“Crescent moon appears on Śiva’s neck”: उमानर्मविलासोद्यन्नखरक्षतहेतुना। ग्रीवायामर्धचन्द्रोऽसौ चन्द्रचूडस्य दृश्यते॥[1] Caught in throes of love, Umā adorne...
Sarcasm I remember very little of that argument. Whenever I remember this behaviour of Sheenanna, I feel disappointed and worried. Why did he behave like that?...
Edwin Montagu In matters connected with politics and the social relationships, Sastri wanted to make sure that his speech was clear, credible and did not lead...
The Pāṇḍavas after winning over their enemies, were ruling the vast kingdom under the guidance of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Sañjaya, Yuyutsu and Vidura were taking care of t...
“Sun arose in the West and moon in East”: “धातर्मेरुमहीध्रलङ्घनधिया विन्ध्याद्रिणा सर्वतो व्याप्तं व्योमतलं दिवेति च निशेत्यस्तं प्रतीतिर्गता”। दूतेनैवमभाषि...
‘ಸಭಾಪರ್ವ’ದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸ ಎರಡು ಸಭಾಭವನಗಳನ್ನು ಪರಿಚಯಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಎರಡೂ ಭವನಗಳು ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ಕಾಲಘಟ್ಟವೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ, ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸ್ತು ಕಲೆಯು ಸಾಧಿಸಿದ್ದ ಔನ್ನತ್ಯದ ಪ್ರತೀಕಗಳೆನ್ನ...
‘Nourishing the Body’ Every morning during the days when we were working on Gokhale’s biography, we went for a walk. Once we returned, we would sit to work wit...
[अयं हि शतावधानिना आर्यगणेशेन कन्नडभाषया लिखितस्य कस्यचन लेखस्य सङ्क्षिप्तोऽनुवादः।] नैतत्तिरोहितं कलाभिज्ञानां यन् मोनालिसाया निगूढो मन्दहासः कश्चिदनेकेषां व्...
Out of my grandfathers, hasn’t it been evident that my third grandfather Sheenanna was very dear to me? But when it comes to him, will I be able to talk about e...