A note on the 500 years old Thenkalai Vadakalai wars of Southern India A Substack blog post on “Amaruvi Aphorisms“ is copied here below ⬇️ Sudarshan Madabushi https://mylapore.substack.com/p/tamil-iyengarss-quixotic-squabbles AMARUVI DEVANATHAN MAY 23, 2026 Subscriber Note Let me begin with a personal note. I belong to the Vadakalai school of thought. When I had sought toContinue reading “Tamil Iyengars’s Quixotic squabbles “
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Cutting out all the noise and bilious rhetoric: How to do an objective assessment of NEET?
NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) was introduced to create a single, transparent, merit-based entrance exam for all undergraduate medical (MBBS) and dental (BDS) admissions in India, replacing the chaotic system of multiple state and central exams. What NEET Sought to Correct, Prevent, and Improve Eliminate multiple exams: Before NEET, students had to appear forContinue reading “Cutting out all the noise and bilious rhetoric: How to do an objective assessment of NEET?”
There can’t be a disenfranchised population of 66 million in the world’s largest democracy: What the Supreme Court can do about it.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls under the Election Commission of India has led to the removal of roughly 6.56 crore names from the draft electoral rolls across 12 states and Union Territories. While the Commission frames this as a technical cleanup—striking off duplicate entries, non‑citizens, and those restored as deceased—the human realityContinue reading “There can’t be a disenfranchised population of 66 million in the world’s largest democracy: What the Supreme Court can do about it.”
Tenkalai and Vadakalai Sri Vaishnavas’ endless legal battle: Can a Phyrric victory for either side erase the “writing on the wall” for both?
Pyrrhic means a victory won at such a devastating cost that it’s almost a defeat. King Pyrrhus of Epirus: his army suffered huge losses winning battles against the Romans, leaving him too weak to continue. It describes any success that ultimately proves worthless due to the immense price paid, like winning a lawsuit but losing everything in legalContinue reading “Tenkalai and Vadakalai Sri Vaishnavas’ endless legal battle: Can a Phyrric victory for either side erase the “writing on the wall” for both?”
For God’s sake , please make up your mind, Your Majesty, the GoI !
Not Aadhaar card, PAN card or Ration card will prove Indian citizenship;http://dhunt.in/11aIF6 Not Aadhaar card, PAN card or Ration card will prove Indian citizenship; only these documents will, and they are: Look at the list above and consider hiw likely that an ordinary citizen living somewhere in the villages of India would possess even oneContinue reading “For God’s sake , please make up your mind, Your Majesty, the GoI !”
Quota Reservations in Private Sector; Fundamental Rights; and underlying need for Constitutional Amendment
The six Fundamental Rights guaranteed to citizens by the Constitution of India are: 1. Right to Equality (Articles 14–18)• Guarantees equality before the law, prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth, ensures equal opportunity in public employment, abolishes untouchability, and abolishes titles.2. Right to Freedom (Articles 19–22)• Includes freedomsContinue reading “Quota Reservations in Private Sector; Fundamental Rights; and underlying need for Constitutional Amendment”
Just Out ! Updated 2024 Low-Priced Edition of “Tale of Two Cities – An Outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written”… !
The NEW 2024 Updated and Second Edition of my book is now available for sale on Amazon, Blue Rose and Flipcart online retail platforms . The first Edition out last year in 2023 needed to be revised to enable the inclusion of a few more very relevant research material that had not been accessible toContinue reading “Just Out ! Updated 2024 Low-Priced Edition of “Tale of Two Cities – An Outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written”… !”
“INDIAN POLITICAL PARTIES: A huge governance challenge”, writes former CEC T.S.Krishnamurthy
Dear Sri TSK Sir, Thank you for sharing your article (scroll down to the end below) with me. It is a very well written, sober and sobering commentary on the ills of our country’s electoral system . The solutions to many of the problems highlighted by you lie not in the hands of the ECIContinue reading ““INDIAN POLITICAL PARTIES: A huge governance challenge”, writes former CEC T.S.Krishnamurthy”
“A bold agenda for cleansing the Indian Electoral stables”: Will the new Central Government 2024-2029 have the courage to see it through?
In response to my blogpost of yesterday here at this link : https://mksudarshans.blog/2024/05/26/is-indian-electoral-system-designed-to-put-into-power-only-minority-governments/ , retired Judge of the Madras High Court, Justice T.C.A. Rangarajan ( https://tshc.gov.in/retjudges/tncrj.html) sent me an email proposing what I consider is a truly wholesome and innovative although radical and challenging agenda for large-scale Reform of India’s voting system. To read JudgeContinue reading ““A bold agenda for cleansing the Indian Electoral stables”: Will the new Central Government 2024-2029 have the courage to see it through?”
Constitutional conundrum: Is “Sathyam” greater than “Dharmam”?
Here’s a press report dt.28 Feb 2024 which makes for interesting reading https://lawbeat.in/columns/dharma-not-truth-constitution-former-sc-judge-bats-removal-hindu-shloka A former judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Kurian Joseph, has recently stated that the Supreme Court’s motto “यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः” (Where there is Dharma, there is victory) should be removed. He pointed out that Dharma, as stipulated in the Hindu fold,Continue reading “Constitutional conundrum: Is “Sathyam” greater than “Dharmam”?”