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The Cholas and the origins of India's maritime strategy  In my last post on the Strait of Malacca, i tried to vaguely highlight the similarities between modern India's Foreign policy and the Chola expeditions. The post was very brief and was limited to the Chola and SriVijayan empire. In this post ill try to answer the following questions, as to What drove this expedition? What was the bigger picture? Why did Rajendra and his men decide to conquer that shipping lane? When it comes to monitoring the straits of Malacca, Modern India has its base in almost all the areas that the Cholas conquered before launching 'Operation Kadaram'. Even the simple thought of Rajendra discussing the importance of such geopolitical spots is pullarichufying. Trust me, real history is far more interesting than what you find in the pages of historical fictions like Ponniyin Selvan,Kadal Pura, Vengaiyin Maindhan etc. To put it into perspective, everything that India is thinking about today in ...

Now that the Murali movie issue has finally ended, i would like to now look at how the Brahminical fringe in the Indian media looked at this whole issue using the following articles as case studies. 1)  Mob censorship and the furore over cricket legend Muralidaran's biopic 800 by P.K.Balachandran, Newsin.Asia 2) Heckler’s veto: On Vijay Sethupathi's withdrawal from Muralitharan biopic '800'- The Hindu Editorial 3) Actor Vijay Sethupathi pulls out of cricketer Muraleedharan’s biopic ‘800’ By R.K.Radhakrishnan, Frontline. (https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/actor-vijay-sethupathi-pulls-out-of-cricketer-muraleedharans-biopic-800/article32894100.ece) Article 1 titled ' Growing Intolerance Within Indian Film Industry, Mob Censorship and the Furore Over Cricket Legend Muralidaran’s Bio-pic “800”.' written by P.K Balachandran Published in NewsIn.Asia Starts by cherry picking 'movies banned in India' to paint a negative picture of the protest ...

SinhaLe is the ideology that unites Sri Lanka. (More & final rant on the දම්‌මදීප+සිංගදීප  doctrine) Sri Lanka is not "united" by a constitution or a citizenry based identity. Instead, it is under the compulsion to stay or appear united/"unitary" because that is how the modern Mahavamsa-Dharmapala hybrid SinhaLe/Sinhala nationalist ideology envisages the Sinhala nation.  The Sri Lankan State is built upon a theocratic principle. The main agenda of the state is to protect Buddhism. Both the ideas of Dharmadeepa and the SinghaDeepa that drives the Sinhala nationalist ideologues are now institutionalised and have a political face in modern Sri Lanka.  The institutionalisation process started with the Eksath Bikku Peramuna and found a permanent spot in the political chambers after the Buddha Saasana Ministry was established.  The Sinhala nation sees "unitary" as a synonym to the idea of a Singhadeepa and the slogans of unity and slogans that are in favour ...