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RAJAKESARI THROUGH PALANIAPPA BROS.
> NOW ADDING :: > > Today I picked RAJAKESARI and EMDEN in Chennai book fair. > > Got signed EMDEN by our dear Vizag Dhiwakar... > > Sriram Kannan also picked a copy and got signed.. > > Venkat was kind enough to be wi…

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RAJAKESARI - :: Chennai Book Fair 15th Jan - 3 pm
Hi ndtv arunachalam vaidyanathan, madan srinivasan visited book fair yesterday.

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RAJAKESARI - Covers
Hi chennai book fair starts today 8th and goes on to 18th thats next sunday 2-8.30 on week days and 11-8.30 on holidays. that is except friday the 9th and monday the 12th al days open on 11 am venketesh

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RAJAKESARI - Covers
Hi just back from the book fair where we had gone to arrange the stall also dropped in at palaniappa stall and saw gokul's book the book looks fantastic its dedicated to kalki sps has ben thanked profusely in the foreword ( i think sps has be…

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call for donations
Hi Madan as a prime beneficiary of this temples power its nice to see you having taken up this work. venketesh

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SMS EMDEN 22-09-1914 by Dhivakar
Hi Diwaker the foreword is nice but why dont you give us all a special insight into the novel and what prompted you to write it.

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CHENNAI BOOK FAIR
Hi it used to be a ritual those days. some ten of us used to get together spend the evening in the bookfair and go out for dinner mostly to cosmopolitan club. then the fair was held in quaidemillat mount road sathish, swetha, sukanya,muruganandam,…

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RAJAKESARI THROUGH PALANIAPPA BROS.
. So, i guess it must be Dhivakar > Sir's books. Dhivaker has published both with narmadha and palaniappa two giants of tamil publishing. i guess dhivaker is moving into contemprory history this year. enna rightaa divaker?? rakasiyatha …

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RAJAKESARI THROUGH PALANIAPPA BROS.
Congrats Gokul as pavithra said a wider audience (who had no access to your stories on the net) will get to enjoy your writing now. all the best venketesh - In ponniyinselvan@yahoogroups.com, "Vijay Kumar

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Allur Sivan Kovil
Hi Vijay i have seen from some of your forwards that the pallava edifices often resemble huts did the transformation occur from the pallavas could you give a list of a few existing pre pallava structures? venketesh > Hi venkat > > Kath…

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Allur Sivan Kovil

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Allur Sivan Kovil
They show that they have been made during early Chola period since it has a Pallava touch in it. > Hi Sriram nice to see you can differentiate the eras based on sculpture. why dont you share with us salient points of difference vijay, you co…

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old thread search
Hi sps i think all messages with general/ contemprory topics not meant for archives should be deleted first. I deleted a few such messages from december 2008.please view the first two or 3 pages. then from the topics in history it would be easi…

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Siva-Parvati game of dice in Pallavan or later art in Tamil Nadu or south India
Hi it seems they played dice on diwali day and it is considered auspicious to gamble on diwali night in many parts of india and nepal venketesh

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Shadow of Big Temple

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Pa. Singaram - Impressions from Puyalilae oru thoni

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Pa. Singaram - Impressions from Puyalilae oru thoni
> > I wonder, where have all the Chettiars gone??? What happened to > their never-say die spirit of free-enterprise?? One of my chettiar > friend remarked that chettiars have long ago got out of the > pawn-broking business or banking …

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Shadow of Big Temple
Hi sampath i know about the utharayan and the dakshinaayan. just one doubt does noon time sun remain in the same position throut the year? venketesh

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man animal combinations in indian mythology
egyptian gods too were half human half animal was it a intution of evolution? Ammit - crocodile-headed deity Amunet - depicted as a cobra snake or a snake-headed woman Anubis - dog or jackal headed Anuket, goddess of the Nile River, , gazelle-head…

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man animal combinations in indian mythology
i, > > I come across many cases of multiple creatures mixed into one in our > mythology kalki's favourite sukabrimham parrot head human body > > Ganesha - human body, elephant head ( starting with ganesha for > auspec…

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Lord Rama didnt go to ceylon
Hi while speaking on the ramayan kindly see this http://www.thehindu.com/fr/2008/12/26/stories/2008122651150300.htm the three scorned women of ramayana.....

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Historical Novel by Viswak Senan & our other Group members
> Dr. Chandru > The Roja Muthiah library in Chennai saves such rare books. They microfilm &store. Check out with them. they are very helpful to researchers too. good choice. but if you can preserve it keep it for your grand children. w…

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Hi
> Venkat, did Kalki think through plots of SS and PK before he serialized them? I am wondering due to less factual errors in those novels. Or perhaps he was in good state of health and was able to maintain connections between characters effect…

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Hi
Hi sivaram kalki was a genius- one whose mould was broken. we should examine how these mistakes cropped up kalki was writing this as a serial. the pressure of its popularity was building up. kalki was aware of its social impact. it was not like h…

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Hi
> 2. In arulmozhi's discussion with kunthavai, he mentiones that the twins > were born two years after sundara chozhan returned from bootha theevu. there you are. ......then how come they shared a birthday with kandaraditya's son …

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Early 12th Century
> There is a great movie 'Beckett' with Henry II versus Thomas Becket struggle starring Richard Burton and Peter O Toole. Landmark had a copy when I saw last. Highly recommended for those who wish to understand the western concept st…

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Nandhini - the mysterious as ever
> > 2. Oomai rani @ Mandakini delivering twin girls one girl and one boy actually nandini and palaiya mathuranthakan alias amara bujangan also see this scenario oomai rani returns to chola land. sees sundara sola married and happy ( with…

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Hi
another scenario to be examined- did kalki finish PS rather abruptly because he realised he had made a factual error in these charecters lets examine the time line scenario 1 gandaraditya dies and the chola throne is without a heir sendan amudan…

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OTHER THAN HISTORY :: MERCURY
another use of mercury in ancient times - for alchemy making of gold from base metal

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