Anyone could wonder about the topic which should be reading the opposite way. But I would like go into the depths of the real truth surrounding Swami Nithyananda and the Indian social system which is directly responsible for the rise and fall of Swami Nithyananda. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzbJT8lykHE&feature=fvsr[/youtube] Swami Nithyananda who climbed the top of international fame [...]
The conflict of languages – Tamil and Sanskrit
B. Velsamy is an independent scholar of repute in Tamil Studies. Educated in traditional scholarship earning the degree “Pulavar”, emerging from the grass roots, his incisive writings on the history of caste structure and its relationship to land holding patterns in Tamil Nadu have received wide acclaim in Tamil circles. He has three works to [...]
Legacy of Guru Ravidas
on Gurpurb (Birthday), 30th January, 2010 Chaudan saai tetees ki magh sudi pandras Dukhion ke kalyan hit pargte Guru Ravidas. As per this couplet Guru Ravidas was born on 15th of Magh Saudi, full-moon day of 1433 at Seer Govardhan-pur (Kanshi-Banaras). His father’s name was Santokh Das and mother’s name was Kalsa Devi. Mata Loona [...]
Dalits, Muslims & Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ – Much ado about zilch! Interesting news which caught my eye on January 16th, 2010 was “Human Resource Department’s internal appraisals of ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ showing most of its physical target’s for 2009-10 are set to be fully achieved.” – With 85% schools opened of set target, 78% teachers, 92% schools with [...]
1st January, 1818: ‘The Battle of Bhima Koregaon’ in Maharashtra
Fight against Manusmriti - the story of a heroic battle of a small Dalit army in alliance with British against a larger army of Brahminic kingdom. “If we wish to be free, we must fight. Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at [...]
Continental Airlines Outrages Indian modesty
The Rajya Sabha rocked yesterday about an incident that happened on Apr 24th. Ex-Indian President Abdul Kalam was frisked at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi by US based Continental Airlines. Learning this, Members of the Rajya Sabha cutting across party lines expressed outrage and were controlled from turning violent in the face of this crisis.
Sarvam – Tamil Movie Review: இழப்பின் வலி . .
Arya has done a cool job. Although he is very predictable in some scenes, he is okay. Trisha is cute. After a long time, she has been shown in a beautiful way, and is attractive. Chakravarthi is the antagonist, and he looks like a younger Kamal Hassan in some scenes. He has done a neat job of the psychotic villain. The little boy who has acted as Iman, Naushad’s son is a good actor, it seems. All his scenes with Arya are thoroughly enjoyable.
Zionists, Jihadists and Parivarists – Red on the street
Hypocrites (elites, media and states) will support one kind of religious fanatic group and blame the other. Though several spiritual philosophers have done good to the society, the religious fanatics throughout the history and even in this era have done and are doing more damage to the society than the claims. Taliban’s acid attack on a teenage girl has done more damage to Islam than any other cartoon can ever do.
Luckylook, the Star Entertainer of Tamil blogs
[If you don't like Luckylook and want to skip all the sugar-coating, please go to the last few paragraphs] If you are a reader of Tamil blogs, you don’t need an introduction to Luckylook. His blog has recently touched the 1,000,000 hits mark. I felt it more appropriate to write a post appreciating his efforts, [...]
Tribute to Mr. V.P. Singh : “I am defeated, but..”
After stepping down as Prime Minister, fighting with cancer and having to do dialysis three days a week, he still fought largely for the benefit of the slum dwellers and the rickshaw pullers of Delhi. Coping with his uncooperative body, in parallel he fought for the Dalits, landless workers, those who lost their livelihood because of the so called welfare schemes and served numerous people who were on the edge of their life.