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age of heroines
ACtually Venkat i think all romances in PS are opportunistic. Manimekali, oru thalai kaadal/infatuation. Brother's friend, guy she saw since she was a kid..very believable. AMV would not have dared to 'marry' Poonguzhali or even decl…

Comment by dmaloo August 2009 permalink
age of heroines
Lots of information Vairam!! I was talking of the hormone driven process of falling in love which is different from marraige and even having kids. My paternal grand mother was married at 8 and sent to husband's house at 13. She conceived first …

Comment by dmaloo August 2009 permalink
age of heroines
Vairam, marriage is different from falling in love. Even my grandparents and their parents married around ages 8-12. My paternal grandmotehr was 7.5 years while she was 'married'. Falling in love with another human is technically impossib…

Comment by dmaloo August 2009 permalink
Best Wishes for the peruvizha!
Dear SPs, according to Kalki it was KUNDAVI not KUNDAVAI. What it was really historically am not sure.

Comment by dmaloo August 2009 permalink
age of heroines
Actually we had a long thread on this sometime ago...with Dr Sri pitching in to say hormone development that causes people to fall in love has been more or less similar over time. The surest way to ascertain age for older stories is that...16 years…

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Best Wishes for the peruvizha!
14 venkat? I was thinking on the lines of 16-18...it takes that long for a young girl to fall in love atleast :))

Comment by dmaloo August 2009 permalink
Best Wishes for the peruvizha!
Hi Venkat, I would love to see flame of the forest!! Thank you!! Yes it is mentioned that Sivakami ammaiyar passes away but not in 10 years. The 'athai' outlives all of them, she entertains the older king narasimha at ayanar's worksh…

Comment by dmaloo August 2009 permalink
Best Wishes for the peruvizha!
Venkat, am very curious to know what was Vikraman ayya's response. And if possible can you share some more of Smt Gowri's observations on SS? BTW Sivakami does not die 10 years after the war. There is no timeline mentioned. Sivakami appar…

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Best Wishes for the peruvizha :; DVDs and Souvenir CD
Dear SPs, Is Souvenir not a printed book or is it just CD? Very glad to hear all went well and very much missed being there, Malathi

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Is it a mistake?...Peruvizha invitation
Hey Vairam, are you not writing anything for the souvenir?? Malathi

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guruji ravisankar chidambaram vijayam
Thank you SPS, good to know, i have heard only good things about this person so I guess he is doing good.

Comment by dmaloo August 2009 permalink
guruji ravisankar chidambaram vijayam
Sorry to deviate but small correction - restaurant made or outside food is often not healthy - it is not about eastern or western. If you eat pizza the way it is supposed to be made in Italy it is a wholesome, nutricious food. If you eat dosa daily …

Comment by dmaloo August 2009 permalink
pungkuzhaliyaa nandiniyaa?
Mine too!! It is difficult to compare two people who are very different and yet have their own pluses and minuses. To me though the reasoning is like this - there are lots of Nandinis in historical fiction. Almost every historical novel starting wit…

Comment by dmaloo August 2009 permalink
Serial story..Dr Kailasam's request
Dear SPs, please include mine for short story or anthakshari, both are ok, i assume this is tamil, if not please confirm, thanks.

Comment by dmaloo August 2009 permalink
Serial story..Dr Kailasam's request
Udanx, unfortunately no. Ravi will be there on behalf of several of us in the States. Malathi

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Souvenir contributions
I sent an email to this id, someone please respond, thanks..

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
nandhini's father :: Lateral thinking
Yes Venkat really there is no shortage of goody goody women at all especially in historical novels. If we think some of kalki's women (liek the much hated Vaanathi) was like that then one has to read Akilan and Sandilyan. All women are beautifu…

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
nandhini's father :: Lateral thinking
Yes but i dont regard that as the author's primary mistake (there are lot of peopel in the real world who contradict themselves!!). Here orgins are goofy if i might say, while writing a 'thodar' the author started one way and then int…

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
Nandhini's father
Wish i could read below!! I wanted to know if Singala Nachiyar had any relationship with Mandakini.

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
Nandhini's father
Really..I thought Mandakini was based on a real character :)

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
Nandhini's father
Oru DNA test pannidalaame :)) We will know once for all. BTW someone raised this question a short wile ago - is the oomai nachiyar temple in Tanjore really the oomai rani of PS? What was her relationship to Sundara Chola and contribution to chola em…

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
PS for Kids ...
No idea but have had this experience myself, my first read of Ps was actually with a group of kids. I was in PU and skipped all the parts they did not need liberally. It was a great experience except until the end when none of the 'vaandugal�…

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
Nandhini's father
I forget how AM knows it is two years...there are two ways then Kalki erred on Nandhini calling Veerapandian 'Anbe' since he was her dad, or he erred on this two years biz and it was indeed Sundara chola's children that he wanted the …

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
Nandhini's father
All the more unnatural don't you think..I always saw it as they knew one another - romantically or otherwise, there is nothing to suggest they didnt'. Lot of things are implied I think this is one of them.

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
Nandhini's father
Sorry I read SPS's explanation...thanks.

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
Nandhini's father
Probably the most possible explanation but definitey a major slip..a father being romantically attracted to a daughter regardless of whom she resembles is highly unacceptable in any culture not to mention the conservative audience Kalki wrote for. A…

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
Nandhini's father
I thin Kalki wanted either Sundara Chola or the pandya king to be the father. Sundara chola explains the heroism of Oomai Nachiyar while pandya king explains Nandini's animosity towards Cholas. He started with the former and then wound up confu…

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
nandini
Yes Venkat that is what I said..better and popular are two different things.. PS undoubtedly tops the 'popular' list, not the 'better' one atleast in my humble opionion :)

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
nandini
Actually there is a saying about the Ramayana that wehrever it is read Lord Hanuman will be there listening - like that wherever PS is read this question will inevitably be there like a companion. Sodhapittaar..simple answer guys read Kalki's b…

Comment by dmaloo July 2009 permalink
The strange Tamizh fascination with caste...
Kathie, 'thalaivar' is a leader/head, 'thondan' - follower/disciple. M

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