When Dravidianists attack Sanatana Dharma, they unknowingly attack Bhakti—the ancient devotional thread that has united all of India for millennia. – Part I – The Dravidianist Ideology Behind Udayanidhi Stalin’s Attack on Sanatana Dharma In a sensational speech in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in early 2026, Udayanidhi Stalin, the Leader of the Opposition andContinue reading “The Cultural Glue of Bharat: Why Bhakti Unites India While Dravidianism Divides (An Essay in 3 Parts)”
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Tamil Iyengars’s Quixotic squabbles
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 “
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?”
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”: William Shakespeare
When this biography above of EV Ramaswamy (aka “Periyar”) grabs a lot more readership and eyeballs in Tamil Nadu and in far away Cambridge than my own recently published book on Rt. Hon’ble Srinivasa Sastri does even in Mylapore, Chennai, India (see below), you might tend to say that it brings to mind at once a veryContinue reading ““Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”: William Shakespeare”
The DMK’s Evolution and THE HINDU’s: by Darwinian principle of (un)natural selection of species
Today’s THE HINDU front-page news report above caught me really by great surprise. Reading the above column set me wondering about how the DMK , an avowedly anti-Hindu Party “traditionally associated with atheism and anti-Brahminism”, suddenly decided to elevate Dr. V. Maitreyan, a Tamil Brahmin, who sports his caste-mark and Hindu identity upon his foreheadContinue reading “The DMK’s Evolution and THE HINDU’s: by Darwinian principle of (un)natural selection of species”
“The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal”: M. K. Sudarshan – a new book published (Blue Rose Publishers (India/ UK): just out on retail bookstores and online outlets! Order Now and gift a copy to family and friends this Deepavali !
My newly published book is just out in the bookstores! Please find the links below . You can book your order by clicking any one of the online retail outlets. BLUEROSE STORE:https://blueroseone.com/store/product/the-death-of-the-brahmin-liberal AMAZON:https://www.amazon.in/dp/9373100432 FLIPKART:https://www.flipkart.com/product/p/itme?pid=9789373100432 ************ ABOUT THE BOOK The book’s central thesis is that the balanced and principled “Brahmin-Liberal” ethos embodied by Srinivasa Sastri—marked by civility,Continue reading ““The Death of the Brahmin-Liberal”: M. K. Sudarshan – a new book published (Blue Rose Publishers (India/ UK): just out on retail bookstores and online outlets! Order Now and gift a copy to family and friends this Deepavali !”
Shashi Tharoor, “Eepa”“Iddly” and “Iddly Kadai”…
The renowned, now nonagenarian author, novelist , playwright (winner of Sahitya Akademi and Sangeeth Nataka Awards and Padmashree), and a doyen of classical Tamil literature, Sri. Indira Parthasarathy ( pen name “Eepa”) lives in quiet retirement in his comfortable retreat and Athulya Home for Seniors (they call it “Assisted Living Residence” these days) in aContinue reading “Shashi Tharoor, “Eepa”“Iddly” and “Iddly Kadai”…”
“Mudhal Mariyaadhai”, “primus inter pares” and a religious community’s “mos majorum”
Please scroll right down below to read a summary of the above verdict delivered by the Madras High Court in the matter of dispute over claims to rights of “Mudhal mariyadhai” in the Arulmigu Sri Kallazhagar Kovil , in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. It could be argued that this verdict is blatant overturning of the wellContinue reading ““Mudhal Mariyaadhai”, “primus inter pares” and a religious community’s “mos majorum””
The song of the Madras “IIT-ians”: a song of hope or lamentation?
Listening to this song filled my mind with mixed feelings . As a schoolboy in the 1960s I remember walking or bycycling 🚴 to school along the River Adyar . On a clear day I could see the river flow by in all its silent glory … the waters were clean , the river banksContinue reading “The song of the Madras “IIT-ians”: a song of hope or lamentation?”
The “bounty-killers” of Keezhadi archaeology
There was this Rediff Op-Ed piece on the subject Dt. June 2nd 2025 which elicited a lot of discussion amongst a small group of email-friends of mine yesterday. https://www.rediff.com/news/column/n-sathiya-moorthy-why-stalin-is-pushing-keeladi-over-indus-valley/20250602.htm One of the friends … a retired senior bureaucrat, corporate executive, international consultant, government advisor , all rolled into one as a man of many distinguishedContinue reading “The “bounty-killers” of Keezhadi archaeology”