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Only For Die Hard Rajini Fans.......
Rajinikanth was bragging to Jayalalitha one day, "You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them." Tired of his boasting, Jayalalitha called his bluff, "OK, Rajini how about Tom Cruise?" "Sure, yes, ...
Parliament - Shame Shame !!
What a bunch of self serving, sub-standard jokers. Sorry, but I am unable to find a word in the english language that could sufficiently express my disdain and disgust for our "great" parliamentarians. I am at a loss. Readers are free ...
Information Censorship by the "democratically" elected Government of India
What an oxymoron !! According to the American Heritage Dictionary, Oxymoron means... A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined. We dont let half a chance pass by to gloat over our democratic credentials. How many times have we thrown ...
We shall overcome some day...
Scenes of chaos, pain, confusion and helplessness. Terror struck India's Mumbai megapolis July 11, 2006 and it struck hard. I watched the clips published in the CNN website . The scenes of mangled metal and bodies being carried away was ...
Audit the White Elephant
Two snags in quick succession. The GSLV F1 and the Agni III missile. It must have been rather embarassing for the Defence Minister in whose presence the nose dive happened. Anyways, I suppose setbacks are a way of life in the ...
Paris..Paris...Paris
Paris is one place I loved immensely. Here are some pictures from my trip...
Kudos to the left parties in India
I am not a great fan of the Indian left. My outbursts, in my previous blogs, against the left's attitude and ideology is ample proof to that. So the title does not mean a change of heart. Having said that, I should ...
Welcome judgement
I really cannot understand why government's in India interfere in every damn business / activity taking place in the country. They think its their god given right to legislate on everything. No matter how trivial it is. I was pleased to ...
Mission Accomplished
Yessssssssssss! I (finally) DID IT. Yeah, I got my driving license on 16 June 2006. No words in my limited vocabulary could clearly tell you how I feel. The efforts yielded the fruit only after several months of practise and ...
Most and Least Courteous Cities
The Reader's Digest has conducted a survey in 36 cities around the world to determine the most and least courteous cities. Here are the findings. I haven't been to most cities listed out there, but there were a few ...
How about a veto Rashtrapathi ji ?
I just love it when all checks and balances in our democratic system fail in one go. First it was the government. Then it was the opposition parties. Finally, it was the legislature, our parliament filled with elected members and elders. ...
The Place To Be...
Looks like it is not just me who is haunted by questions from the kids. ;)
A Question That Haunts Me...
After a day of meetings, which never went as scheduled and planned, I reached home exhausted. As usual, I resorted to my three year old daughter to cheer me up. During the conversation she asked me a question, which left ...
And The Mighty Fall .....
During the recent elections in TN, Lok Parithran caused quite a buzz (atleast) among the bloggers. The elites from LP were hailed as "God Sent Messiahs" to uproot the Dravidian movement in TN. However, there were a handful who believed ...
Rajini's "Voice" and Elaboration Likelihood Model
Selvan has this interesting analysis in Nilacharal this week. In it he has tried to analyze, using a Elaboration Likelihood Model, if Rajinikanth’s “voice” would have affected the course of the recent elections in Tamil Nadu. According to him, the ...
Keeping the fizz away from schools
The recent agreement signed by the top three beverage companies to keep all fizz drinks away from schools is a welcome step. I was presently surprised to read the agreement, brokered by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, was finally ...
Scientists Don’t Want to become Desktop Publishers
David K Lynch, who himself was former section editor of Journal of Optical Society of America is angry that publishing houses are more and more pushing scientists to do the work of typesetting.  In a letter to the editor ...
Dual boot WinXP on Mac
Ever since Apple switched over to Intel , there has been tremendous interest in making Intel Mac dual boot WinXP. I was also eagerly anticipating this to happen. Well, it ...
Tamil Social Formation in Sri Lanka: A Historical Outline - Dr. P.Raghupathy (3)
First Settlements in Jaffna - the Megalithic Culture C. 500-100 B.C.  Archaeological evidences reveal that the first people of Jaffna belonged to the megalithic culture, which is undoubtedly a South Indian phenomenon ...
Tamil Social Formation in Sri Lanka: A Historical Outline - Dr. P.Raghupathy (2)
Historiography: a Re-appraisal Writing the history of the Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka as a separate entity has a tradition of at least 500 years, beginning with the historiographical works like Vaiyapatal and ...
Tamil Social Formation in Sri Lanka: A Historical Outline - Dr. P.Raghupathy
Dolmen, a megalithic burial monument found at Katiraiveli, Eastern Province. In the South Asian context, the megalithic culture was essentially a South Indian development, denoted by various types of burial monuments, introduction of iron technology, ...
Sri Lanka: Witness to History - Chap 1
Srilanka: Witness to History 1956: A JAFFNA-COLOMBO TRAIN JOURNEY & a TASTE OF “SINHALA ONLY”. In the history of Sri Lanka - or Ceylon as it was ...
Beware: God is pro-war and is contagious too!
New York Times reports that Tony Blair feels he was guided by God in making a decision to send troups to the middle east. “That decision has to ...
Impeach Bush
Salon has an op-ed Impeach Bush | Salon.com by Garrison Keillor. I do not know much about Keillor, but he has only touched the tip of the iceberg. There are plenty of other reasons. This ...
Why?
This blog is started to collect information about Sri Lankan Tamil literature. This would also contain information on 1. Sri Lankan English literature by Tamils 2. Journey through the history of Sri Lankan Tamils. (to ...
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