Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

That’s better!

That’s definitely Maurya, I think… Chubby faces and turbans…

But why is it identified as Ashoka? Any inscriptions/evidence?

Shash

Sorry, but link doesn’t work…

Shash

Sir,

The reason I ask these questions is that there’s no geological evidence for
a massive land mass south of India. At best, a few coastal areas may have
been submerged. Not even the most powerful tsumani can […]

This one has been doing the rounds for a while; it was on Facebook a few
days back…

Personally, I take the opposite view of most people in the group. My
thoughts are already known to some, but let me elaborate […]

Sir,

About Kumarikkodu and Adiyarkkunallar’s commentary, my question is this:
Can we really trust a commentary that was made a thousand years after an
epic that was made a thousand (at least) years after the […]

This is why criminal law is best left in the hands of lawyers and
judges who know the difference between premeditated murder, self
defence, following orders, collateral damage, accidental death and
crimes of […]

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Sakthi Sree wrote:

In between all these discussions, could anyone explain, what is exactly
meant by the term *barbarians* .

*bar·bar·i·an*/bärˈbe(ə)rēən (noun): Someone whom […]

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 9:21 AM, vancheeswaran gopal wrote:

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The land bridges might have existed between Tamilnadu-Sri Lanka-Lemuria
like how Kaikeyi,
Dasaratha’s wife and Bharata’s mom of Ramayana, […]

Hi,

Thanks! Wonderful shots…

The beginning of the Meikeerthi is clearly visible in the first inscription
photo: “Konerinmai” is easy enough to read if you’ve been told it’s there!

Hope it can be […]

Hi,

Hi,

Thanks for your encouraging words!

In a slightly reversed way, Prithviraj and Jaichand was pretty much that…
Not killing his rival, but getting his daughter’s suitor killed because he
didn’t approve of him.

I’m sure there are outright examples; […]

No law is that black and white… Degree of involvement and “*mens rea*” or
guilty conscience are important aspects.

Anyway, there’s no doubt that Brutus was an assassin – the questions are,
was he a traitor? Was […]

I wanted to stick to completely “Hindu” kings – I was expecting a protest
that Ashoka was Buddhist…

Shash

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 7:26 PM, sankaranarayanan k.s <[email protected]

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:42 PM, vancheeswaran gopal

Sir,

I think you’re misinterpreting Brutus – he’s not merely a betrayer of
Caesar. He’s a friend of Caesar’s who betrays him because he believes in
something (the Republic), which he feels is greater than his […]

I go into more detail here:

http://mobilisinmobili.net/2011/07/1/number-games/

http://mobilisinmobili.net/2011/11/10/value-nothing/ and
http://mobilisinmobili.net/2011/12/5/value-nothing-2/ – to be read […]