Vaishali kannadasan biography samples
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How does anyone who wants to trace the life and career of that most remarkable Jew, Jesus of Nazareth of Galilee, later made out to be the inaugurator of Christianity by the indefatigably single-minded Paul, go about his task?
It depends. Depends of course on who the intending author is, to whom he is directing his work and the Jesus he aims to portray.
If the author was a literalist, one who believed in the sanctity and inviolability of every word of scripture, he would perhaps refrain from embarking on the hazardous venture and be content with elucidating the texts or expatiating upon them.
A historian in his quest for the historical Christ would try to sift out of the Gospels and other contemporary sources, data with which he could perhaps structure the real Jesus.
A person who belongs to what is called the Social Gospel school, with scholars like Harnack, Bousset and Wrede, would look at Jesus as an ethical reformer and the kingdom he sought to establish on earth as the ru
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By P.V. Gopalakrishnan
Film lyrics could be anything these days, for the lyrics are ever drowned in the racy BGM that appeals to the foot-tapping dance, resulting in the loss of intrinsic value of the songwriter. Even a decade or so back the situation was not this pathetic.
But the old movie lyrics stood out as the music was conducive to the words of the lyricist. In fact, many songs of the yesteryears are remembered to date by their evergreen lyrics.
Old songs often carried messages, useful to the community at large; And when these songs were delivered by the larger than life Stars of those times, they had an immaculate impact on the cine goers.
In this edition we would strive to look at some of such songs that carried good messages. In fact, there were too many such old songs that carried messages. However, we cherry picked some of them from different time frames, for our feature here.
an used to convey messages for the gemenskap through his comic coated songs always in t
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A daughter takes a trip down Kannadasan lane
Her clientele is back, but it’s not quite the same for ng out of Kannadasan Street was like leaving behind a part of her; for the street is named after her father whose lyrical genius remains virtually unmatched in Tamil Nadu. "There are memories, you see," she says, glancing across the street, her virtual memory lane.
She started the Kannadasan Mess with an investment of ₹ in Till the s, the street was called Hensman Street. After Kannadasan’s death in , the government renamed the street where he had lived with his wife, nine sons and five daughters.
"Dad was so busy in the cine field, he never ha