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”
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“Keezhadi”: the below-the-belt hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-4 of 4) – CONCLUDED
If the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) were to fully accept the findings of K. Amarnath Ramakrishna’s Keezhadi excavation report—especially its claims regarding the antiquity, urban sophistication, and cultural independence of ancient Tamil civilization—the consequences for Indian prehistory and history would be significant and far-reaching. 1. Rewriting the Chronology of Indian Civilization • Earlier UrbanizationContinue reading ““Keezhadi”: the below-the-belt hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-4 of 4) – CONCLUDED”
“Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-3 of 4)
The Ramakrishna Report’s final results seemed to imply that Keezhadi archaeology would compel the prehistory of India to be upturned and rewritten. The ASI was extra-circumspect in accepting the Report without incontrovertible proof. Hence, the number of critical queries that were raised in their response to Ramakrishna. This led immediately to a sort of proxyContinue reading ““Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-3 of 4)”
“Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-2 of 4)
The meme-poster above is part of a broader campaign by the DMK and Tamil cultural organizations to pressure the Indian central government into recognizing Keezhadi’s historical importance, granting it protected status, and supporting further research and public dissemination of its findings. The issue has become both a matter of regional pride and a flashpoint inContinue reading ““Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-2 of 4)”
“Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-1 of 4)
Here below is an official meme-post of the DMK Party presently circulating widely in the social media / WhatsApp cyberspace . L’Affaire Keezhadi first grabbed headlines in mainstream news media in Tamil Nadu about 5 years ago. Since then it has morphed into a war of words between the Tamil Nadu state government Archaelogical DepartmentContinue reading ““Keezhadi”: below-the-belt-hit the DMK aims at the Modi Government (Part-1 of 4)”
A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” – Thalacchanga Nanmathiyam Temple (Part-10)
The Naanmadhiya Perumal Temple (also called Thalachanga Nanmathiyam) is a Hindu temple situated in the village of Thalaichangadu, near Akkur in Mayiladuthurai district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshippedContinue reading “A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” – Thalacchanga Nanmathiyam Temple (Part-10)”
Temple festive palanquin carriers … “Sripaada thaangeegal” … Is it right to compare them with “poor Kolkata manual riskshaw-pullers” of bygone times?
Many are the cousins and nephews and nieces, aunts and uncles of mine in America and New Zealand … first and second generation immigrants who have lived abroad for many decades now . Although geographically we live on two ends of the planet, thanks to WhatsApp we all still manage through frequent messaging interactions toContinue reading “Temple festive palanquin carriers … “Sripaada thaangeegal” … Is it right to compare them with “poor Kolkata manual riskshaw-pullers” of bygone times?”
The unbearable lightness of being a language-hypocrite
What amazes me about the ongoing “language war” between TN and the Centre is the canard about policy “imposition” … It makes me think we Indians have really no sense of our own history … And hence, our lack of shame about ourselves as a people. We forget that throughout history we had no qualms aboutContinue reading “The unbearable lightness of being a language-hypocrite”
Tamil is as endangered a language as Sanskrit… but with far less chances of survival
The fate of Tamil language is no different from that of Sanskrit …. Both are dying languages . Sanskrit has a glimmer of hope of surviving…. Since , it is the language of the religious life of all Hindus all over the country. Tamil has no hope because even native speakers no longer are interestedContinue reading “Tamil is as endangered a language as Sanskrit… but with far less chances of survival”
Indira Parthasarathy’s Preface to “The Middlemen of Vedapura”
Sudarshan Madabushi