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unusual facts about T. Ramachandran


T. Ramachandran

He graduated in zoology from St. Albert's College, Kochi (old spelling: Cochin), but, did his masters in English Literature from Sacred Heart College, also in Kochi.


Aladi Aruna

He later joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and was elected to the Lok Sabha,from Tirunelveli and later M. G. Ramachandran nominated him to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu in 1984.He also served as the leader of the AIADMK in the Rajya Sabha .

American Synesthesia Association

The first meeting of the ASA was held at Princeton University in 2001 with the attendance of numerous synesthesia researchers including Larry Marks, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, Peter Grossenbacher, and artists and authors including Patricia Lynne Duffy and Natasha Lvovich.

Angular gyrus

V. S. Ramachandran, and Edward Hubbard published a paper in 2003 in which they speculated that the angular gyrus is at least partially responsible for understanding metaphors.

Barbara Ikai

She read Noam Chomsky's Noam Chomsky on The Generative Enterprise, A discussion with Riny Hyybregts and Henk van Riemsdijk., Vilayanur S. Ramachandran's Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind, and Andrew B. Newberg's Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief.

Bharathidasan

Throughout his writing career he was encouraged by political leaders such as Annadurai, M. Karunanidhi and M. G. Ramachandran.

Conventionalism

It has been the standard position of modern linguistics since Ferdinand de Saussure's l'arbitraire du signe, but there have always been dissenting positions of phonosemantics, recently defended by Margaret Magnus and Vilayanur S. Ramachandran.

Cortical map

An interesting phenomenon involving cortical maps is the incidence of phantom limbs (see Ramachandran for review).

Haathi Mere Saathi

The film was remade in Tamil in the year 1972 as 'Nalla Neram' (Good Time or Auspicious time) under same production banner 'Devar Films' directed by M.A.Thirumugam again with M. G. Ramachandran in the lead

Ishari K Ganesh

He founded the Vael's Educational Trust in 1992 in the memory of his late father Shri.Isari Velan, a former minister in the state government of M. G. Ramachandran.

J. Mahendran

It was during that time when M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R) was invited as the chief guest for the college day during which Mahendran gave a speech that directly criticized the commercial elements that existed in cinema.

M. Sivasithamparam

M. G. Ramachandran, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, gave the family a flat to stay in.

Makkal Kural

On seeing the popularity of this newspaper M. G. Ramachandran (who had launched his own political party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to cross swords with DMK) patronised Makkal Kural and that led to the popularity of this newspaper in every village in Tamil Nadu.

Manthiri Kumari

M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) who had played the supporting roles in many of Dungan's earlier films had recently achieved success as a hero in Rajakumaari (1947) and Marudhanaattu Ilavarasi (1950).

Minotaurasaurus

The generic name is explained by the describers as meaning "man-bull reptile"; the specific epithet honours Vilayanur S. Ramachandran who purchased the fossil for $10,000 from the trader Hollis Butts, based in Japan, and made it available to science.

P. Surendran

His book on the famous artist A. Ramachandran won the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi's award for the best book on art criticism.

Ponvayal

Randor Guy, a critic from The Hindu praised Ponvayal for its "interesting storyline, humorous dialogue by ATK and performances by Sarangapani, Manohar, Ramachandran, Mynavathi and Muthulakshmi," while concluding that the film would be "remembered for the interesting storyline, catchy music and dances by Susheela."

In the screen story, Sengodan (T. R. Ramachandran) owns 10 acres of land which prospered through his sheer hard work — it came to be called "Ponvayal" (Golden Farm).

Ranganayaki Rajagopalan

In 1979, she was awarded the title of "Kalaimamani" by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran.

Reddiar

K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran Former Co-operation, PWD minister in MGR cabinet.

S. Ramachandran

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, the neuroscientist known for his work in the fields of behavioral neurology and visual psychophysics

Sachaa Jhutha

It was remade in Tamil as Ninaithadhai Mudippavan (Finishes everything he thinks) with M. G. Ramachandran reprising Rajesh Khanna's roles and M. N. Nambiar reprising Vinod Khanna's role which was released in 1975.

Sachu

Since then, Sachu has been lending her talents out and has successfully starred in over 500 films playing varied roles, and has starred alongside veteran actors such as Sivaji Ganesan, M. G. Ramachandran, Muthuraman, S. A. Ashokan, Nagesh, Suruli Rajan, Thengai Srinivasan, Thangavelu and M.R. Radha.

Sexual fetishism

For example, in 2002 Vilayanur S. Ramachandran stated that the region processing sensory input from the feet lies immediately next to the region processing sexual stimulation.

T. N. Ramachandran

Ramachandran identified images at Brhadiswara temple at Tanjore, as the earliest extant visual representation of Bharata’s karanas.

T. R. Ramachandran

Known for his distinctive saucer-eyes, Ramachandran was known as "The Eddie Cantor of India".

Thai Ullam

The film became a major breakthrough for Ganesan, who would later become a part of the "Big Three" of Tamil cinema, the other two being Sivaji Ganesan and M. G. Ramachandran.


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