Monday, April 28, 2025

Aadhar cards for rag pickers

April 26, 2025 

Madras Mayor Priya at Kodungaiyur dumpyard, said 265 rag pickers  will receive essential needs.

The list includes medical camps, getting Aadhar cards, Voter IDs, birth and death certificates, housing, skill training, job fairs, banking services and social security.   

Deccan Chronicle,   Sunday,   April 27, 2025 

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Pisacha yoga in Kaala Sarpa

Stellium @ Pegasus and occulted moon of  March 29, 2025, begin to animate a Time Serpent Alignment, or Kaala Sarpa Yoga. 

Mars ends the animation when it arrives sidereal Virgo on July 28, 2025. 

Earth slips out of this serpent entrapment, on April 14, 2025, @ 3.30.a.m. IST when it arrives at sidereal Libra.

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Rahu, Saturn come together @ Purva Bhadrapada - 4, from March 29 to May 29, 2025, for a Pisacha yoga. 

On March 29, 2025, they begin to aspect Earth @ 15 degrees and Ketu @ 2 degrees, of sidereal Virgo.

Monday, January 6, 2025

World Dhoti Day

Dhoti is also called Soman, in some Tamil communities.

Soma is the white Moon.

Soman is also Sa-ha-Uma; He with Uma.

And the white garment is woven together as 2 modules, - 9 & 5 or 10 & 6 - upper and the lower.

Married men wear a 9-5 or a 10-6 pair with pleats, or kachams. 

It is held that, to read the minds of men who wear this un-stitched, yet pleated garment, is difficult - all ends of the fabric are tucked in, and not trailing

In south Indian tradition, bachelors wear a 4 elbow length, single piece, free end Mundu.

- as held in tradition

Sunday, December 22, 2024

A Telugu power struggle

South Indian Dravidian movement is a power struggle between Telugu brahmin and Telugu non-brahmins. Native Tamizhs - both brahmins and non-brahmins - have been used as proxies. Key players in Dravidian politics, have historically been Telugus.

Going back in time, Balija-Nayaks of Telugu-Kannada origins were a warrior-mechant caste, that held infliuence since the Chozha periods. Common sur-names were Nayak, Naidu, Rao and even Reddy. 

Some say that Vijayanagar empire was founded by Kannadigas Harihara and Bukka; and some say they were Telugu generals of Kakatiya king, Pratapa Rudra. The Kannada empire however, patronised Telugu language. 

The empire used Telugu Balija generals and Telugu Niyogi Brahmins to control Tamizh regions. Native Tamil Brahmins and Vellalars were also used alongside.

Tanjore and Madurai Balija Nayak administrators broke free from the empire, and indedpendently ruled Tamizh regions for over 200 years - in the 16th and 17th centuries. They were then defeated by the Marathas. Nayak descendants were the last dynasty to rule, the Sri Lankan kingdom of Kandy. 

The Telugu Nayaks would appoint Telugu families as rulers and zamindars in Tamizh nadu. This made these families very rich and powerful - like PSG group of Coimbatore.  

These Telugu zamindars enjoyed power in the British period too. Out of 10 Chief Ministers of the Madras  Presidency, 6 were from Telugu non-brahmin families and 2 were from Telugu Brahmin families. 

The infamous Keezhvenmani massacre's chief perpeterator was Gopalakrishnan Naidu, a Telugu zamindar. 

E V Ramaswamy Naicker of the Dravidian movement himself was a Kannada Balija, from a rich zamindar family. Karunanidhi is also of Telugu ancestry. 

Vijayakanth, the famous Tamil actor and politician was again a Telugu Balija. 

Telugu Brahmins too wielded much influence. 

Gopanna the Vijayanagar army general who defeated the Madurai Sultanate was a Niyogi Brahmin. 

Founder of RSS, Keshav Baliram Hegdewar was a Telugu Brahmin. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and P V Narasimha Rao were also Niyogi Brahmins. Subramaniam Swamy has Telugu origins. 

Even the powerful Namboodris of Kerala, are said to have split off from Telugu Brahmins. 

Tamil Dravidian politics is actually a Telugu power struggle,   reddit India speaks

Monday, December 16, 2024

de-recognized

"As an interim measure, since it has already been awarded, we deem it apt to say that the fourth defendant should not be recognised as a  recipient of the M S Subbulakshmi award," the apex court said. 

The CJI had replied to the Additional Solicitor General N Venkatraman, that the award could be taken back if the court finds any merit in the challenge. 

- The New Indian Express, Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Thursday, August 22, 2024

Woodlands Drive-in relaunched

Drive-in has relaunched in Arumbakkam, serving highlights from the old menu - Masala dosa, Chole batura and Carrot halwa. 

And you can order from the car. 

The Hindu,   August 22, 2024 

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Enemy of Tamilnadu . . . ?

M K Stalin @ election rally in Chettipalayam: 

The union government had prevented a large industrial firm from investing 6500 crore rupees in Coimbatore.  The firm was threatened and forced to invest, in Gujarat instead.

Also, the union government has crushed industries in Coimbatore through GST, demonetization and agreement with Bangladesh on cotton import. 

Modi does not speak about the Janata party's work in the past 10 years. Instead he repeatedly rants about family parties and corruption. Modi has legitimized corruption through electoral bonds. 

The New Indian Express,     April 13, 2024 

Aadhar cards for rag pickers

April 26, 2025  Madras Mayor Priya at Kodungaiyur dump yard , said 265 rag pickers   will receive essential needs. The list includes medica...