People live in places, like Namakkal and Amersham. Amersham is a place named after a heap of stones. Namakkal is also a place named after a stone, but a stone is not a place. A stone is something stuck in a place because it has no legs. People have legs. That's why they move about to many places. I moved from Namakkal to Amersham. Today morning, like every other morning, I moved from my bedroom to the bathroom. A bathroom is a small place. Normally, it is the smallest place in a house. It is also the place where you are free to make faces at the mirror and place your hand on your genitals.
People like places. That's why when someone takes our place we kick their bottom. Often, people organize themselves into groups and claim a place because it was originally theirs or because it was their ancestral place. Sometimes, this leads to wars. The places where wars happen are not nice places. A garden is a nice place. Andromeda might be a nice place but we do not know that yet. Places are away from each other unless it is a slum or an apartment in Bombay. Some places are far away and some are near. The garden is a place that is near. Andromeda is a place that is very far away.
Well, I lost momentum there. You are welcome to continue in the comments, of course.
Hi
i just visited namakkal in feb- to see the temple where Ramanujam prayed before he left for cambridge. I have been reading your blogs- interesting? do you really believe calculus was prevalent in ancient india? saw quite a few news items.good luck, suryanarayanan, univ of paris