by M.K.Sudarshan August 15, 2026 : Chennai, India This Op-Ed is dedicated to India on its Independence Day, 15 August 2026. America and India possess immense “soft power”, but they deploy it toward different ends. America has often used cultural attraction, political ideals, and diplomacy to legitimise global leadership and sustain a hegemonic order. India,Continue reading “INDIA INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL: The Dynamic Use of “Soft Power”: How America and India, in Their Own Ways, Have Enlarged Joseph Nye’s Theory”
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In Loving Memory of MANI PERUNDEVI(1930 – 2002) aka Mani Krishnaswami
Who, at the tender age of eighteen, gracefully stepped into the shoes of her parents to mother, nurse, and guide her eleven younger brothers and sisters.This volume is dedicated to her enduring legacy of cheerfulness, silent sacrifice, and unyielding equanimity. Over fifty years later, her siblings and descendants carry her memory with boundless, eternal gratitude.“You must rise up by your own merit.”
A biographical montage of Rt. Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri – “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal” now available globally as ebook on international Amazon online platforms
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YouTube videograph: Book launch event : Chennai International Centre : November 8, 2025 — Tagore Auditorium: “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal”
Hello ! You can please watch on YouTube now the entire video of the book launch event of my book “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal” held on Nov 8, 2025 under the auspices of the Chennai International Centre at the Tagore Auditorium , Chennai . Please do watch and send me your valuable feedback. ThankContinue reading “YouTube videograph: Book launch event : Chennai International Centre : November 8, 2025 — Tagore Auditorium: “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal””
If you had to drop “brahmin” from the title of your book “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal”, what would you have replaced it with?” (Part 2 of 2- CONCLUDED)
Another friendly reader — from Bangalore this time — sent me a query via a Whatsapp message. It echoed in fact the very same feelings that Sri. T.S.Krishnamurthy and that gentleman in the audience had expressed too, as I described them above. This was the question and it was a very serious one: “Sudarshan, letContinue reading “If you had to drop “brahmin” from the title of your book “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal”, what would you have replaced it with?” (Part 2 of 2- CONCLUDED)”
If you had to drop “brahmin” from the title of your book “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal”, what would you have replaced it with?” (Part 1 of 2)
At the above book-launch event, many in the audience as they trooped into the plush Chennai International Centre (CIC) auditorium were mystified if not aghast when they first saw the title that my book carried : Death? Brahmin? Liberal? And the Rt. Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri?! Right at the very beginning of the event, Mr. Chandramouli,Continue reading “If you had to drop “brahmin” from the title of your book “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal”, what would you have replaced it with?” (Part 1 of 2)”
A reader shoots pointed questions at me, the author of “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal” (A Biographical montage of Rt. Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri)
Following my opening speech at the book launch event organised by Chennai International Centre (November 8, 2025) of my recently published work, “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal” (Blue Rose Publishers), a gentleman named Sri. Srinivasan Ranganthan (Chennai) sent me an email this morning wherein he shared his impressions about the book and the event. However,Continue reading “A reader shoots pointed questions at me, the author of “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal” (A Biographical montage of Rt. Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri)”
Book Launch at The Chennai International Centre (CIC), November 8, 2025: “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal”: Speech of author M.K.Sudarshan
Good evening, friends, colleagues, and fellow lovers of ideas. I want to begin by thanking CIC’s Kasturi Venugopal, Chandramouli, Sabarivas for hosting this event this evening. My gratitude also goes to the distinguished guest speakers on stage — S R Madhu, T S Krishnamurthy, Bharath Ram. Thanks also to my publishers in New Delhi, M/sContinue reading “Book Launch at The Chennai International Centre (CIC), November 8, 2025: “The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal”: Speech of author M.K.Sudarshan”
“The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal”: Book release by Chennai International Centre November 8, 2025: “The Mylapore Times” homage to a great Mylaporean !
“The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal: A biographical montage of Rt. Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri”—- now available as ebook for sale on Google Play Books online platform!
My latest book is now available globally on Google Play Books. Hurry up and download the ebook version and also spread the word today amongst your friends and family! Click on this link below and order your copy: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=TRuPEQAAQBAJ Sudarshan Madabushi