On a day when Kamal Haasan was nominated by his party, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) to the Rajya Sabha, after the DMK in Tamil Nadu charitably allotted one seat in the Upper House to MNM in return for its support in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the ageing actor made a thoughtless comment about theContinue reading “Kannada’s parentage: Kamal Haasan won’t apologise for his comment because he’s so intellectually lazy”
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With the 11-Year “Narendra Modi Report Card” of Anand Ranganathan, I concur and say, “This was India’s Finest Hour”!
The Modi Era: 2014-2025 Magnificent achievements indeed ! This past 11 year period will certainly have to be reckoned by historians of the future as India’s “finest hour” heralding a golden era in the life of the nation. Anand Ranganathan’s one glaring omission of India’s achievements in the last 11 years is the great stridesContinue reading “With the 11-Year “Narendra Modi Report Card” of Anand Ranganathan, I concur and say, “This was India’s Finest Hour”!”
The HINDU LITERARY REVIEW OF “THE MIDDLEMEN OF VEDAPURA”, my English translation OF Sri. Indira Parthasarathy’s satirical novel “வேதபுரத்து வியாபாரிகள்வியாபாரிகள
Hello everyone , THE HINDU LITERARY REVIEW DT. May 25, 2025 published a review of my book “THE MIDDLEMEN OF VEDAPURA” , my English translation of the Tamil satirical novel “வேடபுரத்து வியாபாரிகள்” of the doyen of Tamil literature “Eepa”, Sri Indira Parthasarathy .— M. K. Sudarshan https://www.thehindu.com/books/book-review-indira-parthasarathy-the-middlemen-of-vedapura-translation-mk-sudarshan-satire/article69589643.ece Sudarshan Madabushi
The toughest part of Modi’s job as PM: It’s not Pakistan’s “death to India by a thousand cuts”… it’s “the most unkindest cut of all” dealt by churlish citizens
Prime Minister last evening’s May 12 2025 address to the nation — in the immediate aftermath of the Pahalgam Terror attack and India’s resounding anti-terrorist response to Pakistani sponsorship for the same — was a historic one indeed and truly deserved the appreciation of the whole nation. A few people I know are dissatisfied withContinue reading “The toughest part of Modi’s job as PM: It’s not Pakistan’s “death to India by a thousand cuts”… it’s “the most unkindest cut of all” dealt by churlish citizens”
I can mourn my country’s History but I can’t ever redress it …
One of the most thought-provoking Op-Eds I’ve read in a long , long time ! The history lessons that I was always made to learn back when I was in school and university spoke glowingly about 2 magnificent achievements of the Indian National Congress Party soon after Independence : 1. The “reunification 500 of PrincelyContinue reading “I can mourn my country’s History but I can’t ever redress it …”
The “Literature of Victimisation”: a double-edged sword: (Part-3 of 3) – CONCLUDED
If Anton Chekov had been an Indian and this short-story of his had had its dramatic setting on an Indian Railways train, running through the countryside somewhere in post-Independence India, he would probabably have changed the title of the story to: “Oh! The Republic”! I shall explain why a little later below in this essay.Continue reading “The “Literature of Victimisation”: a double-edged sword: (Part-3 of 3) – CONCLUDED”
The unbearable lightness of being a language-hypocrite
What amazes me about the ongoing “language war” between TN and the Centre is the canard about policy “imposition” … It makes me think we Indians have really no sense of our own history … And hence, our lack of shame about ourselves as a people. We forget that throughout history we had no qualms aboutContinue reading “The unbearable lightness of being a language-hypocrite”
Tamil is as endangered a language as Sanskrit… but with far less chances of survival
The fate of Tamil language is no different from that of Sanskrit …. Both are dying languages . Sanskrit has a glimmer of hope of surviving…. Since , it is the language of the religious life of all Hindus all over the country. Tamil has no hope because even native speakers no longer are interestedContinue reading “Tamil is as endangered a language as Sanskrit… but with far less chances of survival”
Indira Parthasarathy’s Preface to “The Middlemen of Vedapura”
Sudarshan Madabushi
One dozen random reasons why I fully support the ONOP Bill
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/one-election-bill-tabled-in-house-may-be-sent-to-jpc-101734460270454.html Here are a dozen random reasons which convince me , a very ordinary, unknown citizen of India, why I must express my full support the ONOP Bill being tabled in the Parliament by the Government : 1. Holding state assembly and parliament elections simultaneously will bring about much greater political stability throughout the nationContinue reading “One dozen random reasons why I fully support the ONOP Bill”