by M. K. Sudarshan July 1, 2026: Chennai, India “A satirical yet in-depth exploration of the 300-year-old Vadakalai vs. Tenkalai sectarian feud at Kanchipuram’s Varadaraja Perumal Temple and the legal stalemate that keeps it alive.” Introduction If you ever find yourself weary of standard political theater, pack your bags and head to the ancient pilgrimContinue reading “Kicking the Can to Heaven: Why the Supreme Court Will Never Solve the Temples of Tamil Nadu”
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The Chidambaram Rahasyam: How a Sri Vaishnava Shrine became a Proxy War Pawn in Tamil Nadu politics
by M.K.Sudarshan June 30, 2026/Chennai, India Introduction The Chidambaram Nataraja Temple is globally celebrated as the cosmic stage of Lord Shiva’s Ananda Tandavam. Yet, deep within its sacred geometry lies a quieter, parallel sanctuary: the Thillai Govindaraja Perumal shrine. For centuries, this physical coexistence of Shiva and Vishnu symbolized a rare, uneasy theological truce. Today,Continue reading “The Chidambaram Rahasyam: How a Sri Vaishnava Shrine became a Proxy War Pawn in Tamil Nadu politics”
What need for “Atma Samarpanam” by a “Prapannan”: A KAALAPSHEPAM question on a nuance in the “Sri Rahasya Traya Saaram” of Vedanta Desika
A sishya attending a series of lectures on Rahasya Traya Saaram (of Sri Vedanta Desika) humbly requested the Acharya to provide an explanation on the doctrine of Atma Samarpanam . Dandasamarpanam to our KAALAPSHEPAM acharya swamin, Today’s lecture on the doctrine of Atma Samarpanam was very enlightening indeed and gave me a good idea aboutContinue reading “What need for “Atma Samarpanam” by a “Prapannan”: A KAALAPSHEPAM question on a nuance in the “Sri Rahasya Traya Saaram” of Vedanta Desika”
The Dog-Walkers of War Who Hold the Leash on “The Dogs”
by M.K.Sudarshan June 28, 2026: Chennai, India The Dog-Walkers of War: The Billionaire Cartel Holding the Leash on Global PowerThe Secret Leash: Meet the Media Kingmakers Shaping Wars and GovernmentsWho Holds the Choke Chain? The Boardroom Architects of Global Conflict When we in India read phrases like “the power of the Western media” or “theContinue reading “The Dog-Walkers of War Who Hold the Leash on “The Dogs””
From Dorian Gray to King Yayati: A 70-Year-Old’s Epiphany on the Traps of AI
By M.K.Sudarshan June 27 2026: Chennai, India In Oscar Wilde’s classic novel, “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” (1891), a beautiful young man named Dorian Gray wishes that a painted portrait of himself would bear the physical burdens of his aging, hedonistic lifestyle, and moral decay, allowing his actual body to remain flawlessly young and untroubled.Continue reading “From Dorian Gray to King Yayati: A 70-Year-Old’s Epiphany on the Traps of AI”
Sir, I Only Want to Tend My Garden Patch in peace
I am an ordinary citizen, if that is what I am called when the State is in a good mood and when the paperwork agrees with my face. I do not want to be dazzled by doctrines, nor trapped in the glittering maze of legal distinctions between nationality, citizenship, identity, proof, presumption, and recognition. IContinue reading “Sir, I Only Want to Tend My Garden Patch in peace”
THE FATHER of THE NATION: Sorry, “insufficient proof”
(A short-story inspired by Franz Kafka) by M.K.Sudarshan He owned one-tenth of an acre. Not much, but enough to keep a man alive if the sky remained merciful. It was the only map he trusted. Its boundaries were not drawn in ink but in memory: a tamarind tree on one side, a broken stone onContinue reading “THE FATHER of THE NATION: Sorry, “insufficient proof””
நாட்டின் தந்தை: “மன்னிக்கவும், போதிய ஆதாரம் இல்லை”
(பிரான்ஸ் காப்காவின் பாணியில் எழுதப்பட்ட ஒரு சிறுகதை) அவனிடம் இருந்தது ஒரு பத்திலொரு ஏக்கர். அது பெரிய நிலம் அல்ல. ஆனால் மழை கருணையுடன் இருந்தால், ஒரு மனிதன் உயிரோடு இருக்கத் தேவையான அளவு மட்டும் அதில் இருந்தது. அது அவன் நம்பிய ஒரே வரைபடம். அதன் எல்லைகள் மையிலாகக் கோடிடப்படவில்லை; நினைவிலேயே பதிந்திருந்தன: ஒரு பக்கத்தில் அரசமரம், இன்னொரு பக்கத்தில் உடைந்த கல், மூன்று நாட்கள் மழையை விழுங்கி, பிறகு தானாகவே அந்த மழையை மறந்துவிடும்Continue reading “நாட்டின் தந்தை: “மன்னிக்கவும், போதிய ஆதாரம் இல்லை””
The age-old Vedic ritual traditions (“yajna”) that I’ve been so utterly ignorant of for so long …
The story of the Hindu yajna tradition in modern India is not merely the story of a ritual form in decline. It is the story of a civilizational inheritance that has gradually lost its centrality in the public religious imagination even while retaining immense scriptural prestige. The older Vedic world placed yajna at the heartContinue reading “The age-old Vedic ritual traditions (“yajna”) that I’ve been so utterly ignorant of for so long …”