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Mahābhārata – Episode 103 – Aśvamedha-yāga and the Mongoose Story

Dharmarāja went to the Himalayas with his younger bothers and gathered the ingredients required for the Aśvamedha-yāga. He also found large quantities of wealth...

Around Samasyā-pūraṇa: Analysing Literary Creativity - 5

“Kālidāsa composed poems in Kannada”: वाणीवीणागुणरणनचिन्माधुरीमोदयुक्त्या गौरीशर्वाद्वयनयजयप्रीतिसंस्फूर्तिशक्त्या। देशस्यास्य प्रसृमरकलाशास्त्रविज्ञानरक्त्य...

Unsung Poetry (Part 5)

Here is a verse composed by Naraṣiñyācārya, dedicated towards his teacher. ಗೋಪೀನಾಥಗುರಂ ವಂದೇ ಗೋಪೀಚಂದನಧಾರಿಣಮ್ | ಅಂಗಾರತುಳಸೀಯುಕ್ತಂ ಆರ್ದ್ರಚಿಕ್ಕಪಟಾನ್ವಿತಮ್ |...

DVG: A Life of Expansiveness, Confidence, Heartiness, Fuss, Food and Poetry

V.S.Srinivasa Sastri (Part 16) - Kamala Lectures and the Biography of (Gopala Krishna) Gokhale

‘Kamala Lectures’ In 1926, the Culcutta University invited Srinivasa Sastri to deliver talks as a part of the Kamala Lectures series. The word ‘Kamala’ that ap...

The Taste of Gutter Pakora and DVG's Vogue Words

কৃষ্ণ-জীবনে ভগবদ্গীতা – ঋষিসুলভ কৃষ্ণ

গীতায় কৃষ্ণ একজন “স্থিতপ্রজ্ঞ” ব্যক্তি হয়ে ওঠার বিষয়ে একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ধারণার অবতারণা করেছেন, অর্থাৎ, একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি বিচার-বিবেচনাপূর্ণ এবং অবিচলিত বুদ্ধিমত...

Mahābhārata – Episode 102 – Yudhiṣṭhira Laments and Kṛṣṇa Meets his Parents

Dharmarāja offered tarpaṇa to Bhīṣma and as he neared the shores of Ganga, he collapsed out of sorrow. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Kṛṣṇa, Vyāsa and everyone else present there...

Around Samasyā-pūraṇa: Analysing Literary Creativity - 4

There is another variety of poetic challenges in which every foot of a verse is composed by a different poet. The one who composes the first line has the respon...

ಕರ್ಣಾಟ ಭಾರತ ಕಥಾಮಂಜರಿ – ಮರುಓದು, ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ, ಕೆಲವು ಪಾತ್ರಗಳ ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ (ಭಾಗ 8)

ಸಭಾಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ದ್ರೌಪದಿ ಅನುಭವಿಸುವ ಅಪಮಾನ ಮನಃಕ್ಲೇಶಗಳು ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ಕಾಲಘಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ, ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರು ಅನುಭವಿಸಿರಬಹುದಾದ ದಾರುಣ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯನ್ನು ನಾವು ಊಹಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತವೆ...

V.S.Srinivasa Sastri (Part 15) - Rajaji's Advice and Tour to Kerala

Rajaji’s words of advice It is a well known fact that at the end of the World War II, world leaders such as Churchill, Roosevelt, Clemenso and others put their...

D.V.G: The Incessant Experimenter of Language, Working Style and Food