Please scroll down below to read my book review ( https://museindia.com/Home/ViewContentData?arttype=book%20review(s)&issid=118&menuid=11301https://museindia.com/Home/ViewContentData?arttype=book%20review(s)&issid=118&menuid=11301 ) in “MUSE INDIA” which has been published in the bi-monthly digital Literary Magazine (Issue 118 (Nov-Dec 2024)) https://museindia.com/MuseIndia/Aboutus https://museindia.com/ https://museindia.com/Home/ViewContentData?arttype=book%20review(s)&issid=118&menuid=11316 Forever Yours, Krishna : A Novel| Indira Parthasarathy |Translated from Tamil by the Author himself | Ratna Books, New Delhi (2024) |ISBN 978-93-56873-65-0 | Paperback | Pp. 242 | Rs. 559 ———————————————————Continue reading “My book-review of Indira Parthasarathy’s Novel “Forever Yours, Krishna!” published in “MUSE INDIA”, online literary magazine (Secunderabad) : Issue 118 (Nov-Dec 2024)”
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Bhagavath Gita 2.7 , “kaarpannya dosham” and Swami Ranganathananda
The above video-clip of a brief excerpted talk by Swami Ranganathananda-ji is an excellent summary of the Upanishad ideal of living conveyed to us in the Swamiji’s inimitable style. Swami ji conveys the important message that adhyatma Vidya —- i.e. the cultivation of the Knowledge of the inner spirit — is also very much aContinue reading “Bhagavath Gita 2.7 , “kaarpannya dosham” and Swami Ranganathananda”
Book Review: “FOREVER YOURS, KRISHNA”: A Novel by Indira Parthasarathy. Reviewed by M.K.Sudarshan in 4 parts (Part-4)
PART-4 (d) The Conundrum of Relativism Vs Absolutism: The most morally disturbing parts of IP’s novel are in those scenes where Krishna’s general weltanschauung — his general outlook on the life and world – gets revealed through his utterances. Throughout the novel, one can see that Krishna’s world-view was deeply grim and one of darkContinue reading “Book Review: “FOREVER YOURS, KRISHNA”: A Novel by Indira Parthasarathy. Reviewed by M.K.Sudarshan in 4 parts (Part-4)”
Book Review: “FOREVER YOURS, KRISHNA”: A Novel by Indira Parthasarathy. Reviewed by M.K.Sudarshan in 4 parts (Part-3)
PART-3 (c) Commentary on the morals of sexuality: In IP’s novel, explorations of the theme of Love and Sexuality are sensitively explored through the portrayal of the many dalliances of Krishna. The explorations cover the entire spectrum of Love in all its human manifestations. The romance between Krishna and his several paramours at different stagesContinue reading “Book Review: “FOREVER YOURS, KRISHNA”: A Novel by Indira Parthasarathy. Reviewed by M.K.Sudarshan in 4 parts (Part-3)”
Book Review: “FOREVER YOURS, KRISHNA”: A Novel by Indira Parthasarathy. Reviewed by M.K.Sudarshan in 4 parts (Part-2)
PART 2 of 4 (b) Socio-cultural political allegory: Throughout IP’s biography of Krishna, the hero comes across as an inveterate and incorrigible political anarchist. In the parlance of popular political life today, there is special word in Hindi to describe such a person: “andolan jeevi”. Krishna was in all of his life, except during boyhoodContinue reading “Book Review: “FOREVER YOURS, KRISHNA”: A Novel by Indira Parthasarathy. Reviewed by M.K.Sudarshan in 4 parts (Part-2)”
Book Review: “FOREVER YOURS, KRISHNA”: A Novel by Indira Parthasarathy. Reviewed by M.K.Sudarshan in 4 parts (Part-1)
Publisher: Ratna Books, New Delhi (2023) ______________________________________________________________________ PART 1 of 4 The Sahitya Academy, Sangitha Nataka and Padma Shri Award winner for Tamil Literature, Indira Parthasarathy (aka Dr. R.Parthasarathy) translated into English his own earlier Tamil novel this book with the endearing title “Forever Yours, Krishna”, first published in 2006 and now reprinted in 2023.Continue reading “Book Review: “FOREVER YOURS, KRISHNA”: A Novel by Indira Parthasarathy. Reviewed by M.K.Sudarshan in 4 parts (Part-1)”
Was PM Narendra Modi right in invoking the Sudama and Krishna metaphor ?
I do not agree with Ritesh Sharma’s view below ⬇️ I think what PM Modi really meant was that ordinary people who were able to make anonymously small contributions to political parties in India under the Electoral Bond Scheme EBS have now lost that means of exercising even a modicum of popular influence on politicalContinue reading “Was PM Narendra Modi right in invoking the Sudama and Krishna metaphor ?”