“Alinganam” This word “aalinganam” is one of the most beautiful sounding words in the Sanskrit language. One needs to read only two lines of poetry quoted below to understand what I mean…. They are found in an invocatory verse (in the stotra “narasimha prappathi”) sung in praise of the Deity of the great temples onContinue reading “EPILOGUE: “Snaanam”, “Shraadham”, “Darsanam”, “Alinganam”: (CONCLUDED): Personal reflections on my pilgrimage to Gaya, Kashi, Prayag and Ayodhya – November 11-20, 2023″
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Kancha Illiah’s challenge to Brahmins and the revivalism of Sanskrit
Why no Hindutva or contemporary Brahmin scholar ever writes in Sanskrit ? Asks the well- known Dalit academician, thinker, activist and writer, Kancha Illiah….: “ Brahmins do not write in Sanskrit. Why is it so? Is it because they hate the language but continue to praise it to deceive the gullible Shudra/Dalit/Adivasi masses?” Kancha Illiah’sContinue reading “Kancha Illiah’s challenge to Brahmins and the revivalism of Sanskrit”
Tasteful Tongue-tied-ness
Here is a tale from the Ramayana that I came across circulating in the social media today: Strolling through the streets of Lanka at night, Hanuman was taken aback when he heard the chants of Sriram coming from a home. They were not loud but whispers through the windows. Hanuman wondered who could be chantingContinue reading “Tasteful Tongue-tied-ness”
“How Hanuman offers lessons for India’s and the world’s public diplomacy orientation today”
Yesterday the author Sri. Sudarshan Ramabhadran of an article published in THE PRINT online magazine sent me his below email which is self explanatory I read the article and was so impressed by it that I responded to Sudarshan Ramabhadran with my own take on the subject. Here is my email below: Hello Sri SudarshanContinue reading ““How Hanuman offers lessons for India’s and the world’s public diplomacy orientation today””
On “saranaagathi” – The Doctrine of Surrender
“Words of Wisdom” from Sri Mukkur Azhagiyasingar “arul mozhigal”: It was my privilege to translate into English the Tamil epistle of HH Sri Mukkur Azhasingar, the 44th Pontiff of Sri Ahobila Mutt, on “Saranaagati” : “The Doctrine of Surrender” and it has been published in the August 2022 issue of “NRISIMHA PRIYA”, the English editionContinue reading “On “saranaagathi” – The Doctrine of Surrender”
BHISHMACHARYA AND JATAAYU —- what moral lessons can we learn from their manner of death ?
A sister-in-law of mine who lives in Houston USA forwarded to me this morning the above image and also the below appended message annotating it : QUOTE : “Bhishma Pitamah is known to have done only one moral blunder in life – he didn’t get angry at the right moment, when Draupdi was being disrobed.Continue reading “BHISHMACHARYA AND JATAAYU —- what moral lessons can we learn from their manner of death ?”