The Gopala Who Appeared Only in the Rain
A temple boy lost in the jungle. A second Gopala with a flute and painted-horn cattle. And the afternoon a father finally understood why his son had stopped coming home at Godhuli.
Jayadratha's Yudhishtiran Forgiveness Leads to Mohandas Gandhi's Blackmail of the Nehruvian Government
Concluding part of the series on how the Kanika Niti episode in the Mahabharata has valuable lessons for contemporary Indian politics and policy
Duryodhana’s Lakshagriha Plot and the Congress Party’s Advisors
A story from the Mahabharata and its parallel to the contemporary politics of the Congress Party
The Cosmic Sweep Of Sanatana Statecraft And Polity: An Introduction
Introductory essay in a series exploring some facets of Sanatana statecraft and polity
Acharya M Hiriyanna: The Joyous Radiance of Sanatana Erudition and Scholarship
A profile and humble tribute to Acharya Mysore Hiriyanna, one of the pristine scholars of Sanatana philosophy and aesthetics
An Unknown Anecdote of an Old Woman and the Brihadeeshwara Temple
A little known story of an old woman who visited the Brihadeeshwara Temple at Thanjavur and her service to it.
How the Nada Muni from Thiruvarur Anticipated the 21st Century Pollution from Paramakudi
What Kamal Haasan's slur against Tyagaraja Swami reveals about his anti-Hindu mind set and how Tyagaraja characterised such people
The Loss of Rashtra-Rna: The Tighter we Embrace Western Democracy the More Christianized Our Outlook Becomes
A cultural commentary on key civilisational lacunae in the Indian constitution and how they have played out in practice for seven decades
Revisiting the Radio Station in Rang De Basanti: A Case Study in Bollywood Communist Propaganda
A comprehensive critique of the 2006 Hindi film, "Rang De Basanti" as a vehicle of Communist propaganda
A Festival of the Politically Correct Left-Liberal Sissies: The Jaipur Denouement
The Jaipur Literature Festival is the festival of political correctness driven and enforced by the Left-Liberal ideology