Oh wow... On 7/17/07, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Monday 16 Jul 2007 5:00 pm, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Or maybe ask your parents [seriously - they'd probably be the best to > tell you what the authoritative works are] However I must compliment Deepa here for the excellent little explanatory booklet that everyone got at her daughters's wedding. If there is one person on this list whom I know has an adequate knowledge of both an Indian language (Tamil) and English to be able to do a seriously good job of documenting some sort of narrative - it would be Deepa.> shiv
Wouldn't you know it...if my internet connection doesn't work for a couple of days, that would be the time when I get compliments out of the blue! Thank you Shiv/Nallu... My "skills" are available for anyone who would like to document their, or their parents', social narratives. I agree that our "karNa parampara" (oral tradition) will have to change if we need a database that does not get re-interpreted or re-invented in some cases. My knowledge of Hindi and Bengali is as fluent as my Tamizh. I find it fascinating to hear about the lives of our elders...but it had not occurred to me that others, too, would find it interesting. Deepa.
