Aravindan Neelakandan
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Aravindan Neelakandan is an India
n writer. Aravindan belongs to the post-socialist Indian thinkers of cultural evolutionism
about Indian ethnogenesis
.
into an academic family. His paternal grandfather was a scholar well versed in the art of Varma ati
(Tamil: வர்மக்கலை) of Siddha Marma
science. His father N. S. Pillai is a respected Tamil scholar, and has retired as a professor from the Travancore Hindu College in Nagarkoil. His mother is a retired professor of Economics in the same college and was a student leader of anti-Hindi agitation.
Aravindan has started his academic life as a student of agricultural studies, and has masters degree in Psychology from Madras University and in Economics from Madurai Kamaraj University. He is now working with an ecological NGO called Vivekananda Kendra—Natural Resources Development Project—in Kanyakumari, at India's southern tip. His work involves research on traditional rural communities, as well as educating farmers on cost-effective technologies to boost their agricultural output. His personal library includes around 5,000 documents, including books, magazines, journals, and volumnious archives of media reports.
Aravindan began his public presence with his articles on science and Indology in the famous Tamil portal Thinnai.com. He was also a regular contributor of columns to UPI Asia. Apart from his published works, he continues to write columns also in famous Tamil portals Solvanam, Tamil Paper, and Thinnai. His works also appear in the Tamil website Tamil Hindu in which he is an editor.
Following is a selected bibliography of Aravindan's books in English sorted by the year of first publication.
Note: These are major publications. Aravindan also wrote many pamphlets, introductions, articles in various blogs, and many a letters to the editors. His works also can be found in any number of anthologies and collections in various websites.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n writer. Aravindan belongs to the post-socialist Indian thinkers of cultural evolutionism
Cultural evolutionism
Cultural evolutionism attempts to describe and explain long-term change in human ways of life, insofar as those ways are socially rather than biologically acquired...
about Indian ethnogenesis
Ethnogenesis
Ethnogenesis is the process by which a group of human beings comes to be understood or to understand themselves as ethnically distinct from the wider social landscape from which their grouping emerges...
.
Biography
Aravindan Neelakandan was born on 16 June 1971 at Nagar Kovil, Tamilnadu, IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
into an academic family. His paternal grandfather was a scholar well versed in the art of Varma ati
Varma ati
Varma adi or Marma adi is a part of the art of healing and harming Varma Kalai Marma Vidhya, It is a component of adi murai "law of hitting" which is a martial art that teaches methods to attack pressure points of the human body.This system of marmam is part of Siddha Vaidhyam, attributed to...
(Tamil: வர்மக்கலை) of Siddha Marma
Marma
The Marma also known as Magh or Mog are Arakanese descendants inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh since the Arakan kingdom period in the 16th century AD. In the late 20th century, their population stood at over 210,000. Ethnically related to the Myanmar, they are largely followers...
science. His father N. S. Pillai is a respected Tamil scholar, and has retired as a professor from the Travancore Hindu College in Nagarkoil. His mother is a retired professor of Economics in the same college and was a student leader of anti-Hindi agitation.
Aravindan has started his academic life as a student of agricultural studies, and has masters degree in Psychology from Madras University and in Economics from Madurai Kamaraj University. He is now working with an ecological NGO called Vivekananda Kendra—Natural Resources Development Project—in Kanyakumari, at India's southern tip. His work involves research on traditional rural communities, as well as educating farmers on cost-effective technologies to boost their agricultural output. His personal library includes around 5,000 documents, including books, magazines, journals, and volumnious archives of media reports.
Aravindan began his public presence with his articles on science and Indology in the famous Tamil portal Thinnai.com. He was also a regular contributor of columns to UPI Asia. Apart from his published works, he continues to write columns also in famous Tamil portals Solvanam, Tamil Paper, and Thinnai. His works also appear in the Tamil website Tamil Hindu in which he is an editor.
Selected bibliography
Following is a selected bibliography of Aravindan's books in Tamil sorted by the year of first publication.- 2011. Breaking India: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines (Co-authored with Rajiv MalhotraRajiv MalhotraRajiv Malhotra is an author and the founder of Infinity Foundation. He is also a former telecommunication entrepreneur. After a career in the software, computer, and telecom industries Malhotra took an early retirement to pursue philanthropic and educational activities...
) Chennai: Kizhakku Publishers. - 2010. Castes - New Revelations (Co-authored) Nagarkoil: Tamil Hindu Publications
- 2010. God, The Untrusty - The Dharmic Musings. Chennai: Kizhakku Publishers.
- 2010. Hindutva - A Simplified Introduction. Chennai: MiniMax, New Horizon Media Pvt. Ltd.
- 2009. The Wonder Fern Azolla (Co-authored with Dr. Kamalasanan Pillai)
- 2009. Discoursing the Cultural Heritage - A Compilation from the Dharmic Intellectual Movement (Co-authored). Nagarkoil: Tamil Hindu Publications
- 2004. God and 40 Hertz. Chennai: United Writers Publications
Following is a selected bibliography of Aravindan's books in English sorted by the year of first publication.
- 2011. Breaking India: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines (Co-authored with Rajiv MalhotraRajiv MalhotraRajiv Malhotra is an author and the founder of Infinity Foundation. He is also a former telecommunication entrepreneur. After a career in the software, computer, and telecom industries Malhotra took an early retirement to pursue philanthropic and educational activities...
) India: The Amaryllis Publishers - 2009: The Wonder Fern Azolla (Co-authored with Dr. Kamalasanan Pillai) - The book is also available in Hindi
Note: These are major publications. Aravindan also wrote many pamphlets, introductions, articles in various blogs, and many a letters to the editors. His works also can be found in any number of anthologies and collections in various websites.