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Review - Ponniyin Selvan Drama @ Chicago
A wonderful idea!! Please consider it. With such enthusiastic PS fanatics, it will be a great production. SPS sir, please consider pulling a team together. PSnu sonnaale koottam alai modhum!! You could approach pros like Gowri Ramnarayan, but many …
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May 2013
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En Sarithiram - Remembering Tamil Thaatha - Dr. U Ve Sa's on his birthday Feb 19 audio
I have been meaning to re-read En Charithiram but never got the time. I just spent the last 1.30 hours in listening to the beautiful rendering. Thanks a lot, Sri for the invaluable service. You have a talent for rendering with the right intonations …
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deepabhaskaran
February 2013
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Singaperumal - Hara aspect of Narasimha
SPS-sir, Sorry for long-winded answer, but considering complexity of Hinduism, answer cannot be straightforward. In fact, every religion other than Hinduism believes in 1 God, 1 major Prophet, 1 book and 1 major theology. If you define Hinduism a…
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deepabhaskaran
December 2010
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Palla.......vishnu, Narayana, and Hindu; Nomenclature.
Quote from Indian Philosophy by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (page 55, source is mentioned as Rig Veda) "Surya in the form of Vishnu supports all the worlds. Vishnu is the god of three strides. He covers the earth, heaven and highest worlds visible to…
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deepabhaskaran
July 2010
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Six faces of Kartikeya
I hope you have also read http://murugan.org/research/kannan2009.htm There seem to be many symbolism for the six faces eesanam, sathpurusham, vamadevam, agoram, sathyojatham and adhomugam 1. Representing the Six madhams (shanmadhams) 2. Six faces…
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deepabhaskaran
July 2010
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Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peruvizha 2009 - Souvenir - Available online
To all PSVP organizers/editors/contributors The souvenir is an amazing piece of work to treasure. Thanks a million for sharing the online form. Every article is a gem. Gokul does not disappoint.. the Kandhalur article, though short, is as gripping …
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deepabhaskaran
April 2010
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believe in God , not godmen
SPS-sir It is very sad because it really leaves a stain on the entire spiritual tradition. Every swamiji/guru will be viewed with a suspicious eye by the children who are watching this news. However, while this is a despicable situation, such case…
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deepabhaskaran
March 2010
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is Kalki the best you've read?
Kalki is definitely best for Tamil historic fiction. He is also more of a sakala-kala vallavar :), I think, bringing in aspects of facts and history, religion/philosophy, literature, humor, adventure and romance (and even food :). IMHO, not many oth…
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deepabhaskaran
January 2010
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Hinduism and CRY wolf - PS group and a problem.
All I have been a hovering member of the group for more than 2 years. And I have been very impressed with the level of knowledge this group has and have learnt a lot from it. So, please do not mistake my opinions here. As somebody who cannot aff…
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deepabhaskaran
January 2010
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what book are you reading now?
I am reading some great historical fiction (never tire of the genre!) by Robert Harris. The 2 books I just finished are a. Pompeii - a fictional account of a aqueduct engineer who first recognizes that something horrible is going to happen and who,…
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deepabhaskaran
September 2009
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Sri Krishna and Mahabaratha
Very interesting discussion. There is a theory (I read somewhere on the web) that there was never a character called Radha originally. She was a creation of Jayadeva who wanted a foil for Krishna in his romantic ashtapadis. Radha is not mentioned…
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deepabhaskaran
July 2009
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Ponniyin Selvan Movie Trailer
Wonderful effort. Thanks so much for the endeavour. I hope we can show this to our children and build their interest in PS as well. The art work is beautiful, yet simple. The music is quite good. A couple of comments 1. Please try not to re-use f…
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deepabhaskaran
June 2009
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Sivakami and Kalkis charectors
Sri/Malathy et al Firstly, if you see my original email, I never put the blame only on Sivakami. My comment was not about how women should be, etc. (personally, the stronger the heroines, the better i like them) Secondly, I do like all the charac…
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deepabhaskaran
February 2009
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good in bad, and vice versa
Malathi Will be interesting to see the different versions. (In parts of north India, they even believe Sita was older than Rama!) I have not personally read the evidence, but have heard in discourses/harikathas (I know..I know.. that these may n…
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deepabhaskaran
February 2009
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good in bad, and vice versa
Malathy You may be right in today's case. But when you read Sarat chandra/Tagore's novels or even pre-Elizabethan England, girls seemed ready by 12-13. I am guessing it may have been true in the Muslim courts as well. I also read a coup…
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deepabhaskaran
February 2009
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D'Artaganan Vs Vanthiyathevan
I just finished re-reading "Sivakamiyin sabadham" after several years. The bickering scenes between Mamallan and Sivakami really irritated me.. they set me thinking as to whether they really loved each other? Sure, some teasing/taunting…
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deepabhaskaran
February 2009
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Music inscriptions of Tamilnadu
Wow! I never knew that different yazhs were needed for different panns. Thanks for sharing. If you have a wide repertoire of panns to sing, you probably need a room full of yazhs!! No wonder there are a small number of popular panns. Has anybod…
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deepabhaskaran
January 2009
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Bharath to India
Below is what I have read. I will try to find the citations. (long time ago, I read a excellent commentary on the Vedas by Sri Aurobindo.. there is a also short book on the Vedas by Kanchi Paramacharya.) Firstly, "Bharatha" is a very o…
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deepabhaskaran
January 2009
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On the beauty of science
Malathy Very nice poem from a great writer/thinker. But very much a adaptation from the Rig Veda.. Check out this passage "Who knows, and shall declare when and why This creation (ever) took place ? The gods are subsequent to the producti…
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deepabhaskaran
November 2008
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Non-random-Thoughts : Dasavatharam â Kamalâs 12th Avathar!
Venkatesh You are probably right about the tradition starting from Alwars. But from what I know, thengalai/vadakalai is not about Tamil/Sankrit, but about the origin locations of the two schools - Kanchi and Srirangam. Desikar was based in Kan…
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deepabhaskaran
July 2008
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Non-random-Thoughts : Dasavatharam Kamal's 12th Avathar!
Well said, Malathi. Everything is in the mind. No bath is going to cleanse us of our feeling of superiority (atleast based on birth/race/color of skin), I have heard this "scientific" reasoning before for the segregation, which may no…
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deepabhaskaran
July 2008
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Non-random-Thoughts : Dasavatharam â Kamalâs 12th Avathar!
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July 2008
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Non-random-Thoughts : Dasavatharam â Kamalâs 12th Avathar!
Venkatesh Your quote below summarizes the belief of Thengalai Vaishnavites. > So if one were to believe Azhwars clearly, then "no effort" is > required on the part of the jeevathma to attain mOksha. Essentially, the Thengalais (u…
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deepabhaskaran
July 2008
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Dasavatharam - Buddha Sarira ..
I wanted to make a comment on some earlier discussion on Ahimsa. Ahimsa is, by no means, Buddha's original idea. It is one of the tenets of living prescribed in the Upanishads (I think Chandogya). The 3 key tenets of living are stated to be…
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deepabhaskaran
July 2008
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Dasavatharam - Buddha Sarira ..
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July 2008
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Dasavatharam - Buddha Sarira ..
Venkatesh As I said, these are all theories in circulation. I do know the "global opinion", but that does not mean we can completely discard new opinions. Sure, some of them are imaginary or wishful- thinking, but others have to be given…
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deepabhaskaran
July 2008
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Dasavatharam - Buddha Sarira ..
Shall I add two more tangents to the debate? :) Maybe the more knowledgeable among you can help throw some light! Take a deep breath! 1. Prophet Mohammed is also considered a avatar by some Islamic folks. http://islamicweb.com/beliefs/comparativ…
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deepabhaskaran
July 2008
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Kamal Haasan Dasavatharam Movie Review, Facts and Fiction
I disagree - this is worse than using "Ponniyin selvan" for Veerappan. In that case, it would have been just inappropriate, but here, it is wrong and erodes the historic meaning we attach to words. "avatharam" cannot apply to…
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deepabhaskaran
June 2008
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Kamal Haasanâs âDasavatharamâdraws effusive early reactions
Sorry to disappoint those who are eagerly waiting.. Not a "little" let down.. a major one. When will our film makers realize that great special effects/makeup/action stunts will never make up for the lack of a credible storyline? They…
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deepabhaskaran
June 2008
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a plowman with a single plow
Vijay Women and even other castes (other than Brahmins) wearing poonal was prevalent, even until a few centuries ago. I saw a picture of a sculpture of Goddess Meenakshi in a mandapam of the Madurai kovil with poonal. (Apparently this part of the…
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deepabhaskaran
May 2008
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