Hi all, As most of our members have expressed their views on ongoing hot topics, I dont want to sound redundunt. So, some quick replies.
Bravo, Sundaram Sir. I really appreciate your attitude towards changing the social set up. How far it is possible, I dont know- there are too many factors involved, I think.
Gokul, good one! And thanks for uploading it as a jpg image.
Rajkumar. I am not arguing with you about sanskrit being *divine*. Sanskrit *is* an ancient language, like Tamil. I am a tamilian by birth. I love and respect my mother tongue. That doesnt mean I should dislike sanskrit (eventhough I dont know the language). IMO, one should know everything about something to completely dislike it. Getting a 'gut' feeling is different. I think sanskrit should be given all due respect (as in age), just like greek and latin are given. Any science major person (why science, even economics major, ceterius paribus), would know the extensive use of latin terms. Have the english scholars complained? Dont they use et cetera too often? My professor is one among the 15 scientists who name new structures identified in the brain of a bird, and if you have guessed it already, yes, they are all latin names. And the Egyptian heiroglyphs. Pentagrams and triskelions are used as models in molecular biology and other ultra-modern hi-tech scientific research. A good mix of old and new, eh? And about archanais in tamil/sanskrit. The phonetics come into play here. There are a lot of research going on around the world to study chants including the Ku Klux Klan's "ho-ho-ho, ho, ho" (similar to the one which comes in the interlude of 'othagatha kattiko' song)and their effects on psych of the person. Vedhams are also a form of chant (vedic chants). And they supposedly have a good effect when it comes to phonology of divinity. If you can go back in the PS archives, there was a thread started by Yagna, same time last year.
Again, I am not arguing. Just my 1.78 (plus tax) cents worth :)
Naren, Touche! Be the annapatchi. All literatures will have good and bad. Get the best out of them.
Hi all, As most of our members have expressed their views on ongoing hot topics, I dont want to sound redundunt. So, some quick replies.
Bravo, Sundaram Sir. I really appreciate your attitude towards changing the social set up. How far it is possible, I dont know- there are too many factors involved, I think.
Gokul, good one! And thanks for uploading it as a jpg image.
Rajkumar. I am not arguing with you about sanskrit being *divine*. Sanskrit *is* an ancient language, like Tamil. I am a tamilian by birth. I love and respect my mother tongue. That doesnt mean I should dislike sanskrit (eventhough I dont know the language). IMO, one should know everything about something to completely dislike it. Getting a 'gut' feeling is different. I think sanskrit should be given all due respect (as in age), just like greek and latin are given. Any science major person (why science, even economics major, ceterius paribus), would know the extensive use of latin terms. Have the english scholars complained? Dont they use et cetera too often? My professor is one among the 15 scientists who name new structures identified in the brain of a bird, and if you have guessed it already, yes, they are all latin names. And the Egyptian heiroglyphs. Pentagrams and triskelions are used as models in molecular biology and other ultra-modern hi-tech scientific research. A good mix of old and new, eh? And about archanais in tamil/sanskrit. The phonetics come into play here. There are a lot of research going on around the world to study chants including the Ku Klux Klan's "ho-ho-ho, ho, ho" (similar to the one which comes in the interlude of 'othagatha kattiko' song)and their effects on psych of the person. Vedhams are also a form of chant (vedic chants). And they supposedly have a good effect when it comes to phonology of divinity. If you can go back in the PS archives, there was a thread started by Yagna, same time last year.
Again, I am not arguing. Just my 1.78 (plus tax) cents worth :)
Naren, Touche! Be the annapatchi. All literatures will have good and bad. Get the best out of them.