Reading the below summary (please scroll down below to read ) makes me feel very sympathetic to Sri. Amit Shah or for that matter anyone who occupies the Home Minister of India seat. I now understand with much greater clarity than ever before how British Colonialism must bear full responsibility for India’s stupendous and enervatingContinue reading “The fake Voter-ID: A British legacy of Balkanising India”
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The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy lives more in Durban than in Delhi? (Part-3)
The diplomatic tight-rope walking that Rt. Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri had to execute in his remit as the Agent-General of the Imperial Government of India (1927-29) in South Africa was accomplished not only with great dexterity but also aplomb. For the services he rendered to both the British Government as well as to the Indian communityContinue reading “The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy lives more in Durban than in Delhi? (Part-3)”
The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy lives more in Durban than in Delhi? (Part-2)
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the mass leaders of the Indian National Congress who were at the forefront of the Freedom Struggle against British Colonial Rule all fell into roughly three broad but clear ideological groupings. They were all patriots devoted to the cause of Independence but they differed sometimes quite widely in their respectiveContinue reading “The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy lives more in Durban than in Delhi? (Part-2)”
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-44
Hereditary and/or traditional rights of control over temple wealth and administration The story of how in 50 year after Independence the State in Tamil Nadu “established a system of legal plunder…. known as the “drain of wealth”… and “mercilessly imposed” it upon temples and temple-centric Brahmin communities is indeed a very long one. The storyContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-44″
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-31
(D) Social Alienation and (E) Wealth dispossession As explained earlier in Part-27, throughout the 19th century CE under British Rule, the temples of the Hindus in South India were systematically drained off their wealth and revenues by the English administrators. It has been estimated that British colonial rule, with its destruction of Indian industry andContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-31″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-27
In 1732 CE, the Persian marauder, Nadir Shah, invaded the Mughal capital of Delhi and carried out sheer unspeakably barbarian-scale mayhem, slaughter, loot and plunder for 57 days! The historian William Dalrymple writes (in his book, “The Anarchy”) that at the end of his expedition, the value of the loot that Nadir Shah took backContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-27″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 22
From a broad survey of the history of South India between the 15th and 17th century CE, it is easy to learn and conclude that the glory of scores and scores of Hindu temples (both Saivite and Vaishnavite) reached its pinnacle during the same period and it was thanks largely to the power of theContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 22″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 17
From a reading of the “Sri Rangam Koil ozhukku”, it is possible to glean quite a few snippets of 15th to 18th century CE history during which the enormous and legendary contributions successive generations of the noble “Utthama Nambi” family made to the expansion, care, maintenance and development of the Sri Rangam temple thanks inContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 17″
A “nation of shopkeepers” seems to be downing its shutters … where are you Edward Gibbon?
This infographic is stunning proof of the disastrous course that BREXIT has indeed put Britain (ex-Ireland) upon… ! For a nation that since Napoleon had been globally reputed to be “a nation of shopkeepers” it is shameful fall indeed for its Trade-to-GDP ratio to fall from 102 to 88 in less than 4 years whileContinue reading “A “nation of shopkeepers” seems to be downing its shutters … where are you Edward Gibbon?”