The defiled Tirumala laddu is just the tip of the iceberg of a long-term civilisational project of de-Hinduising Andhra Pradesh by polluting all its sacred Hindu spaces
Commentary on half a decade of the sordid misrule of Jagan Mohan Reddy, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and the dire lessons it holds for democracy.
In the final leg of his pilgrimage to the sacred Tirumala hills in 1872, V.N. Narasimha Iyengar recounts rare anecdotes about the glory of Srinivasa. His eyewitness descriptions of the whole thing is eye-opening to say the least.
An extraordinary anecdote from the era of Srikrishnadevaraya opens up several profound vistas into the convictions, values and lifestyle of our ancestors. These are stories that must be included in our textbooks if we are to preserve our cultural continuity.
