From April 2008:
Words like love and god are of the most ambiguous. What do people mean when they ask ‘do you believe in god’ or say ‘I love you’.
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Uyire en Uyire: Lyrics and Translation
For a change, this is a more recent song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qMTUVkahjU
**M: Uyire en uyire ennavo nadakuthadi
Adada intha nodi valvil inikuthadi
Oh oru nimidam oru nimidam enai nie piriyathe
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Kaadhalin Deepam – Lyrics and Translation
This is a melodious potential Ohrwurm which describes how he is falling in love. As it seems to be typical of the time period in which this movie was made, the choreography is weird, their expressions seem more contemplative or sad than joyful and the costume design is odd but the song sounds good.
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Android body vs Human body
A lot of futuristic science fiction puts forward several ideas of what an android would be like. Data from Star Trek (TNG) is an intriguing character who tries very hard to understand what it is to be human.
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Arranged Marriage
Arranged marriage is an old concept. It existed long before people accepted love (that occurred before marriage) as a valid reason to marry. The process through which this changed is reflected very well in the movie ‘Fiddler on the Roof’.
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Oraayiram Paarvayile Lyrics and Translation
I’ve always found this song very hauntingly romantic.
**Nooru murai piranthaalum nooru murai iranthaalum
Unai pirinthu vegu thooram naan oru naalum povathillai
Ulagaththin kanngalile uruvangal marainthaalum
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Types of Love: An Analysis.
It is perhaps important to differentiate the various meaning that we refer to when we say the word love. Often ‘love’ is used in the place of a more suitable word.
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Pure White Snow
What colour is love?
What temperature is it?
I feel it in the fractal flakes
And the warm bedroom light
Ode to the Apple
Oh, Symbol of material Love,
The ‘Apple’ of my eye,
Your cold, mountain fragrance,
Red beauty, Temptation,
By you, we were separated from Eden.
Peaceful, wholesome, godly Eden.
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