Madhva theology (and theologians), like Michael Jordan, is a good fastball hitter, but struggles always with curve balls, be it asserting Madhvacharya’s greatness or the egalitarian nature of Dvaita philosophy. More recently, the shastric injunction against Madhva gurus crossing the oceans has caused a huge furore.
So here is the latest dispute.
Udupi has eight mathas, [...]
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I resisted responding to plagiarism charges against U R Anantamurthy in the comments section of Churumuri, simply because any debate on this issue seemed pointless. All of us would simply assert our positions and then we agree with those who agree with us. Ever since Samskara was published in the early 1960s, such plagiarism talk [...]
Sepoy asked me this morning about violent incidents - stone throwing, overturning cars and looting - in Bangalore. He wondered: what motivates people to express grief in these violent forms? He also asked whether there were any precedents to such behavior. Well, such acts might happen during a roit, I said, but usually not even [...]
Philosophy, a wise man said, is a mode of preparing for death.
Lumpens in Bangalore obviously don’t know much about Socrates. But they also are demonstrating they are no fans of Rajkumar either. Their disgraceful behavior in the streets of Bangalore reveals zero commitment to civility, let alone any interest in philosophy.
We have many modes of [...]
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Does Kannada need to be protected by those brave warriors, whose weapon of choice is black paint? Or is Fair & Lovely a better choice? Are the masaladosa eating Kannada writers not radical enough for protecting Kannada? what are we protecting anyway?
Kannada activists celebrated November 24th as victory day, in lieu of their earlier [...]