One Friend Don Williams - I'll be faithful to you, I would like to see you again, Dont stop loving me now, Miracles, Years fro…

Comment by vkasirajan October 2007 permalink
Your identity Please without spoiling your privacy
About me: Name: Venkateswaran. Profession: Software Engineering. Interests: Tamil antiquity & history. Ancient Tamil Coinage and Epigraphy. Reading historical novels in Tamil. Western Country Music and Western Classical Music. Selected English F…

Comment by vkasirajan October 2007 permalink
Kanoji Stone in Chidambaram
So it is time for a trip to Chidambaram and Darasuram.... Any buyers for this idea ?

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My Arabic Sea Experiance at Aadu Meichan paarai
Excellent achievement.... Hope you will soon bring the structures out. Any help you need, just post to this group. Lets all see how we can help you collectively.

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Chennai Meet..
Not a problem. I had some a whether we are meeting today or tomorrow ( sunday ) and didnt have time to check mails anyway... I can come any day.

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Chennai Meet..
I'm available! For a change, lets meet in Elliots beach!!

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Fwd ........A BRIDGE TOO FAR
The most important need of the state is a bare minimum double line broad guage train path that connects Chennai and Kanyakumari. Today, if one wants to book a ticket to Chennai / vice versa, the ticket has to be booked 2 months in advance. There ar…

Comment by vkasirajan September 2007 permalink
Chennai Meet
I can come for a meeting this week and for a travel next week. No travels this week end!

Comment by vkasirajan September 2007 permalink
education in ancient days
The Tamils had a huge written tradition. I sent some links to this effect few days back. After a poetry was sung at the Tamil Cankam and accepted by poets, it might have been copied and circulated to people. There might have been a central reposito…

Comment by vkasirajan September 2007 permalink
education in ancient days
> We feel that, if a person knows to read and write, > that too english, > then he/she is an intellectual. Today, almost 40000 > (?) engineers > pass out from enginerring colleges in TN. Does that > mean all those > 40000 pass o…

Comment by vkasirajan September 2007 permalink
last kings of a dynasty
Hi Venkat, Great! In a mail you said that the Tamil grand father - Vu Ve Sa recovered most of his Cankam age palm leaf texts from a region in Chettinad... That means, some more palm leaf books might remain in some Chettinad homes waiting for us t…

Comment by vkasirajan September 2007 permalink
last kings of a dynasty
The Meenatchi temple has a history of thousands of years. It was built and rebuilt by kings and wealthy people. After the end of the Pandian dynasty, the Naickers and then the Chettiars have contributed to this temple so much. AFAIK, there is no s…

Comment by vkasirajan September 2007 permalink
last kings of a dynasty
Income from temples.. and that too from bat droppings... Man, we should thank the British for getting rid of these kings.

Comment by vkasirajan September 2007 permalink
last kings of a dynasty
There was a simillar curse about the main tower of the Sri Rangam temple. If that tower is completed, Sri Lanka will cease to exist... I guess that tower was completed in the 80's and Sri Lanka is never a peaceful nation since then...

Comment by vkasirajan September 2007 permalink
Sangam Age seal or brockage
There is another article on "The Hindu" today about a book on Vatteluthu by Dinamalar Editor. The article also mentions that thousands of palm leaf text books in vatteluthu are kept by the ASI of Kerala... Can our ASI people help salvage …

Comment by vkasirajan August 2007 permalink
Criticisms on PS
Do you know anyone that has the list of such collectors ? We can hire students to follow up and persuade the collectors to grant permission to make a scan of the palm leaft text.

Comment by vkasirajan August 2007 permalink
Criticisms on PS
Thanks VJ. I'm pre-occupied for the next 3 years with my current job responsibility and have very little time to run around / follow up with people. If somebody already has access to the right content, I can facilitate that to get published. O…

Comment by vkasirajan August 2007 permalink
Criticisms on PS
Can those estempages last for such a long time? Wont they get faded/crumbled? Why cant we do something about things in our own control ? Here is a open challenge: I will sponsor printing of a previously unpublished palm leaf book, if the contents…

Comment by vkasirajan August 2007 permalink
Good news on Adams bridge Arcehalogical studies
Good. Keep us posted of the findings.

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