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Sep 29, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
The scholar who rediscovered ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ Raja Raja #Chola.

As #PonniyinSelvan1 hits the screens tomorrow, this might seem hard to believe: There was a time not too long ago when no one knew who Raja Raja was.

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(1/10) People were not even aware just around 115 years ago that Raja Raja was responsible for building the big temple in Thanjavur in the early 11th century.

Some believed it was the Sangam age ruler Karikala Chola, who lived around 1,000 years earlier, who built it.
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Sep 27, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The father of library science

Today is the 50th death anniversary of SR Ranganathan, famous for his Five Laws of Library Science.

(1/9) Image Ranganathan was born in Shiyali (Sirkazhi in present-day Tamil Nadu) in a religious family.

His father was known for his Ramayana pravachanams.

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Sep 27, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
How caste discrimination in Kerala CPI(M) helped save the state’s mangroves

It is seven years since Kallen Pokkudan's demise on 27 September 2015. Over 22 species of mangroves now welcome you to his village of Payangadi.

(1/8) Image The village is nestled in the environmentally fragile wetlands of north Kerala's Kannur district.

Pokkudan started planting mangrove seeds in his native place in 1989 at 52.

At that time, many labelled him eccentric.

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