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Ancient Tamil Dishes & Delicacies!
Here's the Wikipedia listing on Idlis! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idli Veena
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veens_m
May 2005
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Its not Moderator but a Human being
Sampath, Thanks much for your concern and kind words. But no, my feelings def weren't hurt by anything that happened in this forum. If we all start feeling bad listening to everyone who walks the streets(of the Internet or otherwise), we will …
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veens_m
March 2005
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Its not Moderator but a Human being
Santh, For the most part, I am on the same side of the fence as you are here but there are a couple of places where I think you succumb to some generalization. Couldn't resist bringing that up. First of all, this is an open forum. Whether the…
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March 2005
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Its not Moderator but a Human being
Sridhar, My two cents: I think in any group, esp in an online one, people tend to get carried away, get more than a little emotional and start taking things personally. I do agree with you that sometimes, it crosses limits and gets into dangerous t…
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veens_m
March 2005
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Touch Wood..
Sure, I should be able to give it a shot. But 'simple' is a relative term; so I am not sure what standards we are talking abt here. Veena
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veens_m
March 2005
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Touch Wood..
Arul, I am sure there are cryptic crosswords in Tamil also though I don't think I could solve even a single word(I never had any formal education in Tamil). But as a lifelong fan of Hindu crosswords, now I am thinking it might be a good idea t…
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veens_m
March 2005
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Watch this out....
Vijay, I do think we all have the right to comment on/question any religion or any other idea that fancies us. Whether thats appropriate for this group is an entirely different issue altogether which might need to be addressed. Also, I do not think…
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veens_m
March 2005
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Watch this out....
Round and round and round we go! If you cannot understand the difference between dying for some politician and actually living and serving the poor of the world(and maybe die in the process), well, I am done. I cannot but laugh at myself for trying…
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veens_m
March 2005
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Sycophancy(dying for Vaiko or JJ or whoever) and service(actually helping the poor) are entirely two different things. I wish you wouldn't get confused between the two. If you call the first a "great soul", well, thats upto you! :) A…
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veens_m
March 2005
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I am not going to enter into this politics/religion debate again but I could not let this one go by as this is not about religion or politics or any such nonsense. Becoming a 'great soul' is NOT easy. (Great soul(as defined by you) as som…
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veens_m
March 2005
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Reading between the lines
Satish, "Ofcourse these are all stray incidents. They only happen once a year, or maybe once a month." Lets look at sum total - we destroyed less than they destroyed, we killed lesser people than they did, so we are great. Excellent! I w…
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veens_m
March 2005
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Thanks Satish. Yes, you are right - "The truth will never come out". How nice for the real perpetarators. And how nice for people who can spin any conspiracy theories. No evidence needed. Just some convoluted partisan logic. And ofcourse,…
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veens_m
March 2005
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reg:Watch this out
Whatever. Criticisms are the only reason any change takes place in any system and thats important to the improvement of that system. If we all sit and say that the ideology has succeeded, lets all keep quiet, nothing will ever come out of it. You yo…
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veens_m
March 2005
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Just facts please: 1. "RSS cleared 3000 bodies" - Might be true but the evidence for this is? Some RSS website, I presume? And you raise more questions. "Other NGOs did not dare to enter" - Every other NGO? And the evidence for…
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March 2005
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"Ya, answer to violence is not violence.Its love.I remember the quote "when somebody slaps you on one cheek show him the other cheek also" BTW the person who said this quote followed it also.What happened to that great soul as a resul…
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March 2005
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reg:Watch this out
Well, now that I read your mail again, more inconsistencies seem to crop up. 1. Something about how an ideology will be embraced by the people if it benefits them. How do you define benefit and how does a society measure collective benefit/harm? I …
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veens_m
March 2005
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reg:Watch this out
Priya, As to the first question, I apologize. Slight misunderstanding on my part. I thought you were talking about right and wrong and their relationship to success and failure. I realise now you were just talking abt success and failure regardless…
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March 2005
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:) I'd surprised if I find anything concrete though! Its easy to see things as black and white but it makes one lose perspective. Veena
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March 2005
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reg:Watch this out
Another fact check: "Anyway I wonder whether such movies are character assasination or not.In USA 4000 pastors were punished so far for child molestation.Not a single movie or photograph or satire came out criticizing this,in the cradle of dem…
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veens_m
March 2005
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"*Gurukuls were never for the elite.people like kusela learnt along with the yadava lord krishna.People like 'therotti magan' karna learnt along with arjuna." Anyone remember this kid called Ekalavya?
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veens_m
March 2005
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NEWS LETTER
Pavithra and Sri, Is the plan to have the newsletter in English or Tamil? I would def like to help out with the English version. Veena
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March 2005
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Questions on quoted "facts": "We should remember that our countries media is in the hands of the communist and they are anti-hindu, pro=muslim or pro-christian. They will publish anything for money. Kanchi case is again a standing ex…
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March 2005
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Facts check on this post: "During Tsunami, ofcourse all the ngo's worked. But the first to reach out was RSS who singly contributed to 20% of the total effort." - As someone who lives in excel spreadsheets and runs stat models everyd…
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March 2005
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For reasons already stated, I am def not going into deep arguments about religions and violence on this bboard. Instead, I just plan to question some 'facts' and 'analogies' that are being quoted throughout the list. What one ded…
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veens_m
March 2005
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reg:Watch this out
Facts, Priya, facts. When one quotes statistics, one needs to be as accurate as possible. BJP wasn't the main opposition party in the remaining states - off the top of my head, it def was not the main opposition party in Kerala where it has not…
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veens_m
March 2005
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Sampath, Well, neither word looks innocent to me but hey, where's perspective?! Anyways, I want to apologize for the last couple of posts I sent your way - I should have known better than to reply to emotional rantings but I got carried away,…
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March 2005
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Naren, FYI - I cannot talk for Sridhar but I never called the Muslim League or any such org 'secular'. I think all of us very well know what extremes that certain Islamic orgs go to. All I was saying that you are def mistaken if you think…
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veens_m
March 2005
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Looks like I have to go back on my word! You are ofcourse entitled to your opinion just as I am entitled to mine! I'd only suggest that you refer to the Oxford Engligh dictionary to refer to the meaning on the words that you use before you bra…
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veens_m
March 2005
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Wow. Thanks for sharing your thoughts(if they can be called that)! I stand vindicated. I will not enter into any kind of dialogue with fanatics. Veena
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March 2005
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:) I love RSS feeds as long as they are the kind of feeds I want! Veena
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March 2005
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