Comments on: Another Namesake http://sgrajeev.com/another-namesake/ Math/Physics, Science, History, Religion, Politics, Desi, Humor ... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:50:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: confidential email http://sgrajeev.com/another-namesake/#comment-1766 confidential email Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:02:51 +0000 http://sgrajeev.com/another-namesake/#comment-1766 The hierarchy of the south indian name system allowed tracking of ancestry via the mothers and fathers names, sort of like a unique identifier. The caste name by itself didn't allow tracking of the actual parentage. Cheers The hierarchy of the south indian name system allowed tracking of ancestry via the mothers and fathers names, sort of like a unique identifier. The caste name by itself didn’t allow tracking of the actual parentage.
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]]> By: Rajeev http://sgrajeev.com/another-namesake/#comment-23 Rajeev Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:27:22 +0000 http://sgrajeev.com/another-namesake/#comment-23 Meenakshi, I was away at a SIAM meeting so wasn't checking for comments on my web pages for a few days. Thanks for your appreciation. It always helps to know someone out there is reading what I write. It is like working on your garden. You would do it anyway, but it is good to know others like it too. By the way do you subscribe to this blog? --Rajeev Meenakshi,
I was away at a SIAM meeting so wasn’t checking for comments on my web pages for a few days.

Thanks for your appreciation. It always helps to know someone out there is reading what I write. It is like working on your garden. You would do it anyway, but it is good to know others like it too.
By the way do you subscribe to this blog?
–Rajeev

]]> By: A. Meenakshi http://sgrajeev.com/another-namesake/#comment-14 A. Meenakshi Sun, 27 May 2007 23:23:19 +0000 http://sgrajeev.com/another-namesake/#comment-14 Hi Dr. Rajeev: This journal entry mirrors my explanation to the folks here as to why my first name is the last name, last name is first name... (Aiyakrishnan Meenakshi). I tell people how my last name could have been an 'Iyer' or a 'ghanapaadi'... You write beautifully and with a good sense of humor, be it 'practical vedanta', 'time to leave', this piece on the namesake or your talk about Indian mathematics. I enjoyed every one of them. I intend to read Vivekachoodamani, having read your piece on 'practical vedanta'. Best Regards, Meenakshi Hi Dr. Rajeev:
This journal entry mirrors my explanation to the folks here as to why my first name is the last name, last name is first name… (Aiyakrishnan Meenakshi). I tell people how my last name could have been an ‘Iyer’ or a ‘ghanapaadi’…
You write beautifully and with a good sense of humor, be it ‘practical vedanta’, ‘time to leave’, this piece on the namesake or your talk about Indian mathematics. I enjoyed every one of them.
I intend to read Vivekachoodamani, having read your piece on ‘practical vedanta’.
Best Regards,
Meenakshi

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