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 https://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35556 ----------------------------------------------------------- https://arasi-translations.blogspot.com/p/index-to-blog-posts.html https://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=375207#p375207 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- by  arasi  »  01 Mar 2022, 19:53 Published in the magazine KALKI in 1957 in a series of articles about Outstanding Women (courtesy) https://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2019/12/1408-209.html VEENAI SHANMUGAVADIVU by KALKI From ancient times, the veena and the flute have been deemed as fine musical instruments. The great TiruvaLLuvar thought so too. He exclaimed in one of his couplets: are there things more sweeter sounding than the flute and the vINA? Yes, the lisping sounds coming from the mouth of our babes... Even an infant without a sweet voice would sound that way to its parents. What if the child were endowed with a voice sweeter than that of a veena by the g...

  https://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35626 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 https://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=375887#p375887   by  arasi  »  21 Apr 2022, 23:42 Here's a translation of an article from PasupathivugaL,  Dr. Pasupathy's blog.  https://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2020/09/1629-244.html You may go to Musical Morsels on the forum to see it. Even if you can't read tamizh, the illustrations are worth it...It was published in Dinamani Kadir on 14th Dec 1997 in their special music issue. Intro:To follow the history of the city of Chennai is as exciting as a treasure hunt. How many fascinating things have happened here! Fiery religious conflicts and musical feuds to say the least. Here is where Ramalinga ADigaL's aruTpA-related and aruTPA Mantapa conflicts occurred. This is where vaLLalAr and the Brahma Samajis argued like lions, clashing with their different beliefs. J...

 Translation  by  'arasi'  INDEX  TO  PAGES திருமதி யதுகிரி அம்மாளின் முன்னுரை  yadugiri-ammaall's-foreword.html --------------------- பிரசுரகர்த்தாவின் முன்னுரை  publishers-introduction.html ---------------------- மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர் அரசியின்   மு ன்னுரை  introduction.html --------------------- ( This photo, said  to  be  taken in 1917, shows  - seated- l to r- Shakunthala, the  second  daughter  of  Barathy, Chellamma- wife  of  Barathy,  standing-  Thangamma , first  daughter  of  Barathy, two  youths  ,  and  Barathy  himself ----picture  added  by  blog  editor) ஏலேலோ பாட்டு 01-elelo-song.html ------------------------- விட்டு விடுதலையாகி 02-vittu-vidudalaiyagi.html ------------------------ பாரத தேசமென்று பெயர் சொல்லுவார் 03-bharata-desam-enru-peyar-solluvar.html ------------------------- மனதில் உறுதி  வேண்டு...