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book fair 2010
Dear Kathie - for your benefit - Periya appalam - large pappad (you are probably familiar with pappad as a common indian snack, if not i'd be happy to send you a sample :) panju mittai - cotton candy ranga rattinam - wooden ferris wheel karumbu…
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December 2009
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Toilets
I guess rich and poor, over privileged and under privileged is sort of the order of the world in different ways. I was reading a fictional book on Taj Mahal which quotes some sources saying mughal emperors had slaves disposing toilet. To my mind to …
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December 2009
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Toilets
Yes Ravi. Wonder how you michigan-ites up north survive this cold!! I live down south and it is bad enough here, that too this year with visitors from home going every half an hour aiyo, kuluru appa etc etc. :) M
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December 2009
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What book do you suggest to buy?
Re: Kovi Manisegaran i highly recommend Ajaathasatru (serialised in AV with gorgeous pictuers by Maniam Selvan) and Pon Veyndha Perumaan. Also Indira Sundararajan's 5 vazhi, 3 vaasal i remember as an interesting story. I am envious of the list…
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December 2009
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Toilets
It is quite possible that some systems came bcoz of the British but it is hard to say in this regard that nobody was cleaning toilets before them. For one thing, not all towns and cities had lakes/ponds/rivers. Many had wells in their backyard, and …
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Toilets
Yes our 'lacchi' used to say their family went back 6-8 generations doing the same job. Plumbing and water inside homes happened only after anglican invasions, before that people relied on public waterways and wells in their backyards. Th…
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December 2009
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Books
Dear Dr Sri, i actually like his interpretation of Da Vinci code, the movie was not that great but i really enjoyed the book. The problem is generally that Brown is not regarded critically as a great writer of historical fiction, for his liberal usa…
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November 2009
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Books
Crichton is no more :)) I agree with the trivia - the problem though with writers like Brown is that you really do not know how much of that is true and how much of that is the author's own fertile imagination. Like in Da Vinci code the paint…
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November 2009
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Books
Hi, thank you for the comments, i have heard a lot of Sotru Pattalam, goes on my list of books to read. Nandu was not just a tear jerker, i was shocked at how dumb and cliched the story was. I dont mind tear jerkers some of literature's best …
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November 2009
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Books
Venkat, Dan Brown dropped off my favorite author list after Angels and Demons (funny he wrote that before Da Vinci Code but i read it after) and i was so fed up at the artificial cliched story. But A&D intrestingly is a very absorbing movie comp…
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November 2009
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Books
Dear Sir i read the story, it was very absorbing and intersting, congratulations!! Just some thoughts - Karthigai character is impressive, very smart and commited woman. Mayavan starts out as a villian but ending is somewhat lame, he admits to the …
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November 2009
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Shakespere and Hamilton Bridge
Yes we have had this discussion before, from Hamilton to Barber. I guess we have our share of mutilating british names like they did ours. My father has actually shown me Barber's bridge as a child (bridgena it is one of those super unclean whi…
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November 2009
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Books
Dear all ,bAfter a very long time want to share some book reviews and see what others had to say. During my 10 day whirlwind trip to India got to catch up on lot of reading, some interesting books Indira Soundarrajan's Kottaipurathu veedu and…
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November 2009
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Toilets
Kathie, coming back after a break, did not expect to jump in on this dicussion :)) Anyway in olden days ash made from burning cow dung was used to cover up and discard faecal matter. There were people who came in every day in the morning with bags …
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November 2009
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Hindu Critics
I am not able to read below article due to font and no idea what it is saying. But with regards to 'thaali' perhaps i saw a very interesting debate on indian tv (sorry am very ignorant on chaneels and various personalities) but before diwa…
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November 2009
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CNBC Lufthansa-All for the one moment
Congratulations Rahul, very well done!!
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October 2009
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another glory to chidambaram
what humble beginnings!! Truly inspiring :)) Rahul you must check out the culture of Portland/Seattle/Washington DC too, lot of parellels with coffee shops and intellectualism. WAshington espcially with its political culture and lot of celebrities…
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October 2009
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another glory to chidambaram
Actually i'd very much like to know if this Venkataraman whom we are so proud of actually acknowledges his roots and maintains some contact with teacher or old school/collegues. It would be most heart warming to know if he did. Sad to say but …
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October 2009
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ancient and unique nature of tamil
Great point Shashwath. Language related pride is like casteism, it has become part of people's identity and it is hard to do battle with. And in many situations it becomes a forced identity - if you are with 10 fellow indians who identify thems…
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October 2009
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ancient and unique nature of tamil
Actually Vairam, i thought it was the other way around, people have 'difficulties' pronouncing it is because they were never taught these syllables and that is because the language was not expanded in detail to include them. In other langu…
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October 2009
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Invading the Sacred
VJ, i saw this book in the library, i read a few pages and returned it. The author's aim seems to be to expose biased opinions of American academic scholars particularly older ones of Hinduism. In that process she has gathered a few essays writ…
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October 2009
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ancient and unique nature of tamil
Very well researched, thank you dear Vairam, as always. I want to pose a question to knowledgable members - why is tamil language so limited in phonetic syllables - common example ha and ga, sa and ja? We have 3 'na's and a super difficult…
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October 2009
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introducing sundar krishnan
Couple of booksaaa..that is an understatement..i have lost lots of treasures..most of my parents binded collection was lost due to people borrowing and never returning, including the original SS, Thuppariyum Sambu, Thillana Mohanambal, lots of them.…
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October 2009
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Asia Society Talk
Shoba/SPS, I agree with SPS's comment that clarifying she was so and so's daughter would have lessened the tension. Without saying too much want to clarify, modern technology makes it possible to track origins of emails. Aged people do no…
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October 2009
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Asia Society Talk
Yes Ravi i agree 100%. All, please do not post any further on this thread, thank you.
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October 2009
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Bigtemple website
7 years little = literal translation of 7 vayasu, chinna ponnu - colloquial phrase in tamil said with a pause where the comma is.
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October 2009
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Asia Society Talk
Hi Madhu, sorry to hear of your situation..but i wish to tell you something - no company or business can stop you from blogging privately - as long as you are not doing it in office time, and within their network. What do you mean, they object to …
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October 2009
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Bigtemple website
16 year olds cannot be employed legally and sent to states. She probably said she was 7 years younger than what she is now.
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October 2009
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members
Dear Kathie..i echo what Sri TMS said..apologize for getting carried away with tamil lingo..i have greatly enjoyed your posts and truly respect your enthusiasm and energy to be part of us. (I am putting the souvenir in mail for you this week!:) Kin…
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October 2009
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srory of india by michael wood retelecast in discovery channel
Hi Madhumita, peru koopida nerava irukku..LA varaikkum vara venam..:) US enna chumma vandi pottutu povangale pazhaiya kalathula, andha madhiri gidu gidunnu vandhuralam nu solreengala ?:)) Also just fyi personal address ellam groupkku ezhudaradu konj…
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October 2009
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