Introduction of Visu

[Guest guest]

[ 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 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