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Dharma
GRS, sorry, didn't mean to hurt you. I take as just take it as generation and communication gap, that is all with email as a somewhat limited form of human communication. Let us leave it here, you don't have to convince me, am not a child…

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Dharma
Hi VJ, no my point was why is travelling in various parts of india like going to a foreign country - Europe as you say? If it is our country it should be easier right? We think it is language..well lot of indians who know hindi still have problems i…

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Dharma
Yeah..thanks, i didnt' plan to write further either..i dont have time or energy for private emails, and i dont' like being treated like a dull school student with a know it all vadhyar:)). In all it is wise to stop here. Thanks.

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Mohini Theevu
Venkat i have to read that..i am half way through the story and i find it quite absorbing..no purva janma yet :) I liked and was intrigued by how the story was dedicated to Pandit Nehru and yet to find out what is so special about it.

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Dharma
TMS, it is a really nice story, thank you!! My 'frustrations' are not just about Bihar, it is about various parts of India, you dont' have to go that far..even AP or interior Karnataka..pure logistics. If you are travelling interior …

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my dinner invitations
Also..have we worried our parents will separate.? I know lots of couples who woudl be better off separated..they are cats and dogs married to one another..Marriage needs some level of compatability and mutual understanding. Children born of highly c…

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Dharma
I would love the country to have some values, a mission or vision that people can identify with. Our constitution has done a poor job so far. > >>Yeah..that is exactly what i meant..although i dont know if it is the 'constitution'…

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Dharma
So practically speaking do you have any suggestions or ideas? Would you have travelled to different parts of India that are very different from native TN,can you honestly say feel comfortable or welcome just because it is India? This is not just an …

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my dinner invitations
Hi TMS, single parenting grew as a consequence of irresponsible behavior and takign too much for granted in biological relationships...having too many people cramped in apartments is not in any way a good way to live, children suffer serious self es…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
Dharma
Hi GRS, I think the conversation is going on two parellel lines...the philosphical definitions of dharma and kinship among fellow indians. We can argue at length on the former. The latter in my personal experience and that of others is difficult pr…

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Dharma
GRS, dharma is righteousness - every individual has a dharma, it is very simply what you believe is right and adharma is wrong. People from same country, same culture have similar dharms, similar ideas of right and wrong. For example in hindu dharma…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
my dinner invitations
I understand what you say on degenerating family values..but that is got to do with demands for money/both genders working/nuclear families. I dont understand what is wrong in a single mom and a child having dinner, or even nuclear families having d…

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Churchillal l
Dharma as a personal concept is a lofty great thing, or even within people who acknowledge one another as community. The problem with presesnt day india is a clear lack of community among people drawn from different parts...dharma or any other philo…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
my dinner invitations
Hi Ganesh...in our family men make chapathis and dosas too :) I agree what you say but i put it down more to nuclear families and craze of eating out rather than the actual cooking style..i would be happy in fact to have my mom or grandmom make dosa…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
my dinner invitations
Yes of course there is enoug hprocessed food and unhealthy food in the west. But most restaurants here have criteria to stick to as far as cleanliness and hygiene and so on which is very missing in India. The fast paced life makes better sense..al…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
my dinner invitations
Actually dinner was and is very much a family affair in the west too:)) Most westerners eat out once in a while with family/couples, and bring readymade lunches to work. This habit of women eating after men and all that went out of vogue in India…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
my dinner invitations
Actually dinner can be at home too..not necessarily in a restaurant. Times may have changed but in our time dinner esp on working days was the only real 'family time' when everyoen got together and catch up on events of the day, politics, …

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rajendra chola
One might also consider the credibility of author while reading such novels. BK is a shameless plagiarist of Thi Janakiraman, his social works improved over time and he acknowledged doing that but i still would not trust his work for authenticity.

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So who was really responsible for Partition?
Shashwath, very well put...thanks.

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Churchill
Actually the Bengal famine was due to reckless export of rice to british (and indian) armies stationed in various parts of the world without considering local need. The famous unforgettable telegram from General Wavell asking Churchill for help...an…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
Churchill
Going back even further the people who performed Ashwamedha had similar goals - if the king surrenders and accepts supremacy of the kingn with the horse then there is no war otherwise it is annexation by force. One has to remember though in those da…

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Churchill
Hm..Jewel in the crown..yeah i get what you are saying on comparisons..But there was enough they did too don't you think..the Bengal famine..the overwhelming divisiveness among people and divide and rule strategy..and above all the stripping of…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
Churchill
Well Gandhi started out as a pure bred racist/colonial supporter only. Nobody denies that. Venkat what you are talking of is what is called on a lighter vein as decent and indecent superiority. You are absolutely right that the British sense of dec…

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Churchill
Of course Gandhi was influenced heavily by colonial ideas before he started thinking on his own.. who wasn't really..Gandhi wanted to raise his kids as 'loyal sons of the empire' not as Indians. But he grew up, he understood and devel…

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Churchill
Actually there are lots of arguments for and against that.. we were a collection of disjoined states when British occupied...we were not people of one country and we did not have much in common including culture, language, food anything...The 200 ye…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
Churchill
His biases and prejudices did not 'leak out' they were there for everyone to see, he was a shameless racist and a man of his times, a racist with a brain that is all. The man who called the Mahatm a 'half naked fakir' took a seve…

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what book are you reading now?
Hi Kathie, i have read Newby a long ago..he wrote one more something Hindukush also..nice wry british sense of humor but lot of things seen through colonial lenses. We were talking of a travel-cookbook related to India. I should look up the name. …

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what book are you reading now?
Kathie, boxcar children is Gertrude Warner, an american author, not enid blyton. Malathi

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upbringing of ps charecters
Actually while introducing her Kalki does say she is prone to long deep silences and am not sure if he mentions swoonign also there. Must look it up. But he does say ahead that she has some issues with handling emotions which is one reason Kundavi …

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
upbringing of ps charecters
Venkat, i love the Calvin Hobbes comparison to Poonguzhali! Re: Vanathi Kalki does elaborate a little on her background, motherless girl, very sensitive,given to fainting fits, her whole life is around finding the ideal husband and bearing a kid, v…

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