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| N. Vivekanandarajah on Sri Veeramani Iyer in Sri Lanka Sunday Times - 30 November 2003 A human dynamo who enriched religious and cultural values • A human dynamo who enriched religious and cultural values He was a human dynamo who enriched the educational, cultural and religious values of our society. He possessed sterling qualities and was a gentleman to his fingertips. He charmed all of us by his simplicity and by the very paternal way in which he treated us. Veeramani Iyer was born on October 15, 1931. A person of great wisdom is seldom found. Such a person does not appear everywhere. The family of the late Nadarajah Iyer was the lucky one. He was educated at Hindu College, Manipay, where he excelled in his studies and won the medal for the best student in 1947. After completing the Senior School Cert • Dual identityKamala Hasan’s fans will never be able to forget the superb performance of the actor in Michael Madana Kamaraj, a Tamil movie, as the loveable Palakkad Iyer cook. He won the hearts of his audience with his Tamil dialogues heavily accented with Malayalam. Palakkad Iyers (PIs) are migrant Tamil Brahmins (Iyers) of Palakkad in Kerala. You are sure to spot a PI by just listening to him. His Tamyalam (Tamil with a double coating of Malayalam) and nasal twang will make him stand out in a crowd! It wouldn’t be wrong then to call him a Tamyali.“We were called as Paradesi Brahmins by the Namboodris and were treated with contempt by the latter,â€� states Rohit Vishwanathan, a student of Ancient India Culture, St Xavier’s College. The reason the Kerala Brahmin would say, “If only rats, pigs, bandicoots, monkeys and pattars were not there, Kerala would indeed be beautiful!â€� The PIs were also called as Pattars (Bhattar’ in Sanskrit means Brahmins). “We are a g |