Category Archives: GOD & ME

When we think of Adi Shankaracharya, we usually imagine a wandering monk, a spiritual genius, a torchbearer of Advaita Vedanta. But what if I said—he was more of a politician than a religious icon? It’s not blasphemy. It’s history. Let’s go back to 8th-century India. Hinduism, as we know it today, was splintered. The philosophicalContinue reading “Adi Shankara: The Politician Disguised as a Philosopher”

Sanatana Dharma, the eternal path, is often hailed as the most ancient and enduring religious tradition. Rooted in Vedic rituals, cosmic cycles, and an open-ended philosophical inquiry, it once represented a way of life far removed from rigid morality or institutionalized faith. But walk into most temples today, attend a satsang, or browse through theContinue reading “The Borrowed Morality of Modern Sanatana Dharma”

Hinduism is perhaps the only religion where gods and demons drink from the same well, argue over philosophy, and sometimes exchange places. It’s a civilisation, not a doctrine. A spiritual experiment, not a fixed ideology. And yet, today, it stands as one of the most misunderstood religions—especially by those who call themselves Hindu. Most HindusContinue reading “Hinduism: The Most Misunderstood Religion—By Hindus Themselves”

For centuries, the gods of Tamilakam and Kerala lived outside the boundaries of the Vedic imagination. They were vibrant, powerful, and deeply embedded in the soil of the people who worshipped them — long before they were repackaged as characters in Sanskritic epics. Let’s begin with Murugan — the beloved Tamil god of the hills. He isContinue reading “When the Vedas Claimed Murugan and Ayyappa”

My Tamil ancestors ate meat. Not just chicken or goat—the modern-day socially acceptable forms of non-vegetarianism—but deer, rabbit, squirrel, crab, fish, and even peacock. They hunted, they cooked, they shared. Their diet reflected the forest around them, the rivers that nourished them, and the rhythms of a land that had not yet been restructured byContinue reading “Before Hinduism Absorbed My Ancestors”

You enter this world as a gift divine,No scan, no sign, no warning line.For knowing your gender is seen as a sin,So your soul sneaks quietly in. Your schooling begins with a price to be paid,A “donation” they call it — a holy trade.Duality greets you with folded hands,Where truth and bribes go hand inContinue reading “India — The Land of Awakening”

Had Jesus Christ asked a simple ‘sorry’ to the Roman Empire, I wouldn’t be posting this status about him after 2000 years. That one line captures the monumental weight of moral conviction. History is not shaped by those who bend when the wind blows, but by those who stand still when the storm rages. JesusContinue reading “Had Jesus Christ Said a Simple ‘Sorry’, We Wouldn’t Be Talking About Him 2000 Years Later”

In every age, truth stands trial. It gets mocked, insulted, misunderstood. Those who carry it are often humiliated, ostracized, or worse—executed. Millions laughed at Jesus. Many called Prophet Mohammed mad. Both were scorned in their lifetimes, yet their names are remembered more than those of emperors, kings, or even the ones who ridiculed them. TheyContinue reading “Eternal Truth: Why Jesus and Prophet Mohammed Still Live On”

India produces the maximum number of philosophers. For the number of problems an individual goes through in every walk of life, it is the least that can happen to him. Philosophy in India isn’t a luxury. It’s a side effect. You don’t sit under a tree to think about the nature of existence—you do itContinue reading “Why India Produces So Many Philosophers”

Most people assume that if there is a divine truth, it would be universal — broadcast loud and clear, written in the sky, accessible to every soul at every moment. But what if that assumption is wrong? What if God never intended truth to be public property? What if truth was always meant to be hidden —Continue reading “The Hidden Hand: Why God Didn’t Reveal the Truth to Everyone”