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Subject: Re: [agathiyar] "pi~n~nakanE" (Re: Thirumurai Series - 39)
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:06:51 -0000 naga_ganesan
wrote:


> PS: After reading you quote a Vikatan ref.
> to Narendra Subramanian's work Drav. politics in TN
> upto 1980 or so, I got the book. Very nice and
> hard scholarship.
>
> R. Suntharalingam, E. Irschick (he asked me few qns., few months back,
> I didn't put time into it), ... have you
> seen Charles Ryerson's Tamil renaissance work
> on Periyar, ... - NG.
>
Yes, I have read Narendra Subramanian's work. In fact, I
have my own copy. A very interesting and reasonably
'dispassionate' and scholarly work.

Yes, I have also read Ryerson's work as well as Irschik's.
It was in the days when i was somewhat active in the
soc.culture.tamil newsgroup 3 or 4 years ago. I remember to
have written on, or referred to, both authors. I only wish
that Indians, and especially Thamiz scholars, would
also write such scholarly and interesting works without
bias and prejudice and fawning towards individuals, but
with close adherence to facts and providing verifiable
references to support the facts. Then they can go on to add
their intrepretations of events, but not justifications and
exculpations. Maybe, we have to wait for another millennium
for it!

Best regrads.


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Sam Sankaran
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