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Democracy in Monarchy :: Uthiramerur inscriptions
Our system is bad, yes, but that doesn't obscure the fact that we have talent. A cursory glance at history will show you that the older the civilisation, the greater the contribution. Have you counted the number of Jewish geniuses? And Judaism …
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July 2009
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Democracy in Monarchy :: Uthiramerur inscriptions
"one social scientist went onto say the bicycle had done more for women liberation than any other contraption invented." Typewriter? Sewing Machine?
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deranggen
July 2009
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a historical subjective account?
"All I would say to any kid is to wait and see till you are older and he will make a whole lot better sense." Touche..:-)
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July 2009
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Democracy in Monarchy :: Uthiramerur inscriptions
I was just wondering why this system never became popular? We do have a record of lost legacies. We are the original inventors of the arabic numeral system, we discovered calculus before newton, we were the inspiration for the greek philosophy and n…
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deranggen
July 2009
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a historical subjective account?
Okay, i guess it is stalemate, this is not leading anywhere. Today's generation will be more impressed if they saw Gandhi as what he was, a smart strategist.
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July 2009
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a historical subjective account?
And another thing. Why does the word politician imply a negative image? As somebody said a slimy creature fighting for survival? Politics is the art of governing people. Gandhi was a politician and he should be the model politician. A politician, …
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July 2009
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a historical subjective account?
All right, I'm not an expert on Nazi movies, i just like Tom Cruise:-). The people you mention and their works would never have seen the light of the day, if the Nazis had survived. It inspired future generations, but didn't do much while …
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July 2009
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a historical subjective account?
Military diplomacy? Isn't it an oxymoron? Do you mean "gunboat diplomacy" Hey, wasn't Hitler German? He got himself elected in his own country! Then he enacted totalitarianism and crushed all other countries.See the movie Valkyr…
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July 2009
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a historical subjective account?
"gandhi would not have chosen this method if nazis were against him certaily. he chose it becaus ehe had a winning chance against the british sense of fairplay. but gandhi had other facets too. do you know he recruited soldiers voluntairly dur…
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July 2009
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tamil history..
That dialogue is getting cliched. I think they used it for Federer-Nadal rivalry too. Still, every time i see that dialogue, i get goosebumps, because the people applied with that tag almost always deserved it.
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July 2009
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a historical subjective account?
"Leading social reformers are Mahakavi Bharathi, EVR, Dayanand Saraswati, Ramakrishna/ Vivekananda, Jyotibha Phule..." Have you noticed that they are all from the 20th century or early 19th? Indian History goes back to more than 2500 year…
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July 2009
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a historical subjective account?
"if it was today, aditya karikalan would have been hauled before a war crimes tribunal set up by the UN, side by side with milosevic." Karikalan was on the winning side. No way. I'm sure you are aware that UN never prosecutes a winner…
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July 2009
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a historical subjective account?
Fiction is fiction, it is meant to appeal more to the emotions of the reader than his intellect. If you write a novel where you slander every character in it, will it sell? Even villains, their bad qualities are told, but it is always qualified with…
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July 2009
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Tamil fiction and details
Marketing is destroying scholarship, if what you say about tamil writers writing to the readership is true. Fiction is a wonderful way to introduce 'hard' topics. I'm of the opinion that one should read, for example, Crichton's J…
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July 2009
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tamil history..
Exactly what i mean. Caesar was corrupted by power. As Batman says of Dent, "He was the best among us. Joker brought him to our level." As Joker says of Batman, "You truly are incorruptible aren't you?" So as i said, a real …
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July 2009
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Tamil History ..
Thanks. Will try it out. I wish tamil publishers would do some better marketing. The Hindu newspaper has "Literary Review" and "Open Page". Why won't the tamil dailies try something like that? IS there a central point where …
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July 2009
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tamil history..
I think there is a street in New Zealand named Netaji Street or something. They showed it on tv during the recent India NZ cricket series. Apparently some Indian soldier settled in NZ did it.
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July 2009
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tamil history..
Thanks for the suggestion. Will try that book. Where can i get it? Any specific shops? In Chennai?
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July 2009
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tamil history..
My point is, yes we created trouble in foreign countries. We should press for extradition as most nations do and at any cost insist on humane treatment. It may not succeed, but trying is the important thing. We should mingle in society, yes. And rem…
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July 2009
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tamil history..
This is Jean-Luc, a name i copied from the captain USS Enterprise, in Star Trek. The new name is not my real one either.:-) I just like fancy nicknames. Well, brutality is a streak in the human dna and i was wondering if tamil people were exempt fr…
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July 2009
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How did people travel between kingdoms ?
If there were no security checks, internal security must have been a big problem, no? We know spies were used extensively and considering that the kingdoms of the south were in perpetual warfare i just can't imagine such a loose security system…
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July 2009
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"Serious" tamil?
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July 2009
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"Serious" tamil?
http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/kovalan_madhavi/ Ha ha.. 'Playboy' Kovalan? I knew he was fools around, but i didn't expect such a naughty description. It was so subtle, a fine balancing act. Those lines he uses to charm w…
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July 2009
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Our Tamil Teacher !!
In complete agreement with you sir. Beauty of the tamil language is undeniable and should be savoured. I'm just having problems with the ideas they propagate with this language. And very few teachers take care to differentiate between good idea…
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July 2009
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Our Tamil Teacher !!
There is a place for serious tamil scholarship. All i'm saying that as long as tamil remains elitist, it will become a niche language, inaccessible to the common man. Shakespeare and Homer survive side by side with sms-lingo. Why is tamil so se…
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July 2009
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