Dravidianism
Commentary on Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's ominous bill mandating reservations for Kannadigas in private sector jobs. While the bill has been withdrawn, it only points to Siddaramaiah's legacy of implementing extreme Left policies of communalism and freebies.
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
Parashuram Krishna Gode passed away just two months before his 70th birthday. He ranks as one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of the New Indian Renaissance. It was a rank he did not aspire for. In fact, he aspired for nothing. He carried out his Dīkṣā like a true Karma Yogi — immersed, yet deta
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
P.K. Gode lived in a fortunate period which not only recognised his contribution but valued and celebrated it. The highest point in Gode’s productive and distinguished life arrived on May 18, 1949. He was honoured by the redoubtable Mahamahopadhyaya Pandurang Vaman Kane in a public function held in
Nawab Nehru
A detailed podcast commentary explaining the deep-seated animosity of Rahul Gandhi against Hindu Dharma, its traditions and customs. The extent of his Hindu hatred can be gauged from his shocking statement in the Parliament, branding the whole Hindu community as violent. This was not accidental but
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
P.K. Gode was an Ajātaśatru — a person who had no enemies. Throughout his career, he had amassed a wealth of mentors and had forged close friendships and lasting relationships within the scholarly community. He regarded his scholarly community as a brotherhood that was honestly, devotedly working to
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
In his own words, P.K. Gode reveals the secret that made his research almost perfect and unimpeachable.Originality is yet another pronounced imprint that we notice in a majority of Gode’s research papers. It is this self-imposed meticulousness, dogged perseverance and ironclad discipline that enable
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
P.K. Gode embarked on in-depth scholarly research in such offbeat, strange and seemingly bizarre topics like horse gram, nose-ring, bullock carts, paper, perfumery, jalebi, dietics, fig and archery. What made him seek obscure and forgotten poets, hymn-composers, military generals, ministers, clerks,
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
P.K. Gode undertook his lifelong scholarly penance in the spirit of what the Bhagavad Gita describes as Anāsakta Karma or the path of Detached Action. Gode spent generous sums of money from his own pocket to send his latest research papers to scholars both in India and abroad. This eventually creat
Luminaries of Modern Indian Renaissance
This episode traces the start of P.K. Gode's professional career that began with a lecturership at Karve Indian Women’s University. Within a year, he moved to the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona and remained there for the rest of his life. It is also where he found his life's calling.
Amartya Sen
The comprehensive story of how Amartya Sen thoroughly botched up the revival of the Nalanda University using a mix of nepotism, incompetency and ad hoc functioning
Ramayana
A brief survey of the ancient and eternal tradition of Sri Ramachandra in Tamil Nadu and how continues to inform and ennoble the Tamil people
Jaganmohan Reddy
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.