The Sastri College in Durban, South Africa is a co-educational, multi-racial, multi-cultural state secondary school with learners from grade 8 to grade 12. The founding of Sastri College was the vision of the (Late) Rt. Hon’ble V.S Srinivasa Sastri (1869-1946 CE). The official opening of the school took place on Monday, 14th October, 1929 whenContinue reading “The Rt.Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri’s memory and legacy lives more in Durban than in Delhi?”
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“Yours affly…. this is an advice, and not a censure…”
My mother, Sangitha Kalananidhi & Padma Shree Awardee, Dr. Smt.Mani Krishnaswami was born on February 3, 1930 in Vellore, North Arcot District of Tamil Nadu. Mani, as she came to be popularly known later in life, was the eldest of 11 other siblings — six daughters and five brothers, age —born to her parents, CandadaiContinue reading ““Yours affly…. this is an advice, and not a censure…””
Pandava “agnyaatavaasa” in the Mahabharatha: An experiment with truth of the Gandhian kind
A week ago a good friend of mine who is a Parsi but who knows my deep interest in Hindu scriptures, philosophy, history and religion, forwarded to me a very interesting essay written by one Mr.Raghu Ananthanarayan. The title of the article is “The Last year of exile of the Pandav Brothers – An elaboration”.Continue reading “Pandava “agnyaatavaasa” in the Mahabharatha: An experiment with truth of the Gandhian kind”
POLL: Which 4 Indian leaders would deserve to be memorialised on an India version of Mt. Rushmore?
On Mount Rushmore , Vermont, in the USA , to memorialise them, on a huge tall mountain cliff are sculpted the faces of 4 of the tallest leaders in American History : George Washington, Thomas Jefferson , Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln . If a similar memorial were to be also carved somewhere, say, onContinue reading “POLL: Which 4 Indian leaders would deserve to be memorialised on an India version of Mt. Rushmore?”
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-44
Hereditary and/or traditional rights of control over temple wealth and administration The story of how in 50 year after Independence the State in Tamil Nadu “established a system of legal plunder…. known as the “drain of wealth”… and “mercilessly imposed” it upon temples and temple-centric Brahmin communities is indeed a very long one. The storyContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-44″