https://open.substack.com/pub/sharpbyswarajya/p/yajnopavitam-across-thiruvalluvars?r=xbjdy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email QUOTE: “The honest reclamation is available, and far more powerful. Tamil tradition holds that Valluvar belonged to the Paraiyar community, and that Valluvar itself designated the priestly and astrological lineage within it. Gustav Oppert documented in 1893 that the Valluvar Purohits wore the yajnopavitam by right, performed Sanskrit ceremonies at Paraiyar and Pallar weddings, and were respectfully consultedContinue reading “Arvindan Neelakandan applies broad-brush stroke on Tiruvalluvar”
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Tharoorian balderdash: ‘Why am I a Hindu?’: (Part 1 of 2)
A friend of mine sent me yesterday on WhatsApp a “many times forwarded’ copy of Shashi Tharoor’s excerpted speech reportedly now going viral on the internet. It is titled “WHY AM I A HINDU?” which I read with great interest but great disappointment. For Tharoor as elocutionist, politician, author and astute diplomat, I have greatContinue reading “Tharoorian balderdash: ‘Why am I a Hindu?’: (Part 1 of 2)”
The new updated second edition 2024 of my book, “A Tale of Two Cities: The Decline and Fall of the “Ubaya-Vedantins” is now available globally on Google Play Books. (E-book Price : ₹.250/ only/ paperback)
FOR THE UPCOMING 2024 DEEPAVALI SEASON, AND THE NEW YEAR THEREAFTER, THIS BOOK IS THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE TO YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEAR AND DEAR ONES ! Click the link below to place your Order ! Download, read ! And leave a review of the book on the page ! https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=QMcpEQAAQBAJ Sudarshan Madabushi
Just Out ! Updated 2024 Low-Priced Edition of “Tale of Two Cities – An Outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written”… !
The NEW 2024 Updated and Second Edition of my book is now available for sale on Amazon, Blue Rose and Flipcart online retail platforms . The first Edition out last year in 2023 needed to be revised to enable the inclusion of a few more very relevant research material that had not been accessible toContinue reading “Just Out ! Updated 2024 Low-Priced Edition of “Tale of Two Cities – An Outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written”… !”
Aravindan Neelakandan on “Thangalaan”: Asks how many Sri Vaishnavas today know Bhuminayagam Ramanujadasar?
This Op-Ed below published in the Swarajya, really rattled my conscience. https://swarajyamag.com/culture/thangalaan-a-phenomenon-and-a-warning As a Sri Vaishnava myself, this is the very first time I am hearing of these two unknown, unheard, unsung heroes of social change who, according to Neelakandan, represented the best traditions of Sri Vaishnavism and its world-view: M.C.Madurai Pillai and Bhuminayagam RamanujadasarContinue reading “Aravindan Neelakandan on “Thangalaan”: Asks how many Sri Vaishnavas today know Bhuminayagam Ramanujadasar?”
YouTube video: Book Launch Event on 3rd September 2023 at TAG Centre Auditorium: M. K. Sudarshan’s “ A TALE OF TWO CITIES, The Decline and Fall of the “Ubhaya Vedantins” – A history of the Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written”
For those who did not — or could not — attend the book release event of my book held at TAG Centre auditorium on 3rd September can watch it here . My speech is up to 41.40 and thereafter you can hear the speeches of the chief guests : Mr N.Gopalaswami, IAS and former ChiefContinue reading “YouTube video: Book Launch Event on 3rd September 2023 at TAG Centre Auditorium: M. K. Sudarshan’s “ A TALE OF TWO CITIES, The Decline and Fall of the “Ubhaya Vedantins” – A history of the Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written””
A Tale of Two Cities: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE “UBAYA-VEDANTINS” An outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written- NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON AMAZON.IN in India
A Tale of Two Cities: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE “UBAYA-VEDANTINS” An outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written https://amzn.eu/d/8JNB1S0 Dear friends and “bandhus”, My new book published is now available for sale on Amazon.in . Please buy a copy now , read it and give yourContinue reading “A Tale of Two Cities: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE “UBAYA-VEDANTINS” An outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written- NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON AMAZON.IN in India”
HURRY UP and BUY THIS BOOK on the History of THE Sri Vaishnava community! It has an important Foreword written by Aravindan Neelakandan (Co-author of the best selling book “Breaking India” with Rajiv Malhotra) :
“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!”