B. Jeyamohan

Jeyamohan is a Tamil and Malayalam language writer and literary critic from Nagercoil.

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Cut-outs of Ram and Narendra Modi vie for supremacy ahead of the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, on January 18.

Ram temple inauguration marks the start of an oppressive order

This shatters Hinduism’s age-old pluralistic, democratic spirit, birthing a singular, ominous force.

Priests performing yagna at the historic Sri Ramanathaswamy temple in Rameswaram in 2019.

Frontline On Air | Conflating Hinduism with Vedic religion is a dangerous distortion

It will fossilise the entire Hindu spiritual tradition by burying it in conservatism, ritualism, and orthodoxy.

Priests conduct a yagna to propitiate the rain gods at the Ramanathaswamy temple, Rameswaram, in 2019.

Conflating Hinduism with Vedic religion is a dangerous distortion

It will wipe out internal debate and reformist tendencies within the tradition.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi carries the ‘Sengol’ into the Lok Sabha chamber of the new Parliament building.

What place does a sceptre have in a democracy?

The “sengol” controversy brings the clash between divine authority and democratic ideals to the fore, challenging the very essence of governance.

A statue of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar near Yediyur complex by BBMP in Bengaluru on 15 August 2020

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Fountainhead of fundamentalism in India

To the venom that Savarkar was, we only find an antidote in Gandhi, writes Tamil writer Jeyamohan.

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