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IR payyana cover panna ivalavu pera kevalapaduthhureenga .......

This is not comparing one person against the other. This is to show analogy - father-son/daughter examples where the sons/daughters were acheivers in their own right. idhula sirikka onnume illa..

yes, bala, i rate these ppl.'s achievements lesser than JRD.Tata, Dhirubhai Ambani, Sachin Tendulkar, ARRahman, Tom Hanks, Zubin mehta..........

Aan.. appadi vaanga vazhikku...
You rate them based on what? By what each did in his/her respective field? If yes, fair enough though i may not agree to a few..

However, if you base your ratings on your "offspring" theory, i can only

Forget all this, the point was NOT about who is better or worse. The whole issue was because you said you didn't like 'vaarisu's'.... So, do you mean to say you don't like any of the aforementioned because they happen to be 'vaarisu's'????