Miscellaneous – Page 11 – The Unknown Srivaishnava

The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 39

The small religious community of Sri Vaishnavas for several centuries, have always been apolitical. As priests, religious scholars, spiritual seekers, temple up-keepers, poets, litterateurs, philosophers and theologians, “ubaya-vedaantins” kept themselves away from most of the affairs of kings, kingdoms, the state and the government. Their indifference to matters of politics was the norm. Exceptions wereContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 39″

“PS-1” and “RRR”: Cinema maketh Literature in its own image”….

A very dear friend of mine this morning sent me a WhatsApp message to share his one-line review of the blockbuster movie of Director, Mani Ratnam’s “Ponniyan Selvam -1” (aka PS-1) which has made waves in India and abroad too. This is what my friend’s message read: “PS1 review: “Incompetent Therukkoothu”.Walked out at interval. Puzzle:Continue reading ““PS-1” and “RRR”: Cinema maketh Literature in its own image”….”

America is re-cartelising the OPEC+ oil cartel.

Here is this morning’s news : RUSSIAN OIL GREASES INDIA’S WHEELS Graphic: (Mimansa Verma) India is now among the biggest buyers of Russian oil, and US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen says that’s no issue, so long as Delhi doesn’t violate the bounds of the G7’s price cap, set to be finalized Dec. 5. Last May, the USContinue reading “America is re-cartelising the OPEC+ oil cartel.”

“Can women recite the Vedas?” asks Mr. Arvindan Neelakandan!

https://swarajyamag.com/amp/story/ideas%2Fcan-women-recite-the-vedas-dharmic-reformists-versus-colonised-traditionalists I became an avid reader and a near-fan of Arvindan Neelakandan after I read the book “Breaking India” which he co-authored with Rajiv Malhotra about a decade ago. Neelakandan’s journalistic essays and articles on any subject are almost always well-researched, substantive and extremely readable. His recent article above for The Swarajya under the subjectContinue reading ““Can women recite the Vedas?” asks Mr. Arvindan Neelakandan!”

The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins” – Part 38

Between 1925 CE and about the turn of the 21st century CE, the Sri Vaishnavas of the community of “ubaya-vedantins” suffered, in various degrees of intensity, the severe trauma, as it were, of a deep identity crisis brought about by profound social churning all around them in the larger outside world that simply overtook andContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins” – Part 38″

The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part 37

Three significant historical movements both catalyzed and exacerbated a great social churning and upheaval in Tamil Nadu — gradually at first but later increasingly during the course of decades following end-19th and beginning of the 20th century CE. Each of them left a deep and acute sense of impoverishment and disenfranchisement within the community ofContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part 37″

Sri. Rangarajan Narasimhan: A stormy petrel, Voltaire or Don Quixote ?

https://youtu.be/zChneFvpB4g YouTube In the above Youtube video-clip, if Sri. Rangaraja Narasimhan speaks not only the truth, but also the whole truth and nothing but the truth , and if he has really no other private agenda to pursue … then this stormy petrel of Sri Vaishnavism is perhaps right in raising a rather contentious issueContinue reading “Sri. Rangarajan Narasimhan: A stormy petrel, Voltaire or Don Quixote ?”

Who is really governing the Governor?

https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/governor-itis-the-bjps-new-weapon-against-opposition-governments-3465469 Brinda Karat makes out a veiled but forceful case for the abolition of the office of State Governor citing imperfections and infirmities in the way they are appointed , the way they are subjected to pressures and dictats by their political masters in the Central Government and the way they meddle in the runningContinue reading “Who is really governing the Governor?”

The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-36

Between 1833 CE and 1874 CE the East India Company was itself going through the severe throes of winding up its governance over all its vast provinces in India. Meanwhile, it also tried its best to complete as soon and as smoothly as possible the process of transferring back to the Sri Vaishnavas of SouthContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-36″