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OTHER PROBLEMS THAN HISTORY ::
Yes it was Shourie, and perhaps Shourie did not realize that when one eye is gone another remains and that will go as well :)) Simple common sense isnt' it not? Glad to hear you are getting what you hear from us, I had no intention of taking…

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OTHER PROBLEMS THAN HISTORY ::
It satisfies something in us, i agree that is what I mean too, it is not like a search for nothing it is for satisfying something in us. Values have to be protected...well, yes and no. Self defense is not a crime. Voluntary wars or un ending cycle…

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OTHER PROBLEMS THAN HISTORY ::

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OTHER PROBLEMS THAN HISTORY ::
Sorry GRS, am not good at remembering acronmys and didn't want to address you as something you are not. I didn't intend the whole post at you, only first question. I don't understand the purpose of studying history for the sake of his…

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OTHER PROBLEMS THAN HISTORY ::
Sir, may I ask why would you be interested in chola wars with no relevance to present day situations then? Yes Americans take lot of pride in their history. They also have a much greater sense of unity than we do, you can be from any state in this c…

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OTHER THAN HISTORY :: MERCURY
Mercury is VERY poisonous if consumed. Ancient ayurveda texts have used mercury in careful, VERY small quantities for 'rasa' and that is what this article is talking about.There have been metal poisoning including mercury poisoning even i…

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bakthi & worship :: THIRUPPAVAI IN DIVYA DESAMS
Dear SPS, thanks for this info. It is heart warming to see Paavai Nonbu revival efforts in smaller temples also. Malathi

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Lord Rama didnt go to ceylon
Well, perhaps it comes from the age old belief of Rama Rajya being the ideal rule so what it really was like? We have reached incomparable extremes of corruption and nepotism so all ideals do seem funny anyway.

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Lord Rama didnt go to ceylon
There are lot of indicators in the Ramayana that Lanka was an island in the sea, not a lake. Sri Rama worships the lord of the ocean to help the oceans part and built a bridge. Hanuman sees Lanka as a 'shining jewel' amidst the ocean. Rav…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
SPS, Sainthood is not bieng silent witness to any crime. Sainthood is not on the ohter hand witnessing people including if people who did wrong being thrown into sunnabu kalavai and writing about it. I don't know if we know why appar did what h…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
Sir, also want to say last thing - you are not in the wrong place, there are people here who think chola wars were in some way better than islamic wars and we have to be proud of the former. I just do not happen to think like that and picked up this…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
ok, what is your name for a 'less heinous crime'? One crime is more heinous than the other is a very subjective statement. To my mind analyzing crime is impossible without considering the victim's point of view - if so it is an indif…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
You are entitled to your opinion as much as anyone else is. I dont' deny the need for self defence and maintaining defence strategies. I just dont' believe any crime is one sided that is all, including war crimes. We cannot partially ju…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
Any format is ok for me. I think am not saying more after this, it has been said already. The world can coin any number of terms - terms are used for description, they are not justifications. I didn't mean wordy acknowledgement that women suffe…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
Dear SPS, all wars are retaliation of one form or the other...are they not? Appar being a saint why was he witness to so many people being persecuted and why did he write about it? Any ideas? Malathi

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
Hi GRS, what I call genocide - at a very simple/basic level. An intention to kill a group of people. Again i said war in self defense is perhaps understandable. But not all wars are like that, definitely cholas and pandays and pallavas waged lot of …

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
Hi, it would be nice to know a name for you, even a pen name :)) Anyways, I understand the need to know numbers, as you explain, with Sudan as example. There are many perspectives with which one can view war. Statistics is unfortunately one of th…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
I believe the scale is morally wrong no matter what age we talk about that is all. That is actually sometimes the problem with a romantic notion of history such as what Kalki wrote as PS itself. It overshadows brutal truths of that time and makes it…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
Also to clarify again - to say RRC was a great ruler who sponsored art and culture, maintained peace in his kingdom versus say Aurangzeb, makes sense. But to say a chola soldier who killed x people is better than a muslim soldier who killed y people…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
Intention and ferocity are not things to be judged to rank which killing is better than another. Which was more 'ferocious', the holocaust or the bomb blasts in Mumbai or the US Solider in Guatenemo bay? I think Venkat mentioned once th…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
I dont' disagree at all. But is there any record that RRC's wives 'ceased to be wives'? To my mind he is more of a devoted grihastha 'adiyaar' than a sanyasin. Kings cannot be sanyasins very easily, it is not just the m…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
Don't know about how war was documented but surely cholas took as much pride in their invasions as others did - their titles and extended invasions are enough evidence of that. A more contemporary argument might run like this - US army has its …

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
Yes I agree, we have a family tree too tracing back 200 years, one of my relatives did lot of research on that. We still debate that parts of it are assumptions though. 1000 years..this man is definitely spinning some reels :))

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
How can a dude with 15+ wives be a sanyasin?:))

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
Hi Venkat, I have heard of khooni darwaza. Somehow the appearance of blood reminded of part I of your KM which am reading now, the spirit of AK and exorcism ritual. London tower which had thousands of beheadings is believed to be haunted to this da…

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Muslim Invaders vs Chola Invaders
Think about Kalki's description of Aditya Karikalan murdering Veerapandiyan and keeping his head for so many days on a pole? Granted war and enemity were common in those days but is that kind of gore really necessary? If he killed someone even …

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sangu sakkara regai
Thank you Venkat, very good to know. If any astrology/palm reader experts are on the team, was the sangu chakkara regai Kalki's creation/invention or does it really exist? I have heard of 'Dhana regai' meaning prosperity line, again w…

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Prithvi Raj Chauvan Legend
I feel sick. But then, how many of our own monuments are in state of gross neglect and abuse? Afghanistan under Taliban rule also destroyed statues of Buddha that were over 2000+ years old, despite thousands of petitions from historians, archaeologi…

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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] An Unique Panel - Fire in the Kandhava forest...Cambodia
Vijay, - Devas, Gods and natural elements are bound by devotion to whoever invokes them, that is why they cannot take sides. That is why Shiva appeared to Ravana and all asuras and to Arjuna as well. Also, Arjuna was born to Indra and Kunti like all…

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Sati
Dear Atpu, we have had a thread on sati before. First of all, origins of sati are in oppression, not emotion. Women in those days preferred death to the treatment they got as widows. It was not out of love (does not mean lack of love either) but …

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