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From: "naakannan"  | Block Address  | Add to Address Book 
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 01:55:41 -0000 
Subject: [e-suvadi] Travel Diary 11.03.2002 
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Dear Suvadians:

My days in Tamilnadu including the last day was hectic and
full of ativities. I had at least three appointments per day.
Thus by travelling around Chennai in an Auto I must have inhaled
one of the worst type of traffic pollution in the world. India is 
aware of everything from the sublime to the gross. Every place in India
is holyfied (!) with photos of Swamis and saying from Bible, Quran,
Gita and the myriads of Swamis (old and new). Similarly, you get
noble quotes at the backside of the killing machines called lorries
and buses. While inhaling the unfiltered smoke from the bus,
the holy saying reads "Dioxin is a poison. Don't burn plastics.
Dioxin causes birth defects and cancer". Having spent nearly two 
decades on pollution research I know that even car exhausts contain 
dioxins and dibenzofurans that cause cancer and birth defects. India 
announces several ways to escape from confusion, AIDs, traffic jam, 
stress etc. but you know very well that you can't excape :-) It was 
one of those situations knowing very well that you inhale poison and 
the bus that throws that poison advices you that don't inhale. Where 
is the escape!!

Landing in KL, Malaysia was such a relief! I could travel in 
uncrowded buses, walk on the platform (yes! it may sound trivial but 
I could never use the platform in Tamilnadu) and travel in a clean 
LRT (have you ever travelled in the newly formed route between Beach 
to Triplicane. It was filth all around (inside the train) nobody 
cares).

The day I left India Mr.Asko Parpola from Finland arrived and had a 
meeting with Mr.Iravadam Mahadevan and Dr.Kodumudi Shanmugam. I could 
not join them but I was sure that they might have discussed about the 
clay tablet writings and its connection to Indus Valley writing. In 
fact I sent some scans to Dr.Loganathan for his study but my mail 
bounced several times. May be his server has an upper limit of email 
size! When I showed my scans to Drs. Abdul Kalam and M.Ananda 
Krishnan they responded, as I did earlier, that Carbon dating is 
vital. I'm sure THF will initiate this task soon.

Mr.Nagore Roomi who holds a copy of 'kaathalaa? kadamaiyaa?' by Siddi 
Junetha Begum called me few hours before my departure to hand a xerox 
copy of the book. Alas! I had no time. Anto Peter who was ever 
helpful in my travel agreed to digitize that book on behalf of me. He 
might e-text several of my recent collections. I'm very thankful to 
Mr.Sadaiyan Shaboo, Mr.Jaffer Mohidin, Mr.Chellamani and Roomi for 
their interest in our activities and their warmth and hospitality. I 
obtained not only several works of Siddi Junetha Begam but her 
personal diary as well. That was one of the highlights of the trip.

Traveling in Tamilnadu at the present time carries higher risks than 
in the times of U.Ve.sa. His problem of not getting a manuscript 
seems less risky comparing to travelling in Tamilnadu roads. I was 
about to be killed three times on the Indian roads. Dr.Uthay Kumar of 
Anna University showed his facilities. Very impressive. I requested 
him to develop a technology that will nullify the gravity. This could 
enable individuals to hop around without using the roads, because 
roads in India are real 'killing fields'.

Technology is facinating. I write this mail from an elementary school 
in Malaysia while our Webmaster Suba delivers a lecture on Digital 
Village to school teachers. Technology seems to a great hope to 
humanity.

anbudan
Kannan


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From:  "Shaboo"  | Block Address  | Add to Address Book 
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 02:32:28 -0800 (PST) 
Subject: Re: [e-suvadi] Travel Diary 11.03.2002 
Reply-to: [email protected] 
 
        
--- naakannan  wrote:
> Dear Suvadians:

> Technology is facinating. I write this mail from an
> elementary school 
> in Malaysia while our Webmaster Suba delivers a
> lecture on Digital 
> Village to school teachers. Technology seems to a
> great hope to 
> humanity.
> 
> anbudan
> Kannan
> 
> 

Dear Kannan,

Your travel diary about Nagore Dhargah, where you
narrated that Jasmine flowers turned out as Sugar. I
forwarded that narrration + the hospitality at Sidhi
Junaitha Begum's residence,   to an Islamic Monthly
Magazine published from Chennai. I hope it will be
published 

Shaboo
Dubai