His birth centenary year celebrated recently in Chennai and Coimbatore. The Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, has funded the centenary of this highly acclaimed Tamil writer in Coimbatore. I thought the Akademi President, Sri Sunil Gangopadhyaya, the great writer and poet, novelist and editor in the Bengali language and letters must have been invited to preside…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Remembering H.Y.Sharada Prasad
Media adviser to the Prime Ministers Development journalists, progandists and even Geologists! The recent passing away of H.Y.Sharada Prasad, the long-time media adviser to Indira Gandhi, gave rise to a spate of moving tributes to his memory. Prasad very much deserved all the fulsome praise for his remarkable qualities. We also knew him for a…
Obituary : Prof.P.K.Sundar Rajan
Upholder of Subramanya Bharati’s legacy We are deeply sorry to record that Prof.P.K.Sundar Rajan, husband of poet Subramanya Bharati’s grand-daughter, Dr.Vijaya Bharati passed away in Vancuar, Canada. This is the day of Subramanya Bharati’s birth day. Ironically, this day comes with the news of the poet’s close family member passing away. This news is so…
Pax Britannica, then! Now, Pax Americana?
Indo-US nuclear deal The West won’t allow India to become a strong nation! As I write America had unilaterally sent in its troops into Pakistan territory without Pakistan’s consent! Yes, may be to fight terrorism that has become “intolerable” as America puts it. But then, where does the international order and peace, the existence of…
The vanity and venality of the Third Front men and women leaders!
Third Front to come? Mayawati can be trusted to lead? Or, Chandrababu Naidu and Prakash Karat are wasting their time? So, the next general elections would be interesting from many points of view. One, the alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party is not as natural as it now seems. They were never natural…
Who should be the next Prime Minister?
Manmohan Singh is a sure bet? Or, other names? In the Opposition ranks loom L.K.Advani and in the third front Mayawati, Mulayam Singh or even Chandrababu Naidu? There is one difference this time, that is, on the eve of the next general elections. That is the most mysterious silence on the part of everyone in…
Abhinav Bindra, 24, wins India’s only Olympic Gold medal!
A whole nation wakes up to realise its new status! Let us reform our education belief system, so that we can create millions of aspiring young minds! Yes, the 24-year young man’s win is India’s great moment of triumph! The Beijing Olympic Games was held for the first time outside Europe, the West. So, the…
Prime Minister at the Red Fort
What an irony of an Independence Day speech! Chairs empty! L.K.Advani, the Prime Ministerial candidate and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha was seen yawning! The Red Fort speech of the incumbent Prime Minister is always an occasion for celebration and also a momentous time to reflect and seriously ponder over the…