Thoughts and thought processes after visiting Rome and Greece historic sites! It is a strange thought and yet it is a thought that I would like to register in the minds of Indians and also for others who might be interested in the study of classical world of Greece and Rome. Classical education at Oxford…
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How is Indian education doing? Not really well!
Indian education needs to know its historic context, its evolution during the freedom struggle and its future! What are the education ideals and the current practices that grip our attention? The international rankings of universities by the London-based Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) ranks India’s higher education very low. And the news is that this…
Bharati’s life and times
His daughter’s writings reveal unknown facts! Thangammal Bharati Padaipukal Centenary publication, Amudhasurabi, Chennai,2004 pages 472, Price Rs.200. Mahakavi Bharati’s poetry is well-established. Not only in Tamil but at the all India level. Quoted and written about in all Indian languages. He lived only 39 years. He also wrote much that was traditional. What makes Bharati…
Unknown facts of A 12 year old daughter’s eye witness account
The close friendship that existed between Aurobindo and the poet is well brought out. The daughter had watched how much Aurobindo too sought the company of the poet,rather than the poet sought after the company of the great yogi and seer. There was a violent storm and heavy rain and Pondicherry was devastated. The next…
Tamil Renaissance literature
Va.Ra (Va.Ramasamay Iyengar) The inventor of modern Tamil prose style Va.Ra (a biography) by Chitty (pages 336) An Ordinary Man, life of Chitty by Narasiah (pages 224) My interest in Tamil literature lately has been triggered off by a series of unexpected developments. Just not long ago I received ,unexpectedly, a long, some 15 page…
Vande Mataram came and gone!
Why our leaders made themselves invisible? Sonia Gandhi wrongly advised! I terribly felt let down when on the day India celebrated Vande Mataram’s centenary, our leaders chose to hide themselves from public view! What message we sent out? India needs a robust type of leaders! Yes, when the President of India, the Prime Minister and…
Bringing back fresh thoughts from Bengal!
Heroes of yesterday and today! My visit to Bengal this time came after a very long gap. So, what I learnt this time while I spent a few days in Calcutta city and also when I paid a visit to Santiniketan, after a day out, driving through the Bengal countryside, what I read afresh from…