On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Why is a mix of cultures always seen as an imposition, and that too,
after centuries?
Logical arguments don't appeal quite as well as emotional arguments
do. Politicians understand this more than anyone else.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Logical arguments don't appeal quite as well as emotional arguments
do. Politicians understand this more than anyone else. Cunning is the
dark sanctuary of incapacity says Earl Chesterfield, in politics
though
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I'd like to plug a book here:
_Ethnicity and Populist Mobilization: political parties, citizens and
democracy in South India_
by Narendra Subramanian (disclosure: the author is a first cousin)
Here's an
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Srini Ramakrishnan wrote:
| Where can I get a copy? The link to Amazon doesn't work, but in any
| case Amazon also seems like a round about way of acquiring a book on
| Tamil Nadu when I am in India.
On Tuesday 08 Apr 2008 11:33:19 am Srini Ramakrishnan wrote:
Modern Indian politics is sadly all about creating a contest
of cultures, races and castes. Mayawati, Karunanidhi, Jayalalitha,
Chandrashekar Rao to a name a few leading culprits.
Not just modern India. This is India by definition.
Where can I get a copy?
british library in bangalore used to have one.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
I'd like to plug a book here:
_Ethnicity and Populist
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd like to plug a book here:
_Ethnicity and Populist Mobilization: political parties, citizens and
democracy in South India_
by Narendra Subramanian (disclosure: the author is a first cousin)
I picked up a copy of
some more of pandian
extract from:
{M S S Pandian | One Step Outside Modernity: Caste, Identity Politics and
Public Sphere}
full essay here:
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:S7D7AmvQmVYJ:www.sephis.org/pdf/pandian.pdf+caste+autobiography+M+S+S+Pandianhl=enct=clnkcd=1gl=ukclient=firefox-a
For a
Yesterday was New Year's day for people in Karnataka. Incidentally it was also
the Telugu new year and was celebrated as Baisakhi in Punjab. The day before
was the New year in Maharashtra and is called Gudi Padwa. The Tamil new year
is about 14 days from now IIRC.
The reason I mention all this
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:39 PM, ss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Tamil new year
is about 14 days from now IIRC.
Didn't you hear? The Tamil Nadu government announced earlier this year
that Tamil New Years will henceforth be celebrated in mid-Jan (on the
first of 'tai' month) rather than
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:39 PM, ss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Tamil new year
is about 14 days from now IIRC.
Didn't you hear? The Tamil Nadu government announced earlier this year
that Tamil New Years will henceforth be
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
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On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:39 PM, ss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Tamil new year
is about 14 days from now IIRC.
Didn't you
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