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Spare the rod and spoil the child..
I want to share our family's story on early raising, i think most families of that generation do have these stories. In our extended family 8 of us cousins boys and girls slept in a row on the floor. The first 'waking call' would come…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
Spare the rod and spoil the child..
Dear TMS, we should not live life through our children..our life is our own and their life is theirs..we can have hopes and dreams but each generation is different and has its challenges. Today's generation has more challenges and more distract…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
Spare the rod and spoil the child..
Below is the original poem where that quote came from...it is a sarcastic take on irresponsible lovers..the author equates their passions to a child...very far cry from how it is used nowadays. Why the 'indian' model worked (by the way gu…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
Spare the rod and spoil the child..
TMS, i just posted the reference to the quote and it has nothing to do with child rearing. The racism and colonial invasion factors related to the British have nothign to do with child rearing strategis and by the way gthere is enough casteism in o…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
Spare the rod and spoil the child..
Hi TMS - The phrase "Spare the rod and spoil the child" is not from the Bible but from Samuel Butler's "Hudibras", a 17th Century satirical poem. The poem, like his novel, The Way of All Flesh, was actually written to expos…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
thinnai pallikoodam
Ganesh, savukku is a means of communicating to the animal when you are not facing it, the driver sits behind not in front, and there is no easy way he can tell the animal. Cows dont hear terribly well by the way and have extremely thick skin. I am …

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
thinnai pallikoodam
Also just fyi, in our family we owned cows/cattle for over 6 generations. The last cow was sold when I was 14. None of the cows ever suffered a beating, all of the were disciplined extremely well with firm training and consistent commands. When they…

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thinnai pallikoodam
Ganesh, it is the parents responsibilty to find their sense of balance between 'raja/kannu' and caning the kid. It is disgusting to hear from educated people equating children to animals..adiyaadha maadu padiyaadhu really, even for animals…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
thinnai pallikoodam
I think there are two things..one often times caning and such treatments over motivate people - they know they have to do something to stay out of it so they just cram their heads into studies or something..second success does not mean anyone is a g…

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thinnai pallikoodam
You know britishers did bring some civility into the system...beating a student just to 'remind' him he was in school seems barbarous...

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
thinnai pallikoodam
The good and the bad...one can only imagine how it was like...my great grandfather had a backbone injury he never recovered from due to his vadhyar's 'punishment'...on the other hand he could recite the bhagavad git a verse by verse w…

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Fishes from Vaazha meen Songs with pictures
Hi Vairam, never knew there was a song like this..great post and great research, btw i thought vaala in vaala meen is 'la' like valli not 'zha', correct me if i am wrong,

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
www.readersnest.com - Online Library in Chennai - Now Open!
Madan, oru humble suggestion - try to make a category for 'rare and used books' to sell used bound old tamil novels now slowly dying in old book stores. Old versions of SS and PS will sell for a fortune (I am first buyer myself!!). Appura…

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what book are you reading now?
What a classy dig!!

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
Sorry Pav, just wanted to clarify some facts that is all since i went down same path myself - i asked in no less than 3 libraries in states for Enid Blyton books. In the last one a librarian gave me the story - she asked me in fact give me one good …

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
Hi Sundar, Blyton is not accepted in other parts of the world, including US for her blatantly racist writing. Noddy was allowed some years ago in US public libraries after some editing of racist comments. Some school series like Malory towers show a…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
Intercaste marriage during chola period
Am not sure of the historical part..as things are now there is quite a lot of animosity between orthodox saivites and vaishnavites...we are educated elite people so we are not the base to be judged on..but if you talk to a priest for example you can…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
Yeah not surprising..France gets a very bad rap from many writers esp more if they are english or american. European cultures are close knit, less diverse and more conservative so the average 'liberal' writer finds that funny many times...…

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what book are you reading now?
..or the museums, scenic beauty and cuisine of France..Obviously Sivaram has never visited the Queen among cities (Paris :))

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
Same here, want to read again..although must confess am not as big a fan of asterix as am of tintin..for reasons not entirely clear to me:) can't deny the humor regardless :))

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
My favorite scene(s) is the time SS and Mamalla have together at Veeranarayana Eri during the storm and then have to part. You really feel for the lovers then and Kalki leaves so much unsaid to the reader's imagination!! Sandilyan or Kovi Manis…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
Irukkalam..today's generation more exposure more stuff. Enga kalathula ellam kumudam only during puc. 8th grade was still chandamama, enid blyton vagayara..occasionally intelligent magazines like Kalkandu, then Chinmaya Mission's Bal Vihar…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
enna vamba pochu..no connection between kilu kilu and enid blyton. I think you are confusing sexy and sexist. Sexist is discriminatory to women, not kilu kilu stuff.

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
I think it is..and i felt the same..i was about 8th grade when i read it. My mother asked me immediately if the author is female, and then said that is what, she is writing about other women like that. There was another Blyton book 'Naughtiest …

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
I think you are right, the big book with illustrations. There is also one by an american couple on touring india, i will find the name, fascinating that was too. These are all one time reads and advantage in US is you get them in libraries. I would…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
TMS - 'cook and see' is a horrible translation :) I love meenakshi ammal's book too the tamil one that is - brings back lot of memories for me. For anyone who likes cook books with life stories there are two more - Turmeric Trail by R…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
Wow Venkat, that is indeed news!! So Herge was some kind of a guy with scientific insight as well..Now i must read Flight 714 to see what was anti semitic in it..i have jewish friends also in the tintin fan club i belong to.. have not heard this tho…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
Wow, didn't know that..who thought Herge was Nazi, the French? My favorite is Thomson and Thompson too..the scene where they grow green beards and hiccup..priceless..and the scene where Captain Haddock circles the moon (The moon has a new sate…

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
I wonder which Holmes story hollywood is trying out now? The best Sherlock holmes ever was Jeremy Brett with BBC. Most of the rest were near disasters. I wish they'd leave classics to land of origin to be made best :))

Comment by dmaloo September 2009 permalink
what book are you reading now?
I have the whole new collection, set of 3s..also two supplementary books detailing the history of tintin books and the art work which has enhanced over the years. (The original tintin artwork is somewhat like the originial mickey mouse..very bare bo…

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