Today , every Saturday at noon, The Daya Satakam as rendered musically by Smt Mani Krishnaswami is being broadcast all over the sacred Hills of Tirumala ! Watch and enjoy the below Commemorative Discourses on “Daya Satakam” by stalwarts of the Sri Vaishnava Sampradaya https://youtu.be/f43EW22N49k?si=wl0gntu8h2cm_gob https://youtu.be/aizTJZUiiIs?si=KA0ODgxBVG8thzds https://youtu.be/zFG1OVb6h-U?si=06dSf9CcKMOGP24o Daasoham
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“பாகவத ஷேஷத்வம்”குறித்த உரையாடல்
by M. K. Sudarshan August 17, 2026: Chennai, India இடம்: ஸ்ரீரங்கம் கோயில் வளாகத்தில் ஒரு அமைதியான மூலை, காலை நேரம். தரிசனத்திற்குப் பிறகு இரண்டு பக்தர்கள் கற்களில் அமர்ந்திருக்கிறார்கள். கதாபாத்திரங்கள்: அறியப்படாத ஸ்ரீவைஷ்ணவர் (அஸ்வ) – 70 வயது, பிரபன்னர், ரஹஸ்ய த்ரய சாரத்தை கற்றவர் பாகவதர் (பாக) – 55 வயது, பக்தி உடையவர், ஆனால் இன்னும் பிரபத்தி செய்யாதவர் பாக: ஸ்வாமி, நான் தேசிகனின் ரஹஸ்ய த்ரய சாரத்தை படித்துக்Continue reading ““பாகவத ஷேஷத்வம்”குறித்த உரையாடல்”
A Dialogue on “Bhāgavata Śeṣatvam”
by M.K.Sudarshan August 17, 2026 : Chennai, India The Setting A quiet corner of the Śrī Raṅgam temple courtyard, early morning. Two devotees sit on the stone steps after darśanam. The Characters: “Unknown Sri Vaishnava (USV)” – 70 years old, a Prapanna, studied Rahasya Traya Sāram (in the Grantha Kalakshepam mode under an Acharya) “BhāgavataContinue reading “A Dialogue on “Bhāgavata Śeṣatvam””
Sea Turtles vs. Borderless Icons: How China Weaponized Irritation to Conquer Tech While India Watched from the C-Suite
By M.K.Sudarshan 16 August 2026: Chennai, India “The Indian diaspora built a protective financial shield around India, using software wealth to bankroll domestic consumption and stabilize the national treasury. The Chinese diaspora, by contrast, acted as a technological spearhead, injecting Silicon Valley capital and IP directly into China’s veins to build a domestic industrial superpower that could eventuallyContinue reading “Sea Turtles vs. Borderless Icons: How China Weaponized Irritation to Conquer Tech While India Watched from the C-Suite”
INDIA INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL: The Dynamic Use of “Soft Power”: How America and India, in Their Own Ways, Have Enlarged Joseph Nye’s Theory
by M.K.Sudarshan August 15, 2026 : Chennai, India This Op-Ed is dedicated to India on its Independence Day, 15 August 2026. America and India possess immense “soft power”, but they deploy it toward different ends. America has often used cultural attraction, political ideals, and diplomacy to legitimise global leadership and sustain a hegemonic order. India,Continue reading “INDIA INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL: The Dynamic Use of “Soft Power”: How America and India, in Their Own Ways, Have Enlarged Joseph Nye’s Theory”
The “Mecca Defence Pact” and the Illusion of Davos: Why Middle Powers are Arming to the Teeth.
by M.K.Sudarshan August 14, 2026: Chennai, India As the US-Iran war shatters international law, the newly signed Mecca Accord reveals a grim truth: the liberal dream of cooperative trade blocs is dead. By fusing Saudi capital, Turkish defense tech, and Pakistani military mass, this new “Islamic NATO” signals a volatile new era of raw, multi-polarContinue reading “The “Mecca Defence Pact” and the Illusion of Davos: Why Middle Powers are Arming to the Teeth.”
The morning after Donald Trump took the world down with him over a precipice (an imagined scenario)
by M. K. Sudarshan August 13, 2026: Chennai, India The sun rose over Washington on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, casting a pale, sickly amber light through the windows of the Oval Office. President Trump sat behind the Resolute Desk, his television screens muted but flashing a chaotic montage of fire and steel. Seventy-five days ofContinue reading “The morning after Donald Trump took the world down with him over a precipice (an imagined scenario)”
The Twin Pillars of “Bharatiya Sanskriti”: Mapping the “Purusharthas” through Epic Thesis and Anti-Thesis, the “Yin and the Yang”
by M.K.Sudarshan August 12, 2026: Chennai, India 📌 At a Glance: The Architecture of Indian Civilization “What is Bharatiya Sanskriti? Look no further than the two epics. The Ramayana is all about what Dharma is, and the Mahabharata is all about what Dharma is not.” ⚖️ DHARMA (Virtue): The unyielding standard of absolute self-sacrifice (Rama’s exile)Continue reading “The Twin Pillars of “Bharatiya Sanskriti”: Mapping the “Purusharthas” through Epic Thesis and Anti-Thesis, the “Yin and the Yang””
How Carnatic Music Keeps Cinema Music Alive
by M.K.Sudarshan August 10, 2026: Chennai, India In a sentence:This piece offers a counterpoint to the argument that “cinema kept Carnatic music alive” by showing how Carnatic music—through its raga grammar, tala sophistication, and kriti structure (Pallavi–Anupallavi–Charanam)—has kept Indian film music musically alive, emotionally rich, and culturally grounded. In three points:Film melodies and background scoresContinue reading “How Carnatic Music Keeps Cinema Music Alive”
“பகவான் பாடுபடுகிறாரா? விசிஷ்டாத்வைத வேதாந்தத்தில் இறை கருணையின் முரண்பாடு”
தயா, லக்ஷ்மி தத்துவம் மற்றும் புருஷகார சித்தாந்தத்தின் மெய்யியல் ஆய்வு by M.K. Sudarshan August 9, 2026: Chennai, India முன்னுரை: மெய்யியல் புதிர் கேள்வி எளிமையாகத் தோன்றினாலும், இது விசிஷ்டாத்வைத மெய்யியலின் மையத்தை ஊடுருவியது: “பிரபஞ்சம் முழுவதும்—சித் மற்றும் அசித்—பகவானின் சரீரம் (உடல்), மற்றும் பகவான் அனைத்து அस्तித்வத்தின் சரீரி (உள் கட்டுப்பாட்டாளர்) என்றால், பகவான் தம் உடலாக உள்ள ஜீவாத்மாக்களின் கர்மிக் துன்பத்தை அனுபவிக்கிறாரா?” ஒருபுறம், சரீர-சரீரி சம்பந்தம் பகவானுக்கும் ஜீவர்களுக்கும் இடையேContinue reading ““பகவான் பாடுபடுகிறாரா? விசிஷ்டாத்வைத வேதாந்தத்தில் இறை கருணையின் முரண்பாடு””