What the above table in the chart forgot to mention is that if anyone went into a Hindu temple like Sri Kanchipuram Sri Varadaraja Swami temple and others in Tamil Nadu, you can get Kovil-iddly for free as pure Bhagavath prasaadam. 🙏 Once upon a time … I remember … the Economist UK magazine usedContinue reading “Move aside “BigMac” ! It’s now “Chennai-Iddly’s” time !”
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Is “Epicaricacy” better than “Schadenfreude”? Ask Shashi!
When Varuna the Rain-God gets on to the guest-list of a Rainbow Wedding 🌈
Watch the video ! This event could be in the US , UK or anywhere in the Indian diasporic world where same-sex marriage is legal. In India while gay sex is not illegal, gay-marriage however still is …But I guess the day is not far off for our country too when rainbow 🌈 weddings willContinue reading “When Varuna the Rain-God gets on to the guest-list of a Rainbow Wedding 🌈”
“Jai Sri Ram!”:The eternally impeachable God
A Kantian perspective on the Ramayana Part 5 of 5 – CONCLUDED UNCHASTITY AND THE IMPLICIT VEDIC IMPERATIVES OF THE RAMAYANA Vedic law takes a strict view of unchastity, when it is voluntary, whether man or woman, and even when it is between consenting adults. Consensual concupiscence amongst adults, pre-marital or post-marital, which is notContinue reading ““Jai Sri Ram!”:The eternally impeachable God”
Carnatic Music as American “hip-hop”
My very good old friend GMD (name withheld) who lives in America sent me the following messages on WhatsApp this morning: QUOTE [02/10/2021, 7:14:19 AM] Talking about music, here is a backstory about a brilliant young man whose name is Emani (name withheld) . An MIT graduate. I dont remember how, but he got inContinue reading “Carnatic Music as American “hip-hop””
Holy Cow!
For a country where, at the drop of every religiously sentimental hat, a furious public outcry is often raised over “go-Hathya” or “cow slaughter” , I wonder how India has managed to rank 3rd on the top-10 list of global exporters of beef! I wonder which countries of the world import beef from India ?Continue reading “Holy Cow!”
“Jai Sri Ram!”:The eternally impeachable God
A Kantian perspective on the Ramayana Part 4 of 5 SITA “AGNI-PARIKSHA“: THE MOST IMPEACHABLE DEED OF RAMA In the Ramayana, by far the most outrageous of all Rama’s deeds that many people even today regard as being the most impeachable is the one in the episode of “sita agni pariksha” occurring at the near-endContinue reading ““Jai Sri Ram!”:The eternally impeachable God”
“Jai Sri Ram!”:The eternally impeachable God
A Kantian perspective on the Ramayana Part 3 of 5 IMMANUEL KANT AND THE “CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE“ One nearest possible comparable definition of Dharma in the subtle and philosophical sense in which Rishi Apasthamba meant it, can be found in the work of the philosopher, Immanuel Kant (1724–1804). It is called “the categorical imperative” and itContinue reading ““Jai Sri Ram!”:The eternally impeachable God”
What values parents hope to instill in their children
I read the abstract of this published research paper and the accompanying Info-Graph and there was one striking fact that I couldn’t miss…. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/socf.12685 Abstract This paper investigates trends in adult child-rearing values in the United States over a 30-year period, from the mid-1980s into the first decades of the 21st century. Using data fromContinue reading “What values parents hope to instill in their children”
“Jai Sri Ram!”:The eternally impeachable God
A Kantian perspective on the Ramayana Part 2 of 5 REVERSE ANTHROPOMORPHISM It is precisely because Rama strove so hard, so long, and so diligently, all through his sojourn on earth, to serve as a shining exemplar of Dharma… opening himself thus to even impeachment…, that today it is easy for mere humans to subjectContinue reading ““Jai Sri Ram!”:The eternally impeachable God”