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”
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“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)”
Kannada’s parentage: Kamal Haasan won’t apologise for his comment because he’s so intellectually lazy
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”
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”