The Shared Tragedy A blue-collar factory worker in Dongguan, China, and a white-collar IT contractor in Bangalore, India—separated by the Himalayas and 3,000 miles—have something heartbreaking in common: over the past decade, both have watched capital owners capture 4–6 times more wealth per person than they did, despite their nations’ spectacular economic growth. In China, GDPContinue reading “The Great Betrayal: How Labour Lost in Both China and India to Capital in the decade 2014-2024”
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Vidura, Birth, and Bhakti: A Tension in Reading and interpreting the Mahabharata
Author’s Note: The quotation discussed here in this essay below appears in Vedanta Desikan’s Rahasya Traya Saram, where a Mahabharata episode is re-read within a later Sri Vaishnava interpretive framework. The essay is merely an observation — neutral , non-judgmental and wholly academic. The writer’s purpose in penning the essay is solely to invite religiousContinue reading “Vidura, Birth, and Bhakti: A Tension in Reading and interpreting the Mahabharata”
The Unending Scam: How India Learned to Live with Retail Corruption: A Commentary on Broken Promises and Powerless Public
By M. K . Sudarshan India’s retail corruption persists despite 75 years of broken anti-corruption promises from JP Narayan, V.P. Singh, MGR, Modi, Kejriwal, and Vijay. No leader delivered 50% of promises or won re-election for anti-corruption. Unlike Singapore’s ruthless enforcement, Indians suffer learned helplessness, paying bribes while complaining—complicit in their own exploitation. ******************* InContinue reading “The Unending Scam: How India Learned to Live with Retail Corruption: A Commentary on Broken Promises and Powerless Public”
Why Narendra Modi’s instinct about “The Cathedral of Imponderables” is right: And why the Greater Israel Project Can Never Be Defeated—Only Transcended – Part III
The Only Path Out: When the Islamic World Unites and the Cathedral Becomes Irrelevant By M. K.Sudarshan Sunni-Shia Rapprochement and the Possibility of Islamic Cohesion The collapse of Greater Israel would remove the primary strategic wedge keeping Sunni and Shia powers divided, making rapprochement more likely than not. The common enemy disappears. Netanyahu explicitly framesContinue reading “Why Narendra Modi’s instinct about “The Cathedral of Imponderables” is right: And why the Greater Israel Project Can Never Be Defeated—Only Transcended – Part III”
Why Narendra Modi’s instinct about “The Cathedral of Imponderables” is right: And why the Greater Israel Project Can Never Be Defeated—Only Transcended – Part II:
America’s Trilemma and the Fracturing of the Pro-Israel Coalition By M. K.Sudarshan The Mutation, Not Death, of Greater Israel This is where most analysts mistake the nature of the problem. They think the Greater Israel project is a plan that can be “won” or “lost.” It is not. It is a self-reproducing logic of occupation,Continue reading “Why Narendra Modi’s instinct about “The Cathedral of Imponderables” is right: And why the Greater Israel Project Can Never Be Defeated—Only Transcended – Part II:”
Why Narendra Modi’s instinct is right about the “Cathedral of Imponderables”: And why the Greater Israel Project Can Never Be Defeated—Only Transcended- Part I
The Geopolitical Trap That Will Break America, Iran, and the Entire Middle East By M.K. Sudarshan The Middle East stands at a precipice. Three scenarios are unfolding simultaneously, each more consequential than the last: 1. Netanyahu’s political collapse and the likely defeat of Likud in Israel’s upcoming October 2026 elections; 2. a potential U.S.-Iran modusContinue reading “Why Narendra Modi’s instinct is right about the “Cathedral of Imponderables”: And why the Greater Israel Project Can Never Be Defeated—Only Transcended- Part I”
“What Do We Do With Surplus Temple Funds?”- The Fig Leaf of Sovereign Guarantee: (A Supplementary post)
Below is supplemental sequel to my earlier subject blogpost (https://mksudarshans.blog/2026/05/30/the-fig-leaf-of-sovereign-guarantee-tamil-nadus-temple-fund-dilemma-and-a-path-to-justice/). It addresses the critical question: What do we do with surplus temple funds? Temple funds must be invested, not hoarded. But the government’s solution—coercing investment in state NBFCs—is wrong. Multiple safe alternatives exist, and trustees—not the government—must decide.” M.K.Sudarshan (Temple Worshipper, Author, Historian, Observer-Commentator onContinue reading ““What Do We Do With Surplus Temple Funds?”- The Fig Leaf of Sovereign Guarantee: (A Supplementary post)”
The Fig Leaf of Sovereign Guarantee: Tamil Nadu’s Temple Fund Dilemma and a Path to Justice
A Constitutional Crisis Disguised as Fiscal Prudence by M.K.Sudarshan (Temple Worshipper, Author, Hindu religious affairs observer-commentator and a Charteted Accountant) Published: May 30, 2026 Introduction: The Sacred and the Secular Collide The Madras High Court is currently seized with a Public Interest Litigation that strikes at the heart of a question that has haunted India’sContinue reading “The Fig Leaf of Sovereign Guarantee: Tamil Nadu’s Temple Fund Dilemma and a Path to Justice”
From Gandhā Bharat to Vande Bharat: The Road Not Yet Travelled
Preamble: Fifty Years of the Same Observation In 1964, V.S. Naipaul arrived in India for the first time—a Trinidadian writer of Indian ancestry returning to his ancestral homeland. What he found shocked him. In his travelogue An Area of Darkness, he wrote a passage that would become infamous: “Indians defecate everywhere. They defecate, mostly, besideContinue reading “From Gandhā Bharat to Vande Bharat: The Road Not Yet Travelled”
The Cultural Glue of Bharat: Why Bhakti Unites India While Dravidianism Divides (An Essay in 3 Parts)
When Dravidianists attack Sanatana Dharma, they unknowingly attack Bhakti—the ancient devotional thread that has united all of India for millennia. – Part I – The Dravidianist Ideology Behind Udayanidhi Stalin’s Attack on Sanatana Dharma In a sensational speech in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in early 2026, Udayanidhi Stalin, the Leader of the Opposition andContinue reading “The Cultural Glue of Bharat: Why Bhakti Unites India While Dravidianism Divides (An Essay in 3 Parts)”