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Re: Introduction of Visu

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Mani Varadarajan • July 18, 2002 


[ Since Sri Visvanathan (Visu) is now a regular contributor to
  the bhakti-list, I asked him to introduce himself to the rest
  of us. -- Mani ]


Visu9@aol.com writes:
> Shri rAmAnujasya caranau Saranam prapadhyE ||
> 
> /namaskAram to all /bhaktAs.
> 
> May I introduce myself as /tenkAci visva/nAthan. I am a high
> school teacher in North Carolina. I teach math. Increasingly I
> have taken interest in Special Education. I teach them
> (Mentally Disabled) basic skills in math and language.
> I also teach part-time in a local college; I am interested in under-privileged students. 

> I speak Portuguese fluently; my text book in Number Theory
> (Introduction to algebra and arithmetic) is being used in a
> university in Brazil.

> My wife Uma is a lecturer in English in Brazil, where she lives
> with our first son GandhiMohan. GandhiMohan is an Associate
> Professor In Physics in a federal University in Brazil.  Our
> second son Dhuruvan is just beginning full-time college here in
> the US.

> I have long been a student of /thayumAnavar to whom I was
> introduced by my teachers (/tiru kula/sEkaran) in E.R. High
> School, Tirucci. From time to time I have met people who were
> very knowledegable about thayumAnavar. I am grateful for that.

> I am interested in the meanings of /tamiZ and /sams/krutam
> words from the point of view of English translation both
> forward and backward and constructions.  This search has taken
> me far into classical literature. I hope to publish a book
> along those lines:

> A Guide to Translation From English to /tamiZ and vice versa. 

> Once I feel firm, I may write mathematics in /tamiZ using
> examples from classical literature, as a service to our
> children. For example, many examples and problems can be
> constructed in modular arithmetic from the writings of Shri
> B.V. Raman, the famous astrologer. These examples are very
> simple, yet I know as a teacher that they are hard to beat in
> training the mind. And they can be applied in life.

> I hit upon the bhakti-list frequently when I was searching on
> the Internet for works of /AcaryAs like Shri /nAta/muni. A name
> like /ni/gam/Anta dESikan will not fail to catch my attention!
> :-)

> I find the postings very informative. I copy words for
> translation purposes! Just a few at a time.

> /vantanam.
> 
> /naH svI/kurvaka asmAt krupAm: Wherefore, cause us to have Your Grace.
> 
> /visu



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