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From: bkannan@ha06.eng.ua.edu (Balaji Kannan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: A threat from....
Date: 21 Aug 1992 06:04:05 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu



In article <weYwdd600VB=A8ofcK@andrew.cmu.edu> ag3l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Arun K. Gup
ta) writes:
>
>I read with interest the article on Abdul Kalam, India's
>foremost rocket scientist, on S.C.T.
>
>I just wanted to ask: how many of you know that the Space
>Center in Trivandrum (where the satellite launchers are
>built) was one of the targets that the LTTE threatened ?
>
>Technology development and terrorism don't go together.
>You can have an Abdul Kalam or the LTTE, not both.
>
>-arun gupta
>ag3L@andrew.cmu.edu


        Perhaps, you might want to explain to some of us netters here
        what "satellite launching" is all about. For some of us netters,
        who tend to associate anything that has not do with the LTTE,
        with violence, murder, mayhem etc., we'll know if there are
        any civilian uses of satellite-technology and will also make
        attempts to believe it however discomforting the revelation.
        I've heard though that satellite-technology is not just about
        AK-47's, [cyanide] capsules, killing innocent civilians at
        home and on foriegn soil etc. but was not willing to buy it.
        Generally,we like putting technology to destructive uses only,
        you see. We enter the cynic mode when we hear something good
        or something that we don't like or believe is changing for
        the better.

                       There is a saying in Tamil:
 
                   "Sowdan kaadhula sangoodhra maadhiri"

        Meaning, "It is like blowing the conch into the deaf man' ears"
        Anyway, keep trying - For all you know, we might not only hear
        but also listen to other people. For all you know, we might be
        willing to budge. For all you know, we might start loving peace
        and order, and even crossover to your side.
 
        Even otherwise you can go away with the satisfaction that you
        TRIED.

        ballistically,
        bk
From: vigneswa@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: The meaning of it........
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:51:24 GMT

	The first ever thEvarm I  knew was "pidiyathan uruvumai......"  At 
that time I never bothered  about the  meaning of it.  Neither did many of 
my friends. When I thought about the meaing for the first time, I was sure 
that many  would not answer the  simple question: "On which (form of?) God 
that the thEvaram was sung?"  Did you ever try it?  If you get the meaning 
right, you may share it with co-netters...

pidiyathan uruvumai koLamiku kariyathu
vadikodu thanathadi vazhipadu mavaridar
kadikanapathi vara aruLinan mikukodai
vadivinar payilvali valamurai iraiyE.

	Another thing I observed was there were no 'nedil' (A, ee, E, oo, O)
in this thEvAram, except in the last 'seer'.

+++++++
S Pandian writes:

>      I like to point out that this "veNpaa" by avvaiyaar is wrongly 
>  quoted ........    The correct verse is ........
    
>    paalum theLi-thEnum paagum paruppumivai
>    naalum kalandhunakku naan tharuvEn
>    kOlam chei-thungak karimugaththuth thoomaniyE
>    nee-enakku sangath thamizh moondrum thaa.
 
Just to point out......

vENpA.... 
	
    paalum.......
    naalum......             .....  - kOlanchey
    thungak.....
    sangath..... 


Vicky:
UMass, Aug 13
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil,alt.culture.tamil
From: mvishnu@morse.uwaterloo.ca (m vishnu)
Subject: EVR part 6
Originator: mvishnu@morse.uwaterloo.ca
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 18:37:20 GMT


More on EVR from the PhD thesis of Charles Ryerson, "Regionalism and
Religion, The Tamil Renaissance and Popular Hinduism".



A huge Vedic ritual was performed by the Rajah (of Travancore) to destroy
Periyar and his following but the Rajah soon died instead.  The Ranis
felt this was EVR;s doing and they were frightened so they released
him after only four months imprisonment.  Section 144 was promulgated,
prohibiting gatherings of more than five people.  The Bramin Dewan of 
the state wrote to Gandhi informing him of his willingness to open
the roads and asking for advice.  Gandhi wrote to EVR suggesting him
to return to Tamil Nadu.  Gandhi came, met the Ranis, and an agreement
was worked out whereby the streets were opened but not the temple.
Periyar accepted this for a while but after three months he felt the
temple should be opened also.

(to be continued...)

Meenan Vishnu
Xref: sparky soc.culture.tamil:1323 rec.music.indian.classical:1501
From: srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil,rec.music.indian.classical
Subject: Translation help wanted. Thiruppugazh
Date: 20 Aug 92 15:36:55 GMT
Reply-To: srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca (K.Srinivasan)
Organization: IREQ, Hydro-Quebec, QC, Canada
Originator: srini@acr

Could some one see if there are errors in this thiruppugazh?
Also post a translation. I wrote it from Bombay Sister's recording.
{Read t and th as in tank and thank. E,O as long e and o.}
\(TAMIL)
koorvEl pazhiththa vizhiyaalE maRuththi
munai kOdaal azhaiththu malar \_ aNai meedhE\- (2)

kOpaavidhazh paruga maarbOdaNaiththu
kaNai kOl pOl suzhatri idai udaiyaana   (1)

kaar pOl kuzhachchaRiya dhEvaa adhatti
iru kaadhOlaiyitru vizha \_ viLaiyaadum\-  (2)

kaamaa mayakki ara noodE kaliththu
nama kaanoor uzhaikkalaga mozhiyaadhO   (1)

veeraaNam vetri muRasOdE thavitri
nilai vEdhaagamath tholigaL \_ kadal pOla\-  (2)

veeraay muzhakka varu sooraar idakka vidum
vElaa thiruththaNiyil uRaivOnE          (1)

maarOr niRakka nagai thaadhaa thiruchcheviyil
maabOdhagaththai aruL \_ guru naadhaa\- (2)

maalOn aLiththa vaLi yaar maal kaLippadhagu
maanOdaNaiththu magizh perumaaLE (1)

K. Srinivasan srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil,soc.culture.indian
From: aras@ms.uky.edu (P. I. Arasu)
Subject: Re: Uniform transliteration: vote pro/con
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 00:38:06 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

I am not familiar with any of the transliteration schemes. But I support
usage of a common scheme. Will accept/learn any of the schemes chosen by 
the majority!
-arasu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: rammohan@aludra.usc.edu (Karthikeyan Rammohan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: Kanchi Aacharya
Date: 18 Aug 1992 15:25:14 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <Bt6wxA.CL9@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> mvishnu@morse.uwaterloo.ca (m vishnu) writes:
>
	  It is amazing that some brain dead
>fellow writes this type of crap and there are people to accept these kinds 
>of advice even in this twentieth century !
>>>
>
>Meenan Vishnu

	I think you are that brain dead fellow and there are 6 seven
brain dead fellows who believe in what you say .
	rammohan

Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: ravi@socrates.umd.edu (Ravi Sinnarajah)
Subject: Re: appar's poem
Organization: University of Maryland University College
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 23:14:26 GMT

kat@doe.carleton.ca (Kathiravan Krishnamurthi) writes:

> valai anparkale:
>                 Could anyone post
>       "naam yaarkum kudiyallOm yamanai anchOm

vaNakkam!

	 anpar kathiravan kEttaar
	 appar thEvaram onRu
	 paNpaay inku satRukinREn
	 seppi makizhka enRu...


innOr saka_valaiNYan,
/iravi.

--------------------------thEvaram/pathikam----------------------------

\(TAMIL)
thEvaaram: thirunNaavukkarasar
thokuppu: thiruththaaNdakam
vakuppu: 6aanN_thirumuRai 


paN: pOtRith_thiruththaaNdakam
iraakam: arikaampOthi

naamaarkkum kudiyallOm namanai anchOm
   narakaththil idarppadOm nadalaiyillOm
EmaappOm piNi aRiyOm paNivOm allOm
   inpamE ennaaLum thunpam illai
thaamaarkkum kudiyallaath thanmaiyaana
   sankaran naRchanka vaNkuzhaiyOr kaathaR
kOmaaRkE naam enRum meezhaa aaLaayk
   koimmalarch chEvadiyinayE kuRukinOmE.

Summary: We are not afraid of any. Nothing will cause any harm to
         us---we have longed for and have approached the God.
* * *

innonRu!


sankanNithi pathumanNithi iraNdunN thanthu
   tharaNiyodu vaanaaLath tharuvarEnum
mankuvaar avar selvam mathippOm allOm
   maathEvarkkE kaanthar allaraakil
ankamellaank kuRainthazhuku thozhu_nOyaraay
   aavuriththuth thinRuzhalum pulaiyarEnum
kankaivaar sadaik karanthanthaark anparaakil
   avar kaNdeer naam vaNankunN kadavuLaarE.

Summary: We shall not touch any wealth or respect any who are not
         God's people. We shall be devotees to those, who themselves 
         are devotees of the God---even if they are 'social 
         outcasts (casted away for their diseases/breaking the 
         social taboos)'.
* * *

--------------------------mutRum---------------------------------------
From: bkannan@ha06.eng.ua.edu (Balaji Kannan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: Kanchi Aacharya
Date: 18 Aug 1992 17:52:29 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu



Oops! Some additional stuff found its way in. 


>       "Write Sri RamaJayam 1000 times everyday. You will 
>        get Motcham!"


         Oh Well! Let us see. What could have Motcham meant?
         There must be something besides its apparent meaning.
         Some kind of a misinterpretation lurking somewhere
         within. Motcham "originally" meant "good handwriting".
         But you know, some poor soul thought he'd rather
         misinterpret this so that generations to come will
         fight over it and even post long articles each giving
         his own interpretation and flavor to it, all the while
         having politics close to his heart. Anyway, it is 
         going to be another 1000 years before some Sinha pops
         up, does some independent investigation, adds a little
         flavor to it and reveals its "original" meaning. Then
         it is business as usual. "Motcham as it was" by Sinha

         [add a tag : Orissa Brahmin; does Sandhya vandhanam
          daily. Not a frustrated soul. Infact had two good
          Brahmin boyfriends too. Morally Righteous person.
          US return.]

         will be a big hit and will be interpreted & reinterpreted
         ................
 
          I guess "Write Sri RamaJayam 1000 times everyday. You will
          get Motcham! " was addressed to the literates of the world.
          Has to be! But whether it is Sri RamaJayam or 
          Srimathi SilukkuJayam, handwriting will improve for sure.
          Added bonus: Silukku will remain closer to our hearts.
          The choice is ours. Better than shouting "Vengaayam" 1000
          times at the top of our voice too, I would add.

          BK

Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: selvakum@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (C.R.Selvakumar - Electrical Engineering)
Subject: Re: A Practical Joke
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:21:43 GMT

In article <2A93F865.16505@orion.oac.uci.edu>, sundar@indigo1.hsis.uci.edu (M. Sundaramoorthy) writes:
> 	I don't know who said,
> 
> 	'maN thOnRi kal thORak kaalaththu vaaLodu
> 	mun thOnRiya mooththak kudi'
> 
> 	(Why did they need a sword, if there was no other race then?
> 	 to fight among themselves?).
> 
> 	Any way, to counter this unfounded claim famous Tamil writer
> 	Pudhumaip piththan made a joke,
> 
> 	'ulagaththil thOnRiya mudhal kurangu thamizhk kurangu'
> 
> M. Sundaramoorthy
> sundar@indigo1.hsis.uci.edu  
> 
> P.S: Please send any flame to me, not Pudhumaip piththan, as he is no more.
>      Any way he paid heavy price for his 'anti-Tamil' stand with a death
>      at young age. He died out of poverty because he wanted to live for
>      Tamil without taking any job, though he had a BA degree as early as 
>      1920s and his father was a revenue official in the Colonial government.
> 	(I will try to post an article on him, when possible).
> 

    
      I think puthumai piththan and many other Tamils are quite
      mistaken. vaaL means oLi = light and here it means wisdom.
      If one carefully reads the first line "kal thonRi maN thoRaa"
      one can see the wisdom of the poet. The sword (vaaL) got its
      name because of its shine. The vaaLai meen = vaaLai fish
      got its name because of its shine etc....

      Thus the "kal thonRi.." saying says that the Tamil kudi is an
      ancient one which emerged with great wisdom. 
     
      Thus there is nothing funny or incongruous in the Tamil saying.
      [ except that it can be contested whether Tamils were indeed
        one of the most ancient kudi's as the author says or that it is
        as ancient as "kal thonRi maN thonRaa" kaalam] 
       
      Puthumai pithththan's extension to kurangu is probably as a
      result of his lack of understanding of the meaning of the word
      vaaL. [ By this I don't mean any disrespect to the great
      sirukathai ezhuththaaLar]

      anbudan

      Selva Selvakumar
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil


NEWS from Deccan Herald Dt 18/8/92 , Tuesday :
--------------------------------------------------

o TN to abide by SC verdict on capitation 
  Madras , Aug 17 - The TN govt has decided to abolish the capitation fees in 
  professional colleges in light of the recent Supreme court judgement and 
  will be issuing an ordinance for the purpose soon. It has also decided not to 
  permit any more private medical colleges and dental colleges in the state and
  not to permit the existing private medical colleges to start postgraduate
  courses.
  In the light of these assurances, Govt Doctors in the state have dropped their
  plan to go on an indefinite strike from August 20.
  An agreement on this was reached on Sunday in the talks between the Health
  Minister S Muthuswamy and the TN Govt Doctor's assn.
  The Govt Doctors had been agitating along with the medical students against
  the restoration of Sri Ramachandra Medical College to a private trust 
  owned by liquor baron N.V.P Ramasamy  Udayar following a high court 
  judgement quashing its takeover by the previous DMK govt.

  The main fear of the agitating doctors and students was that the Govt move 
  would lead to commercialization of the medical education.

  Medical colleges in the state remain closed  since August 1 following the
  widespread student agitation against the Govt action in handing over the 
  Sri Ramachandra Medical college to the trust instead of going in appeal to the
  Supreme court against the High court verdict.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: thiyagarajan@mims.enet.dec.com (RT)
Subject: Re: A threat from....
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 21:09:28 GMT



In article <weYwdd600VB=A8ofcK@andrew.cmu.edu>, ag3l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Arun K. Gupta) writes...
> 
>I read with interest the article on Abdul Kalam, India's
>foremost rocket scientist, on S.C.T.
> 
>I just wanted to ask: how many of you know that the Space
>Center in Trivandrum (where the satellite launchers are
>built) was one of the targets that the LTTE threatened ?
> 
>Technology development and terrorism don't go together.
>You can have an Abdul Kalam or the LTTE, not both.
> 
>-arun gupta
>ag3L@andrew.cmu.edu

There is a tamil proverb "Pambukku palai varthalum adu kadikkum" which means
even if you give milk to a posonous snake it will bite. LTTE are like snakes
they forget all the help they got from Tamil Nadu/India and try to attack the
same person who helped us.

You have to remember that as I mentioned in previous posting in
soc.culture.sri-lanka I was a enthusiastic supporter of LTTE one time.

Let us hope that the innocent sir-lankan tamilians learn about this.

RT
From: bkannan@ha06.eng.ua.edu (Balaji Kannan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: Kanchi Aacharya
Date: 18 Aug 1992 15:45:10 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu



In an earlier article I wrote:

>  [******' crap [daily dose] deleted]

    I am sorry folks. I am sure the uncensored appearence of c*** has
    offended "some" puritan souls on the net. But then, I was faced
    with a difficult choice of economic usage of asterisks with max
    effect. Since this newsgroup is about offending as small a minority
    as one can manage to,I thought I'd go ahead and offend; then apologise.
    [Some decorum there!]
    I have no regrets about the choice I made. Caught between ******
    and cr**, I had to settle for ****** to be less offensive, you see.
    You all know that. Anyway, I thought I'd do my bit.

    BK
From: rgopu@cs.tamu.edu (Rangarathnam Gopu)
Subject: Sri Lankan (Tamil) Pop song
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 02:03:37 GMT

"Chinna maamiyE" seems to be the one almost everyone who posted had heard of.
I have also heard the one that goes:

	"Adutha veetu KalyaNikku kalyaaNam"

	or something like that - heard it only once, 2-3 yrs back

Gopu
--
rgopu@cs.tamu.edu			ParukkuLE nalla naadu
Texas A&M University			EngaL Baaratha naadu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: rshankar@top.cis.syr.edu (Ravi V. Shankar)
Subject: Re: kaaval theivam
Organization: Syracuse University, CIS Dept.
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 08:23:10 EDT

In article <9208120316.AA11792@ha06.eng.ua.edu> bkannan@ha06.eng.ua.edu (Balaji Kannan) writes:
>
>             [Thattungal; Thirakkapadum. Kellungal; Kodukkapadum :-)]
>

  thattungal, thirakkappadum

I saw that scribbled on one of the walls in Madras. There was a footnote too:

  thirakkaatha kathavugal udaikkappadum   

-- Ravi
From: babu@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Natarajan Sureshbabu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: The meaning of it........
Date: 14 Aug 92 02:29:17 GMT
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

In article <18240.2a8a84fc@ecs.umass.edu> vigneswa@ecs.umass.edu writes:
>	The first ever thEvarm I  knew was "pidiyathan uruvumai......"  At 
>that time I never bothered  about the  meaning of it.  Neither did many of 
>my friends. When I thought about the meaing for the first time, I was sure 
>that many  would not answer the  simple question: "On which (form of?) God 
>that the thEvaram was sung?"  Did you ever try it?  If you get the meaning 
>right, you may share it with co-netters...
>
>pidiyathan uruvumai koLamiku kariyathu
>vadikodu thanathadi vazhipadu mavaridar
>kadikanapathi vara aruLinan mikukodai
>vadivinar payilvali valamurai iraiyE.
>

I think the poem is on Shiva. just join the fist two and the last 
two words.
 ' pidiyathan uruvumai valamurai iraiyE'

i.e  pidi+athan uru + umai  valam + urai iraiyE

pidi - female elephant, umai - uma or pArvathi

Hence the meaning here is 

'peN yAnai pOl uruvam koNda umadhEviyin valathu pakkam
vEttirukkum sivaperumAnE'


Now when I read the poem again, the fact that I did Tamil only
upto S.S.L.C is becoming apparent. Still, i can not figure out 
the last two lines. But the first two lines + part of the third
line should go as follows,

pidi athan uru umai koLa miku kari athu vadi kodu thanathu adi
vazhipadum avar idar (kaLaya?) kadi kanapathi vara arulinan

Now arranging the words,

thanathu adi vazhipadum avar idar kaLaya, pidi ...... kodu,
kadi kanapathi vara arulinan,

Meaning:

As sakthi assumed the form of a female elephant, the one who
took the form of a big male elephant, so that Vigneswara ( Vicky :-) )
may be born, to rid his devotees of theior distress, 
(Obviously, this is Siva)

Regards,
Babu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: kumar@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (V.R.Kumar)
Subject: Great hits of Kannadhaasan (Vandha naal mudhal .......)
Organization: CSIRO Division of Info Tech, Sydney, Australia
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 22:57:56 GMT


A Tribute to Kaviyarasu Kannadhaasan
------------------------------------

Vandha naal mudhal indha naal varai vaanam maaravillai
Vandha naal mudhal indha naal varai vaanam maaravillai
Vaan madhiyum, neerum, kadal kaattrum, malarum, mannum,
kodiyum, solaiyum, nathiyum maaravillai
Manidhan maarivittaan.........

Nilai maarinaal kunam maaruvaan
Poi neethiyum naermaiyum paesuvaan
Thinam jaadhiyum paethamum kooruvaan
Adhu vaedhan vidhi aendroedhuvaan
Manidhan maarivittaan madhaththil aerivittaan

Paravaiyai kandaan vimaanam padaiththaan
Paravaiyai kandaan vimaanam padaiththaan
Paayum meengal padaiyinai kandaan
Aethiroli kaettaan vaanoli padaiththaan
Aethanai kandaan panam thanai padaiththaan
Manidhan maarivittaan madhaththil aerivittaan

Inbamum kaadhalum iyarkaiyin needhi
Aettra thaazhvukal manidhanin jaadhi
Paaril iyarkai padaiththathai ellaam
Paavi manidhan piriththu vaiththaanae
Manidhan maarivittaan madhaththil aerivittaan

Vandha naal mudhal indha naal varai vaanam maaravillai
Vandha naal mudhal indha naal varai vaanam maaravillai
Vaan madhiyum, neerum, kadal kaattrum, malarum, mannum,
kodiyum, solaiyum, nathiyum maaravillai
Manidhan maarivittaan.........


THIRAIPADAM : Paava Mannippu


Anbudan,

V R Kumar

"Pullaanguzhal koduththa moongilgalae engal Kannadhaasan pugazh
 paadungalae
 Vandaadum gangai malarth thottangalae engal kaviyarasuvin
 pugazh paadungalae"

-- 
 V.R.Kumar (Ramkumar Venkatachalam)                                 
 CSIRO, Division of Information Technology                         
 P.O.Box:1599, Macquarie Centre, North Ryde, NSW 2113, AUSTRALIA
From: madabusv@cse.fau.edu (Vasudhevan Madabushi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: Ayirrankal Mandapams...
Date: 17 Aug 92 13:00:06 GMT
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

In article <15rek3INN6cc@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> udhi@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Udayan Subramanian) writes:
>
>       There is one in Kancheepuram Ekambaranathar Temple also!!
>
>-- Udayan Subramanian

        There is one at the Little Kancheepuram "Varadharajar" Temple too!!!!!

       There are so many other places in TN. Probably our friends could add
       on to this.
        
       Vasudhevan Madabushi
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: rst@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (R. Sritharan)
Subject: Re: Tamil Words for common Western things
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:51:08 GMT

In article <1992Aug11.023018.24559@wuecl.wustl.edu> sp2@cec1.wustl.edu (Sundara Pandian) writes:
>In article <14921@umd5.umd.edu> nar@olgao.umd.edu (Revathi Narasimhan) writes:
>>I've been seeing a lot of posts lately on Tamil words for
>>commonplace items originally introduced by the West.  
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>      Tamil words for commonplace items ?
> I hope, you are not referring to my 
> posting on Tamil words for mathematics.
> We are not translating Tamil words for
>>his beloved "crepe" is a "maithamaavu dosai"? 
>>

<-------- Parts of his long posting deleted ------->
>
>    If we ever work on Tamil words for
> `pizza' or `salad', we will take your
> 2 cents worth of views seriously.
>>
>>Revathi Narasimhan
>
>                            S.Pandian.
>------------------------------------------------

Looking at your long reply, you obviously have
taken her 2 cents worth of views seriously!

-- rst


Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: prem@cs.montana.edu (M.P.Premkumar)
Subject: Re: Curious Inquiry!
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman Mt 59717
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 19:27:47 GMT

In article <919@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> chemsn@emory.edu (Sreehari Nimmala) writes:
>There was a proposal some time ago to move capital of TN
>from Madras to Thirchy, because Thircy is located at the
>center of the state, as opposed to Madras's location at the
>nothern tip. What happened to such proposal? Just curious.
>
>---Sree

It was one of MGR's antics. He wanted to turn the public's attention somewhere
(there was some kind of crisis for the govt. or may be ADMK). So he came up with
this idea(or may be some one came up with the idea sometime and he used it that 
time).

As a Madrasvaasi I will be very happy if the govt. and the politicians shift
their camp to Trichy. No more traffic stoppages. No more dharnas and uNNaavirath
-ams. But seriously speaking, yes it will be a good idea to have Trichy as the
capital.But I don't know how costly and difficult it is to do change the capital


M.P.Premkumar
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