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Excellent movie. In the last 30 years or so, we have only a handful of serious movies in Tamil. While Tamil movies do bring out movies on serious issues, they are mostly tepid. This was different. It is brilliantly acted and brilliantly directed. Kudos to the whole team. The main characters played by Jose and Manikandan must be especially appreciated. They should at least get an award. Surya has a done fare job, too. But above them all is the director Gnanavel. I am impressed with him. Brilliant movie. After Joker, this is the only serious movie that I really liked.

Once in a while - quite rarely, in fact - a book comes along which answers questions you had on a particular topic, and some you didn't even knew to ask. This is such a book. This book is so lucid on the language history of India that you wish it was longer; wish she would throw light on more things. If you are like me and have been following the story of the Rig Veda, Indus Valley, and genes, and you have been following the developments in this field by David Reich et al, and (final "and") have read Early Indians by Tony Joseph, this book by Peggy Mohan will complete the picture. Even if you haven't, this book is immensely readable and enlightening. To paraphrase a New York Times blurb on the back of Dawkins' Selfish Gene, this book will make you feel clever.