Comments on: Thaneer vitto valarthom - part 2 and 3 http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/ Rombo nallavan Tue, 22 May 2012 20:33:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: prabukarthik http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62703 prabukarthik Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:36:39 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62703 dagalti I do think there is a difference in reading Gurumurthy in a book and reading it for 2/3 pages in a 'Thuglak' issue and then wait for the next 15 days to read another 3 pages... by which time all you remember of the old is the writer's name. In general my attention span is less than required to make sense of a 'thodar', my memory is even worse...so i prefer the book. Of course one can argue, ' if i could not stand the diluted 'thodar' version, how can i stand the more concentrated 'book' version?' dagalti

I do think there is a difference in reading Gurumurthy in a book and reading it for 2/3 pages in a ‘Thuglak’ issue and then wait for the next 15 days to read another 3 pages… by which time all you remember of the old is the writer’s name.

In general my attention span is less than required to make sense of a ‘thodar’, my memory is even worse…so i prefer the book.

Of course one can argue, ‘ if i could not stand the diluted ‘thodar’ version, how can i stand the more concentrated ‘book’ version?’

]]> By: prabukarthik http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62702 prabukarthik Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:06:14 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62702 I did not notice that 'bookie' angle until you pointed it out :) I did not notice that ‘bookie’ angle until you pointed it out :)

]]> By: prabukarthik http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62701 prabukarthik Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:05:43 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62701 BNB Thanks for the link. Looks like AS is worth reading .... Ramachandra Guha... used to read his 'cricket history' articles in HINDU those days. Yeah ideology can do strange things to one's psyche.. that much i agree... BNB

Thanks for the link. Looks like AS is worth reading …. Ramachandra Guha…
used to read his ‘cricket history’ articles in HINDU those days.

Yeah ideology can do strange things to one’s psyche.. that much i agree…

]]> By: BNB http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62686 BNB Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:56:06 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62686 oops, I meant more of theorist, rather than more of a bookie in the above comment. oops, I meant more of theorist, rather than more of a bookie in the above comment.

]]> By: BNB http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62685 BNB Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:52:11 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62685 dagalti: Explaining himself is not exactly AS's strong point, producing bulky verbose tomes is :-) . G is actually a very good observer of native traditions etc as is only to be expected. As PK pointed out he explains stuffu well, in a native language, not sure about AS's ability to do the same. AS is also more of a bookie, while G does a lot of field work. Not sure if it's a good idea to compare any of them at all. Arbit Linku: http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/the-sad-and-pathetic-decline-of-arun-shourie/ prabhu: Nothing against Shourie as such - person worthy of respect and all that. but that respect has been draining away in tiny amounts for the same reason that made you write this blog post. dagalti:
Explaining himself is not exactly AS’s strong point, producing bulky verbose tomes is :-) . G is actually a very good observer of native traditions etc as is only to be expected. As PK pointed out he explains stuffu well, in a native language, not sure about AS’s ability to do the same. AS is also more of a bookie, while G does a lot of field work. Not sure if it’s a good idea to compare any of them at all. Arbit Linku:

http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/the-sad-and-pathetic-decline-of-arun-shourie/

prabhu:
Nothing against Shourie as such - person worthy of respect and all that. but that respect has been draining away in tiny amounts for the same reason that made you write this blog post.

]]> By: dagalti http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62684 dagalti Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:17:24 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62684 Arun Shourie in the same breath as Gurumurthy - vanmaiyA kaNdikkirEn. Read a few chapters of Gurumurthy's series when he started off in Thuglak. Bore adichchu vittuttEn. Was even a bit annoyed that Cho was giving him such a lot of space. Those were the days when Cho was enjoyable without becoming totally overtly right-wing yet. Never revisited the series after that. Actually around that time stopped buying Thuglak. Some sporadic articles read later (anbu saloon) proved more impressive. But then again it was perhaps because it felt more 'balanced'... oops ! Arun Shourie in the same breath as Gurumurthy - vanmaiyA kaNdikkirEn.

Read a few chapters of Gurumurthy’s series when he started off in Thuglak. Bore adichchu vittuttEn. Was even a bit annoyed that Cho was giving him such a lot of space. Those were the days when Cho was enjoyable without becoming totally overtly right-wing yet.

Never revisited the series after that. Actually around that time stopped buying Thuglak. Some sporadic articles read later (anbu saloon) proved more impressive. But then again it was perhaps because it felt more ‘balanced’… oops !

]]> By: prabukarthik http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62643 prabukarthik Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:54:30 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62643 BNB, LOL :) There may be no such thing as balanced views as there is no such thing as perfection.. but still the pursuit goes on.... ungalukku Arun shourie mela avlo gaandu ?:0 have not read him though.. BNB,

LOL :)

There may be no such thing as balanced views as there is no such thing as perfection.. but still the pursuit goes on….

ungalukku Arun shourie mela avlo gaandu ?:0 have not read him though..

]]> By: prabukarthik http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62642 prabukarthik Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:51:25 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62642 chakra anna, namba ooru karar na padikaradhu avasiyam nu thonudhu.. padicha nalla irukkum. Mitha passport karanga padikaradhu avanga viruppam sowgariyam :0 chakra anna,

namba ooru karar na padikaradhu avasiyam nu thonudhu.. padicha nalla irukkum.

Mitha passport karanga padikaradhu avanga viruppam sowgariyam :0

]]> By: BNB http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62637 BNB Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:22:05 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62637 Gurumurthy is an RSS member and is heavily involved in many of the activities of the sangh parivar organisations like the SJM. To expect him to be balanced is unrealistic. Add to that a couple of more erudite minds like Cho, Swapan Dasgupta, Arun Shourie, etc. What's more important perhaps is that he does not attempt to hide where he's coming from. So long as that's clear, it's ok with me, even if I don't agree with their overall ideologies, they are not outright criminals etc, I find most people who attempt to be balanced really boring - for instance, can you find a balanced writer who does the kind of penetrating analysis that Gurumurthy does (on some issues) ? There's this myth about the Anna Paravai (Swan ?), that it can separate milk from water (Why a patchi would have dealings with a paalkaaran is beyond me ). I think we can learn from this patchi, and stop the search for "Balanced" views. I think it's easier to find life on mars than to find balanced views on earth. There may be no such thing. Gurumurthy is an RSS member and is heavily involved in many of the activities of the sangh parivar organisations like the SJM. To expect him to be balanced is unrealistic. Add to that a couple of more erudite minds like Cho, Swapan Dasgupta, Arun Shourie, etc. What’s more important perhaps is that he does not attempt to hide where he’s coming from. So long as that’s clear, it’s ok with me, even if I don’t agree with their overall ideologies, they are not outright criminals etc, I find most people who attempt to be balanced really boring - for instance, can you find a balanced writer who does the kind of penetrating analysis that Gurumurthy does (on some issues) ?

There’s this myth about the Anna Paravai (Swan ?), that it can separate milk from water (Why a patchi would have dealings with a paalkaaran is beyond me ). I think we can learn from this patchi, and stop the search for “Balanced” views. I think it’s easier to find life on mars than to find balanced views on earth. There may be no such thing.

]]> By: Chakra http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62636 Chakra Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:14:00 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2009/03/23/thaneer-vitto-valarthom-part-2-and-3/#comment-62636 PK Saar, Appo maththa passport vechirukaravanga, padikalaama koodadhaa? PK Saar, Appo maththa passport vechirukaravanga, padikalaama koodadhaa?

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