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Earliest inscription in Malayalam in Edakal Cave - Iravatham Mahadevan
>>> at what point in history do you say "now it's Malayalam, not Tamil anymore"? [GRS]It would not be a point, but a time period in history. Differences creep up over time. >>> If it's a common root, at what po…

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Top 10 Historical Non-Finction Books One should have on their bookshelves
I might miss the fair. Can I walk to the University of Madras and buy KAN's books? ~GRS

Comment by intellisurfer December 2011 permalink
Mylai Seeni Venkatasamy - Historian - Article published in Kalaimagal
Contact Himalayan Academy http://himalayanacademy.com/ They recently converted/digitzed several Saiva Agama texts. ~GRS

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7m Arivu
It can get little confusing. There is one Kamboja who are the East Iranians, who are were closely related to Indo-Aryans in culture and language that existed in parts of the present Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. When Mahabharatam refers to Kambo…

Comment by intellisurfer November 2011 permalink
"Tholkappiam preceded Rig Veda" - Did Hanuman spoke in Tamil to Sita?
A nitpick....Brahmins are not the only dvijas. Kshatriya and Vaishyas too are considered Dvijas.

Comment by intellisurfer November 2011 permalink
"Tholkappiam preceded Rig Veda"
I do not agree with Guna, but you cannot deride it because in Scientific methods, a theory is first formulated based on some observations or prior conclusions, then experiments are carried out to corroborate that theory to reach conclusions. http:…

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may some one like this! (Breaking India)
You refer to the modern country called India based on the Westphalian Sovereignty model. India as a cultural & geographical entity existed for thousands of years.

Comment by intellisurfer November 2011 permalink
annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....................
TN candidates from IAS had dropped out :-)) So congratulations and good luck. GRS

Comment by intellisurfer November 2011 permalink
7m Arivu
The problem with the movie, I heard from various sources, is the romantic theme, too much development of the 'circus' character, songs and other sundry items. Looks like the first 20 minutes of the movie has received nearly unanimous prai…

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Removing the Sheen from Buddhism
It is not a write up, it is a discussion forum; and they are discussing just like we discuss here.

Comment by intellisurfer November 2011 permalink
Removing the Sheen from Buddhism
Oh really? Maybe Einstein should have stuck with Germany instead of emigrating to USA. Following Gandhi's request, he could have gone further ahead and laid down his life. You are asking me to fall for the logical fallacy "Appeal to Autho…

Comment by intellisurfer November 2011 permalink
kadavur mayanam- article in hindu
Wow, the article has been written in a very simple English, and took me to the temple. I wish Lakshmi had written more in detail about the temple. Awesome.

Comment by intellisurfer November 2011 permalink
time to think of our jain-buddhist past
VKR: If you read carefully you would notice that I did not say they are off-shoots of Vedic tradition. It is a myth that is spread about Jainism and Buddhism as being a reaction to Vedic thoughts. 'Vedic thoughts' imply the Upanishads, bec…

Comment by intellisurfer November 2011 permalink
time to think of our jain-buddhist past
Gandhi was stupid to advocate pacifism when the Jews were being slaughtered. Gandhi was an extremist in that sense. GRS

Comment by intellisurfer October 2011 permalink
time to think of our jain-buddhist past
You are correct Jainism is not an off-shoot of HInduism. Because there never existed Hinduism in those times. People followed gurus and swamis in those times. People who could debate and win people over to their way of thinking garnered more follow…

Comment by intellisurfer October 2011 permalink
time to think of our jain-buddhist past
Buddha is considered as an avatar of Vishnu only in some circles. It is not uniform acceptance. GRS

Comment by intellisurfer October 2011 permalink
time to think of our jain-buddhist past
Even as a Hindu, I welcome such initiatives to research Jainism and Buddhism in South India and India as a whole. To me as a Hindu, all Indic religions - especially Jainism and Buddhism - are nothing but different sides of our Hindu religion. Ancien…

Comment by intellisurfer October 2011 permalink
Height of Stupidity - Anna Ganesh
We should be proud that our culture elevates good human beings to the level gods.

Comment by intellisurfer September 2011 permalink
Why Pandyas lost to Kafur.
Please read the 'Courses of the Empire" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Course_of_Empire Complacency and arrogance are clear signs about the impending change in regime, everywhere. All Empires have collapsed. Only the Indic Civilization…

Comment by intellisurfer September 2011 permalink
Why Pandyas lost to Kafur.
That was not his real name for sure. He got 'hazardinari' because this owner paid 'hazar' - thousand coins (probably dinars) to obtain him. GRS

Comment by intellisurfer September 2011 permalink
why pandyas lost to kafur
I think there is a derisive/colloquial term that originates from Turks that is evenly applied to all Muslims in TN. Which points to the fact that the Urdu speaking Muslims - sometimes also called as 'Pathani' {origin from the ethnic Pashtu…

Comment by intellisurfer September 2011 permalink
Stone Vimana of Vikrama Chola period temple lying in ruins
The government runs ration shops too, and corruption reigns in it too. The answer is to get the government out of Temple Management. Let the Wealthy Hindus manage them. If Hindus do not step forward to support their temples, then the temples deserve…

Comment by intellisurfer September 2011 permalink
Why Pandyas lost to Kafur.
I think there is some validity in the reason that the soldiers did not have enough experience fighting. If one notices, the way America operates, it constantly is engaged in fighting over several continents - it has soldiers spread across several ba…

Comment by intellisurfer September 2011 permalink
Stone Vimana of Vikrama Chola period temple lying in ruins
It is not the duty of government to get into religious affairs, let alone manage temples. These are better managed by private individuals and trusts. GRS

Comment by intellisurfer September 2011 permalink
Why Pandyas lost to Kafur.
Must have been because of Sundara Pandya. The brothers did not get along really well....if I read my history correctly. GRS

Comment by intellisurfer September 2011 permalink
Why Pandyas lost to Kafur.
Losing because of supplies is valid; but quite shameful if you consider the territory where they lost - i.e. their own territory. If the Pandyas had gone to Tibet and failed because of supplies that I would agree. But near Cauvery river? Sheesh, who…

Comment by intellisurfer September 2011 permalink
Why Pandyas lost to Kafur.
That argument does not hold good, because the Pandyas like other Kings had attacked other Kingdoms. So it is not that they did not have experience as an 'offensive team'. GRS ps: True, culturally we lacked the aggressiveness of the "…

Comment by intellisurfer September 2011 permalink
Why Pandyas lost to Kafur.
If the Pandyan Princes had defeated all the other local chiefs and Kings in the area, they must have control over the area. So Kafur comes all the way from the North; meets the lions in their den and yet manages to defeat them? Sorry to use the same…

Comment by intellisurfer September 2011 permalink
Thinking of doing a console game about rajendra cholan
There are so many consoles/game boxes. Are you planning to release it in all? Have you tried releasing first an app on say like iPhone etc? GRS

Comment by intellisurfer May 2011 permalink
LOKPAL Bill-Will it change us ?
The original author who called Anna Hazare naive is actually naive and has not understood the society and human behavior very well hence examples like "Stop jumping queues". A human is conditioned for survival and take the easiest route. T…

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