United States of South India

Essays

[PODCAST] Dravidianism, Nehru Report and Adhikari Thesis: Historical Origins of a Separatist Narrative

[PODCAST] Dravidianism, Nehru Report and Adhikari Thesis: Historical Origins of a Separatist Narrative

A long form podcast discussing the historical origins of a separatist narrative that posits a separate south Indian country and argues that India is not a country but a federation of states.

The Dravidification of Karnataka Politics

The Dravidification of Karnataka Politics

Congress MP D.K. Suresh's call for a separate South Indian nation heralds the Dravidification of Karnataka politics and must be checked if we are serious about national unity

The North - South Rhetoric is a War against Hindu Dharma in Disguise

The North - South Rhetoric is a War against Hindu Dharma in Disguise

There has been a flurry of statements in public discourse recently about an alleged north versus south India divide. When we peel off the layers, at the core, we find that it is nothing but a variant of the familiar anti-Hindu narrative.

Kerala Floods: When the Comrades Shed their Clothes

Kerala Floods: When the Comrades Shed their Clothes

Nothing excites our Red-drenched comrades, now masquerading as liberals, as much as large-scale suffering. Larger the scale, greater are the swirls of the romantic and dreamy ideological mists that sway like diaphanous, tantalising curtains before their eyes. Their excitement is almost sexual, a heady tumescence anticipating a bloody