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TTIRUVALLUVAR IN BANGALURU
I am only hoping there won't be any language riots in Bengaluru..much as this is a welcome move some sensitivity on the political climate should have been considered and safely to tamils living there too.

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Kapali Temple pictures
Thank you Kannan, I found it and very nice!! I was very happy to see the coconut palm hiding 'Rasi silks'!! Thank you again.

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casteism in TN and its complexities: boon or bane?
Gandhi, combating caste does not mean at all that we have to be like Bengalis or Keralites.We can do it our own way and still keep our friendly/amicable dispositions. BTW the 'psychological gap' is hardly due to lack of caste barriers ther…

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The strange Tamizh fascination with caste...
Exactly and that is an admirable quality, the lack of hierarchy, it is same way in Kerala too excpet Kerala is more divided on religious lines than Bengal.

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The strange Tamizh fascination with caste...
My experience after a few years in Calcutta is that the Bengali pride is very different from ours and more similar to Keralites. Of course i am 100% aware of the fact that we are generalizing here. Tamils do not have a 'superiorty feeling'…

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Kapali Temple pictures
Dear Kannan, thank you, i am not able to view them for some reason? I click on 'photos' link in the blog and the last photos are from the team that created the cartoon version of PS. Where else do I try? Thank you Malathi

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The strange Tamizh fascination with caste...
Very well said Arun. Actually caste and race issues will always be touchy, there is no easy way around that. My experience has been like this - ideally i would not like association with any group for good or bad and try to see others in same way. Bu…

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Completed reading PONNIYIN SELVAN
ha..ha..what is the reward for the right answer :)) (Arguably this is the most discussed topic in PS Archives?)

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writer vikraman in psvp festival
Hi Venkat, sounds great, hope the function will be webcast or recorded for us who can't be there physically. What would be status of souvenir, is there last date for submissions? thank you Malathi

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The strange Tamizh fascination with caste...
Hi Arun, that is really very unusual in Bangalore..which part of the city do you live? Is it a predominantly tamil area? (Just fyi to you the majority bangalore tamils are not brahmins altho i have rarely heard of them harboring any resentment). Als…

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Kapali Temple pictures
Hi Shashwath, I did see yours, thanks a lot!! I am looking for a day shot preferably so that I wont be reminded of 'Rasi Silks' every time i look at it!! I am not in a hurry, whenever you upload the rest of your pictures it is fine. Thank…

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Sri Krishna and Mahabaratha
Ganesh, Jayadeva was not the first person to write on Radha's affair - it was quite a popular folk legend in Bengal and he popularised it that is all. Jayadeva is a great poet actually - his poetry is love based where there are no rules. He por…

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Sri Krishna and Mahabaratha
Draupadi was not born by human birth she was born out of fire. There is nothing in the Mahabharat that says she was 'attracted' to Sri Krishna and she is regarded as his sister, not just by color but by divinity in origin. It is a very to…

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Sri Krishna and Mahabaratha
Dear Dhivakar, it is very debatable if Nappinnai was Radha, since tamil folklore and tradition celebrate her 'marraige' to Sri Krishna. Nappinnai has sometimes been argued to be Neela Devi, the south indian princess Sri Krishna married aft…

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Sri Krishna and Mahabaratha
Actually the whole RAdha story is somewhat controversial which is one of the reasons probably why Radha is not worshipped as much as Rukmini(atleast in southerin india). Radha was a married woman and older to Sri Krishna. I am very surprised at th…

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Sri Krishna and Mahabaratha
Arun, thank you, i am going to look for this right now!! Where did you get your copy from? Malathi

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Please forward it to all whom you care
Hi Bhuvana, nothing here on this list is true other than the drug list. Kurkure is not plastic (only junk food) and Mentos does not turn into 'cyanide' with soda (cyanide cannot be created so easily :)) Nothing has been proven about mobile…

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Sri Krishna and Mahabaratha
Thanks Arun. Actually I was impressed by what the author said on Krishna not being the stereotyped version of the playful machiavellian hero - who is somewhat of an odd mix of divine and human but more of a warrior, very intelligent politician who w…

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Tsunami expected again... VERY URGENT PLEASE!!!
SPS..am convinced you have joined ISKCON..:) ( this is yet another iskcon site)

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Sri Krishna and Mahabaratha
Dear SPS, thank you for the great information links. I very much enjoyed reading the extract from 'Search for the historical Krishna' and will truly wait for the book to be published. Just a small correction to below, the Shambala is not …

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11th /12th Century of India
Yes Kathie is correct, the Bhagavatham/Mahabharat say Sri Krishna left his body just outside Dwaraka following which Dwaraka was submerged in the sea. This is a 'borrowed' myth :))

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Rants on science and education
Really Arun it is news to me that science pays just as well - some ph ds i know in US (in biomed as well as other fields) are not doing that great..one ph d friend of mine left for india recently and works at some firm in Bangalore, working like 60-…

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Democracy in Monarchy :: Uthiramerur inscriptions
The bicycle yes I couldn't agree more..can't say the same on type writer and sweing machine (not to put down the inventiosn but what they are with regards to women). Typewriter created the stereotyped 'women typist' and sewing ma…

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Rants on science and education
Also karma is hardly 'performance without expecting benefit' it is performance with ability to face benefit that is all, it means strengthening ourselves for any kind of benefit that makes it easy to focus on just the action.

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Democracy in Monarchy :: Uthiramerur inscriptions
Dear SPS, what a treasury of info thank you!! May I ask how is a 'Ahikarichini' referred to - what were her duties/responsiblities? Also is there a word like this for servant maid - maybe she was a professional 'maid' like the…

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a historical subjective account?
Hi Arun, yes that is true. re: What you said on outlet/direction/strategy - lots of people who have used Gandhian type of strategies to stay alive through holocaust for example have written extensively about it to benefit the world and so many other…

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Democracy in Monarchy :: Uthiramerur inscriptions
Actually Venkat it really does not matter who does. I know women have had place sof power i just wanted to know exactly what you said on England, if voting rights were there and if they could be voted to power that is all. Thanks!!

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a historical subjective account?
Arun, I agree that certain POLITICAL strategies work against certain types of governances. Gandhi's teachings on moral resistance are not just political, far from that, they talk about strength in indomitable human will. That is a tool that is …

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a historical subjective account?
It does not work in obvious ways that is all. Moral resistance has been used for years by several people against enemies with or without a sense of fairness. It worked as political ploy since the British had a sense of fairness, yes that is true. an…

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Democracy in Monarchy :: Uthiramerur inscriptions
Dear SPS, I very much enjoyed reading this link and will check out Dr Nagasamy's website today, thank you!! Just curious to know - is there any reference of women being voted to power through this system, are there any caste/hierarchies among …

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