by M. K. Sudarshan August 29, 2026: Chennai, India An imaginary 2-act play exploring Aldous Huxley’s “The Doors of Perception,” where his ghost finds final redemption through Ramanuja’s Visishtadvaita Vedanta and the vision of Tirupaan Azhwar at Sri Rangam Temple PROLOGUE (To be spoken by a Narrator in front of a closed, dark velvet curtain.Continue reading ““THE MISTS OF MANIKARNIKAA”: A Drama in Two Acts— featuring Aldous Huxley and Sri.Tiruppaan Azhwar”
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“kaarpannya dosham”: Acedia of Arjuna and the cowgirls in “Tiruppaavai” – Part 2 of 3
It is rather too facile to translate the Sanskrit word for the mental affliction of “kaarpanya-dosham” into its near-equivalent Tamil, “மனத் தொய்வு” which, again in a very facile fashion, gets often roughly translated into the English “despair“, “mental depression” or “faintness of mind”. Overall however, as the Tamil literary doyen and my revered friend, Sri.Continue reading ““kaarpannya dosham”: Acedia of Arjuna and the cowgirls in “Tiruppaavai” – Part 2 of 3″