Me: Sir, further to our very interesting ongoing conversations in the past few days on the subject, I have few more queries to which I would request you to please offer your valuable feedback/views. Eepa: Okay, Go ahead… Me: In the very first and opening paragraph of your essay (quoted below) I think I senseContinue reading “A conversation on “Kamban’s Ramayana” with Sri. Indira Parthasarathy – (Part 3 of 4)”
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A conversation on “Kamban’s Ramayana” with Sri. Indira Parthasarathy – (Part 2 of 4)
After my initial exchange of views with Eepa on the question whether Kamba Ramayana was a “purely out and out literary work” — or a “literary work” laced with many elements of religion” which I for one was convinced that it was — and on why it also carried within its pages what Eepa callsContinue reading “A conversation on “Kamban’s Ramayana” with Sri. Indira Parthasarathy – (Part 2 of 4)”
A conversation on “Kamban’s Ramayana” with Sri. Indira Parthasarathy – (Part 1 of 4)
The well-known Sahitya Akademi, Sangitha Nataka Akademi, Padma Shri awardee, distinguished scholar, novelist, playwright and a doyen of classical Tamil literature, Sri. Indira Parthasarathy (aka “Eepa” in Tamil) was being very kind to me when he shared with me a very fine essay in English on Kamba Ramayana which he told me (in a WhatsappContinue reading “A conversation on “Kamban’s Ramayana” with Sri. Indira Parthasarathy – (Part 1 of 4)”
Distinguished (retd) civil servant M.R.Sivaraman’s wholehearted endorsement of my book, “The Tale of Two Cities: Outline of the History of the Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written”
The gentleman below Sri. M.R. Sivaraman I.A.S was very kind indeed to have taken the time out to send me a personal email this morning. He is so distinguished he needs no introduction really but nonetheless here below is his online profile: His email dt. 20 Feb 2025 is reproduced below ⬇️ and so isContinue reading “Distinguished (retd) civil servant M.R.Sivaraman’s wholehearted endorsement of my book, “The Tale of Two Cities: Outline of the History of the Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written””
“Middlemen of Vedapura”… now available on Google Play Books as an Ebook !
This English translation of Indira Parthasarathy’s 1995 Tamil satirical novel is now available globally on Google Play Books. Download a copy and Spread the word today amongst your friends and family! https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=cSM9EQAAQBAJFeel free to write or call us in case of any query. Thanks & RegardsVibhuti Post-Publication Team07969108890Available:Monday to Friday (11:30 AM – 6 PM) InvestContinue reading ““Middlemen of Vedapura”… now available on Google Play Books as an Ebook !”
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Indira Parthasarathy’s Political Satire Now in English with The Middlemen ofVedapura When literary genius meets adept translation, magic happens. And this is exactly what readers aretreated to in The Middlemen of Vedapura, a political satire by Sahitya Akademi and Padma Shri awardeeIndira Parthasarathy, now brought to life in English by M.K. Sudarshan. Originally written inContinue reading “https://www.keetabikeeda.in/post/introducing-indira-parthasarathy-s-political-satire-now-in-english-with-the-middlemen-of-vedapura”
Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part- 3.2 (Concluded)
To truly understand Eroticism in Hindu mythology — explained earlier in Part 3.2 above with reference to the Brihadaaranyka Upanishad — one has to got open up one’s mind to the fact that it is the Esotericism of the Vedic motif of Universal Creation that has been woven into the human microsom of Procreation. Therefore,Continue reading “Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part- 3.2 (Concluded)”
Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part- 3.1 of 3.2
Finally, signing off on his rather prurient essay titled “The Parrot’s Erotic Secret” published in The Hindu dt. 19 January 2025, Devdutt Pattnaik urges his readers, especially womenfolk, to go and read an obscure and most probably a Jainist literary work in Sanskrit called “shukasaptati”… He wholeheartedly endorses the 70 lewd tales in that ancientContinue reading “Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part- 3.1 of 3.2”
Indira Parthasarathy’s Preface to “The Middlemen of Vedapura”
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“The Middlemen of Vedapura”: a satirical novel on the political culture of India, especially Tamil Nadu: by Indira Parthasarathy now translated into English by M . K. Sudarshan
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