An Obituary of Swami VenPuravi Aadhavan (1911-2002)

Further reading

Aaiyyanism

Kadesis, also called 'Kadesi-Teriyum' or the 'end of the Knowledge'.

The Nuuru Teriyum (the 'One Hundred Knowledges').

Chattam, or Codes of Law.

Pazeyas Arivu, the 'old books of pure knowledge'.

The Journey (A History of Aaiyyanism 1543 BC - 801 BC) - Guru Asha Saptrishi

The Aaiyyan Accent To The Veil by Guru Kendra Jnanavajra Marichi (4 AD)

The Twelve Rings of Aaiyyan by Guru Bhimashankar Dattatriya (Trans. By Guru Jnanadipa Bhariri).

All these works are available from most major Aaiyyanist temples.

Dalits

Atrocities on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: Prevention and Implementation/P.C. Sikligar. Jaipur, Mangal Deep, 2002, viii, 92 p., tables, $13. ISBN 81-7594-096-4.

Banking Bureaucracy and Social Networks: Scheduled Castes in the Process of Development/Jagdish Kumar Pundir. 1998, vii, 190 p., $19. ISBN 81-7625-024-4.

The Ambedkar Era/Ramesh Chandra and Sangh Mittra. New Delhi, Commonwealth, 2003, viii, 354 p., $55. ISBN 81-7169-744-5.

Beyond Ambedkar : Essays on Dalits in India/Nandu Ram. New Delhi, Har-Anand, 1995, 390 p., tables, $30. ISBN 81-241-0239-2.

Challenging Untouchability : Dalit Initiative and Experience from Karnataka/edited by Simon R. Charsley and G.K. Karanth. 322 p., $24. ISBN 81-7036-721-2. [Cultural Subordination and the Dalit Challenge, Volume 1].

Tibet

In Exile from the Land of Snows, The Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Occupation -John Avedon.

Essential Tibetan Buddhism - Robert Thurman.

Tibet, An Enduring Civilization - Francoise Pommaret.