The Opposition’s strategy to oppose the NDA is made very clear in the Tharoor editorial : It’s going to be all about Federalism over the next 5 years… if the coalition of Narendra Modi lasts the journey. Tharoor in laying out the broad contours of the Opposition’s grand strategy, seems to be arrogating to himselfContinue reading “Is Shashi Tharoor the “INDIA” Opposition’s very own Chanakya?”
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“In the Hindu nation-states of Nepal and Mauritius, is Caste consciousness prevalent?”: An informal chat with noted Tamil writer and scholar, Sri Indira Parthasarathy
The above video clip when I shared it with Sri Indira Parthasarathy this morning, it triggered off a very interesting and freewheeling conversation between us on the eternally controversial subject of Caste in Hindu society. Below is reproduced the Q&A verbatim : Me: Sir, watching the video-clip made me feel that NRI Indians are likeContinue reading ““In the Hindu nation-states of Nepal and Mauritius, is Caste consciousness prevalent?”: An informal chat with noted Tamil writer and scholar, Sri Indira Parthasarathy”
8 nasty things about Narendra Modi that can no longer be said about him
The beauty of this 2024 Lok Sabha election verdict is this : for both Modi and for the INDI Alliance , it’s both a victory and defeat of sorts. But for India’s Democracy, both truly in letter and spirit, it’s been an outright victory “of the people, by the people, for the people”. No otherContinue reading “8 nasty things about Narendra Modi that can no longer be said about him”
Whose edict should be followed ? Siddaramiah’s or the Bhagavath-Gita’s?
Why Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Could Not Marry The Girl He Once Loved: http://dhunt.in/UIeSe Chief Minister of Karnataka State and Congress Party Neta Sri Siddaramiah says : Why did he say such a thing ? What motivated him? Read below : How interesting if not bizarre indeed is Siddaramiah a posteriori logic … for championing “inter-casteContinue reading “Whose edict should be followed ? Siddaramiah’s or the Bhagavath-Gita’s?”
The “NammAzhwar telescope”: Part-6: குயில் நின்றார் பொழில் சூழ் குருகூர்: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Azhwar Tirunagari Kshetra”
A pilgrim’s jottings on a 3-day whirlwind pilgrimage, May 4th, 2024 (Tirunelveli-Tuticorin) of Nava Tirupati temples *********** “Mind blogging!” is probably the first expression that tumbles out of us whenever we happen to read sensational news reports about how astronomers and astrophysicists have discovered some new hitherto unknown facet of the dark unravelled mysteries ofContinue reading “The “NammAzhwar telescope”: Part-6: குயில் நின்றார் பொழில் சூழ் குருகூர்: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Azhwar Tirunagari Kshetra””
“Tiruvoimozhi”, Stephen Hawking, Indira Parthasarathy, “Purusha Sooktham” and I !
The eminent Tamizh scholar, novelist and litterateur, Sri Indira Parthasarathy and I exchange WhatsApp messages almost on a daily basis. The nonagenarian intellectual even in spite of his physical frailty still finds such bubbly energy to correspond with me on a daily messaging App on such a variety of subjects ranging from Poetry, Philosophy, Religion,Continue reading ““Tiruvoimozhi”, Stephen Hawking, Indira Parthasarathy, “Purusha Sooktham” and I !”
குயில் நின்றார் பொழில் சூழ் குருகூர்: Part-5: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Azhwar Tirunagari Kshetra”
A pilgrim’s jottings on a 3-day whirlwind pilgrimage, May 4th, 2024 (Tirunelveli-Tuticorin) of Nava Tirupati temples As my road-journey that day wended its way towards Azhwar Tirunagari , a small part of my mind was still pondering over how divine Synchronicity was showing itself up in so many strangely serial ways, or in mysteriously coincidentalContinue reading “குயில் நின்றார் பொழில் சூழ் குருகூர்: Part-5: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Azhwar Tirunagari Kshetra””
குயில் நின்றார் பொழில் சூழ் குருகூர்: Part-3: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Azhwar Tirunagari Kshetra”
A pilgrim’s jottings on a 3-day whirlwind pilgrimage, May 4th, 2024 (Tirunelveli/Tuticorin) of Nava Tirupati temples *************** After I had had Darshan at Sri Vaikuntam, Rajah, my car-rental driver from Tirunelveli, reminded me that the temple there was also regarded as a temple for the first and foremost of the “navagraha devatas”…. Surya bhagavan inContinue reading “குயில் நின்றார் பொழில் சூழ் குருகூர்: Part-3: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Azhwar Tirunagari Kshetra””
“ahamasmyaparādhacakravartī” : Part-2: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Sri Vaikuntam Kshetra”
A pilgrim’s jottings on a 3-day whirlwind pilgrimage, May 4th, 2024 (Tirunelveli) May 4th at dawn in Tirunelveli — when I set out on my “yaathra” to all 9 of the Nava Tirupati “divya desa kshetras”— threatened to be a torrid day. The weathermen in the newspapers, and on TV channels, were all warning ofContinue reading ““ahamasmyaparādhacakravartī” : Part-2: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Sri Vaikuntam Kshetra””
STOP PRESS! I wrote hastily and unwisely “அரியும் அரனும் ஒன்று. அறியாதவன் வாயில் மண்’: Part-1: A pilgrim’s jottings”
Only last night (May 5, 2024), in my blogpost with the above title, I had spoken of the religious harmony and goodwill between Saivism and Vaishnavism that is found symbolised inside the Nellaiappan Temple in Tirunelveli where both Sannidhis of Shiva and Govindaraja Perumal can be seen abutting each other and worshipped side by sideContinue reading “STOP PRESS! I wrote hastily and unwisely “அரியும் அரனும் ஒன்று. அறியாதவன் வாயில் மண்’: Part-1: A pilgrim’s jottings””