The YouTube video below covers the legal battle that T.R. Ramesh , the NGO crusader for freeing Hindu Temples in Tamil Nadu from the clutches of the Tamil Nadu HR&CE Commission, has been taking to the Courts recently. The battle is about whether the surplus funds of the Temples can be expropriated by the HR&CEContinue reading “Savukku Sankar interview with T. R.Ramesh: “The BJP cares little for Hindu temples!””
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Yesterday 10 July 2025: Happy 95th Birthday greetings to Sri Indira Parthasarathy (Eepa): My gift to a very dear friendly guide and outstanding doyen of Tamil literature
“The Middlemen of Vedapura”: A Masterful Translation That Transcends the Original By Indira ParthasarathyTranslated by M.K. SudarshanBlueRose Publishers, 2025★★★★★ (5/5 stars) A Translation That Becomes Transformation There’s something audacious about claiming that a translation surpasses its original, yet M.K. Sudarshan’s English rendering of Indira Parthasarathy’s 1995 Tamil novel “Vedapuratthu Vyaabaarigal” achieves precisely this feat. TheContinue reading “Yesterday 10 July 2025: Happy 95th Birthday greetings to Sri Indira Parthasarathy (Eepa): My gift to a very dear friendly guide and outstanding doyen of Tamil literature”
Is the Upanishad “Brahmann” not “God Almighty” as per The Oxford English Dictionary ?
Watch the above video-clip. The controversy centers on the distribution of Oxford English-Telugu dictionaries to students in Andhra Pradesh under a government scheme led by former Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy. Allegations surfaced on social media and in political debates claiming that the dictionary’s definition of “God” was altered or presented in a way thatContinue reading “Is the Upanishad “Brahmann” not “God Almighty” as per The Oxford English Dictionary ?”
Quota Reservations in Private Sector; Fundamental Rights; and underlying need for Constitutional Amendment
The six Fundamental Rights guaranteed to citizens by the Constitution of India are: 1. Right to Equality (Articles 14–18)• Guarantees equality before the law, prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth, ensures equal opportunity in public employment, abolishes untouchability, and abolishes titles.2. Right to Freedom (Articles 19–22)• Includes freedomsContinue reading “Quota Reservations in Private Sector; Fundamental Rights; and underlying need for Constitutional Amendment”
The “bounty-killers” of Keezhadi archaeology
There was this Rediff Op-Ed piece on the subject Dt. June 2nd 2025 which elicited a lot of discussion amongst a small group of email-friends of mine yesterday. https://www.rediff.com/news/column/n-sathiya-moorthy-why-stalin-is-pushing-keeladi-over-indus-valley/20250602.htm One of the friends … a retired senior bureaucrat, corporate executive, international consultant, government advisor , all rolled into one as a man of many distinguishedContinue reading “The “bounty-killers” of Keezhadi archaeology”
Tamil Vs. Sanskrit: Why this language war over Etymological Cocktails?
If only some expert linguist in India today could explain in similar simple yet so clear terms as the professor does in the video-clip above about how Tamil and Sanskrit languages also originated and developed over the millennia …. I believe there perhaps would be much greater and more sensible understanding that both are reallyContinue reading “Tamil Vs. Sanskrit: Why this language war over Etymological Cocktails?”
“Keezhadi”: the below-the-belt hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-4 of 4) – CONCLUDED
If the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) were to fully accept the findings of K. Amarnath Ramakrishna’s Keezhadi excavation report—especially its claims regarding the antiquity, urban sophistication, and cultural independence of ancient Tamil civilization—the consequences for Indian prehistory and history would be significant and far-reaching. 1. Rewriting the Chronology of Indian Civilization • Earlier UrbanizationContinue reading ““Keezhadi”: the below-the-belt hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-4 of 4) – CONCLUDED”
“Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-3 of 4)
The Ramakrishna Report’s final results seemed to imply that Keezhadi archaeology would compel the prehistory of India to be upturned and rewritten. The ASI was extra-circumspect in accepting the Report without incontrovertible proof. Hence, the number of critical queries that were raised in their response to Ramakrishna. This led immediately to a sort of proxyContinue reading ““Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-3 of 4)”
“Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-2 of 4)
The meme-poster above is part of a broader campaign by the DMK and Tamil cultural organizations to pressure the Indian central government into recognizing Keezhadi’s historical importance, granting it protected status, and supporting further research and public dissemination of its findings. The issue has become both a matter of regional pride and a flashpoint inContinue reading ““Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-2 of 4)”
“Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-1 of 4)
Here below is an official meme-post of the DMK Party presently circulating widely in the social media / WhatsApp cyberspace . L’Affaire Keezhadi first grabbed headlines in mainstream news media in Tamil Nadu about 5 years ago. Since then it has morphed into a war of words between the Tamil Nadu state government Archaelogical DepartmentContinue reading ““Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-1 of 4)”