By M.K.Sudarshan Chennai, India : June 22, 2026 Part III: How Liberal Historians Perpetuated the Colonial MythThe Continuation of Orientalist Narrative Post-independence, liberal historians and social anthropologists continued the British Orientalist narrative rather than correcting it: Key Figures: • Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1920s–1950s): Blamed Manu for caste oppression; burned Manu copies (1927)• Uma Chakravarti: “BrahmanicalContinue reading “How Manu Smriti Served Liberal Historians and Social Anthropologists as a Handy Tool to Stigmatise Indian “Patriarchy” as Misogynistic (Part 3 & 4) Concluded”
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How Manu Smriti Served Liberal Historians and Social Anthropologists as a Handy Tool to Stigmatise Indian “Patriarchy” as Misogynistic (Part 2 of 4)
By M.K.Sudarshan Chennai, India : June 22, 2026 Part II: How British Colonial Orientalism Made Manu “Canonical”The British Imperial Purpose The elevation of Manu Smriti to “preeminent Hindu law” was not accidental—it was a calculated imperial strategy serving three purposes: Purpose #1: Simplify Governance• British administrators needed a “single code” for Hindu law• Manu providedContinue reading “How Manu Smriti Served Liberal Historians and Social Anthropologists as a Handy Tool to Stigmatise Indian “Patriarchy” as Misogynistic (Part 2 of 4)”
How Manu Smriti Served Liberal Historians and Social Anthropologists as a Handy Tool to Stigmatise Indian “Patriarchy” as Misogynistic (Part 1 of 4)
By M.K.Sudarshan Chennai, India : June 22, 2026 Introduction: The Manu Smriti Smokescreen In contemporary Indian discourse, the Manu Smriti has become the whipping boy for every alleged social ill in Hindu society. From temple entry bans to women’s reservation debates to caste discrimination, Manu is invoked as the preeminent symbol of “Brahminical patriarchy” andContinue reading “How Manu Smriti Served Liberal Historians and Social Anthropologists as a Handy Tool to Stigmatise Indian “Patriarchy” as Misogynistic (Part 1 of 4)”
கடன் வாங்கிய சுய-அறிவு: உடனடி ஞானத்தின் ஆபத்தான ஈர்ப்பு
தங்கள் ஆன்மாவை உணர்வதற்கான உழைப்பைச் செய்யாமல், ஓய்வு பெற்றவர்கள் எவ்வாறு ஆறுதலை விலைக்கு வாங்குகிறார்கள் எழுதியவர்: எம்.கே. சுதர்சன்சென்னை, இந்தியா : ஜூன் 21, 2026 இரு வயதான தமிழ் பிராமண தத்துவவாதிகள் — ஒருவர் வடகலை ஸ்ரீ வைஷ்ணவர், மற்றவர் ஸ்மார்த்த அத்வைதி — ஒரு மாலை வேளையில் பூங்காவில் உலாத்திக்கொண்டே வேதாந்தம் மற்றும் ‘ஆத்ம-விசாரம்’ (சுய-விசாரணை) குறித்து உரையாடுகிறார்கள். “மற்றுமொரு குளுமையான மாலைப் பொழுது,” தன் சால்வையை இன்னும் இறுக்கமாக இழுத்துப் போர்த்தியபடி அந்தப்Continue reading “கடன் வாங்கிய சுய-அறிவு: உடனடி ஞானத்தின் ஆபத்தான ஈர்ப்பு”
Self-Knowledge on Credit: The Dangerous Appeal of Instant Enlightenment
How retirees buy consolation instead of doing the work of the Self By M.K. Sudarshan Chennai , India : June 21, 2026 “Another cool evening,” Raghunathan said, drawing his shawl tighter as they rounded the old banyan. “The park’s the only place these days where people don’t ask you for your net worth or yourContinue reading “Self-Knowledge on Credit: The Dangerous Appeal of Instant Enlightenment”
The new Orient Express: Istanbul to Islamabad via Teheran
The Trump-Pezeshkian MOU : what can be the fall out of success and consequences if it fails ?
The Trump-Pezeshkian MOU is a diplomatic red herring
by M.K.Sudarshan Chennai, India : June 19, 2026 From a macro-geopolitical perspective, a permanent concession to Iran is fundamentally incompatible with the long-term survival of the Anglo-American-Zionist imperial architecture. ******************* The Trump-Pezeshkian Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) operates on a highly volatile 60-day deadline. Just as the historic 1930s agreements (between Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler and betweenContinue reading “The Trump-Pezeshkian MOU is a diplomatic red herring”
For God’s sake, US Senators and Congressmen, give him some credit and please do leave Donald Trump alone to lick his wounds in peace!
by M.K.Sudarshan Chennai, India June 19, 2026 Since 1954 until today — I found myself this morning silently wondering — what could be the ratio and/or aggregate numbers of Iranian lives killed by American/Israeli military strikes to American/Israeli lives that were killed by Iranian military and/or terrorist strikes? An AI prompt I typed in atContinue reading “For God’s sake, US Senators and Congressmen, give him some credit and please do leave Donald Trump alone to lick his wounds in peace!”
““Eureka” at Srirangam: The Shared Dawn of Viśiṣṭādvaita””
“When the teacher and his faithful disciple together beheld the soul and the world as truly real, and the living truth of Viśiṣṭādvaita dawned.” by M.K. Sudarshan ______________________________ I. The teacher and the disciple: setting and relationship In the great temple-town of Śrī Ranganātha, where the tidal hush of devotion meets the disciplined flame ofContinue reading “““Eureka” at Srirangam: The Shared Dawn of Viśiṣṭādvaita”””
A moving “shloka” from Vedanta Desika’s “Hamsa-Sandesham” offers solace to the human heart burdened with suffering: Thoopul Sri. Satagopa Thathachariar explains
शच्या: क्लेशं क्वचनसमये तादृशं चिन्तयित्वास्मृत्वा देवीमचलतनयाम् विप्रयुक्ताम् शिवेन।रक्षात्मानं कथमपि शुभे जीवितालम्बनं मेपत्युश्छन्दात् व्यसनमपि हि श्लाघनीयं वधूनाम्।। Here is an English translation of the brief Tamil talk on the above Sanskrit shloka in an audio message sent to me today by Thoopul U.Ve. Sriman Satagopa Thathachariar who is Professor in Sanskrit and Nyaya Sastra at theContinue reading “A moving “shloka” from Vedanta Desika’s “Hamsa-Sandesham” offers solace to the human heart burdened with suffering: Thoopul Sri. Satagopa Thathachariar explains”