There is no doubt that the new theories of social anthropology that Western/Christian evangelists developed and propagated in the 19th-20th century CE created a profound revolution in the minds of Tamilians. Feelings and forces of social divisiveness became rife and almost palpable in the air. All of a sudden different groups of Tamil Nadu beganContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 26″
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The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-25
Derived as they were from his Indological studies premised on Christian evangelism, the monumental mischief that Bishop Caldwell’s ideas did to divide and fragment Tamil society has been most comprehensively explained in a chapter in the well-researched book “BREAKING INDIA”: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines” ((2011: Manjul Publishing House) co-authored by Rajiv MalhotraContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-25″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 24
A brief recapitulation of everything written so far would be in order before continuing on to recount the history of the decline and fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins” after India gained independence finally from both Mughal and British Rule in 1947. Earlier in Part-9, it was explained how the commonalities between Tenkalai and Vadakalai historical narrativesContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 24″