Sunday, September 07, 2008
Great Tamil Film Scenes - Guna and 81/2
I have always wanted to write about two of my favorite films: Guna (Tamil) and 8 1/2 (Otto e Mezzo, Italian). It is even better that I can largely express what I wanted to write as a video.
Although the subject matter of the two films are by-and-large different, I have felt there are some striking similarities in the symbolism employed in each of the above films. To appreciate (or criticize), one has to watch both films.
I will come back to this in greater detail, later.
Labels: 81/2, Fellini, Guna, Italian, Kamal Hassan, Otto e mezzo, tamil
Monday, October 16, 2006
Finnish Tamil Connection - 2
Following is the paper that proposes connection between dravidian (of which tamil is a part) and uralic languages. (of which finnish is a part).
The paper mainly has a list of mappings between a set of uralic and dravidian root words.
If the link does not work, search for "Dravidian and Uralian: The Lexical Evidence" in google or scholar.
The paper mainly has a list of mappings between a set of uralic and dravidian root words.
If the link does not work, search for "Dravidian and Uralian: The Lexical Evidence" in google or scholar.
Labels: dravidian, finnish, tamil, uralic
