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History Oct 14, 2018

Tradition of Kshaatra in India: Unbridled Barbarianism of Alauddin Khilji and Timur

A Muslim could silence a Hindu as per whim and hurl abuses on him without any repercussions. And as for a Hindu, he had to quietly swallow all humiliation witho...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Oct 11, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 36 – Pāṇḍavas Save the Kauravas from the Gandharvas

The entourage[1] that left from Hastināpura to Dvaitavana camped at a place near the villages of the cowherds. They set their tents up making sure that there wa...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Arts Oct 10, 2018

Yakṣagāna – A Deśī Theatre Art: Misconceptions

The terms ‘mārga’ and ‘deśī’ which have been in use for thousands of years in our tradition are today translated as ‘Classical’ and ‘Folk’ respectively, terms w...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Culture Oct 09, 2018

Upanayana – Introduction to Saṃskāras

Every society will have its own view of what is a significant event in the life of a person living in that geographical region and in that period in time. What...

Hari Ravikumar

Literature Oct 08, 2018

वर्णनेतिवृत्तमीमांसा—यत्नेन वारणीया दोषाः

अस्यां दिशि सुकविना केचन दोषा यत्नेन वारणीयाः। यथा संविधाने निर्वैशिष्ट्यम्, इतिवृत्ते च निस्सङ्घर्षता। यद्यपि सङ्घर्ष इति परिभाषाविशेषः प्राच्यभारतीयकाव्यमीमां...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

History Oct 07, 2018

Indomitable Hindu Resistance to Islamic Invasions

Prithviraj was the last Hindu king of Delhi. It was he who originally had the Red Fort built; scholars opine that it changed due to the Islamic invasions. Base...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Oct 06, 2018

Bangalore’s Vainikas and Violinists

As far as I know, there were three eminent vaiṇikas (musicians who play the vīṇā) in Bangalore. Of them, the seniormost was an Iyengar. If I remember right, his...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Paresh Nadig

Literature Oct 05, 2018

The Concrete and the Abstract in Art

Among our youth and children, more than the study and research of ‘literature,’ it is the learning of music and dance that is considered as a symbol of culture....

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Vedavyas M G

Epics Oct 04, 2018

Mahābhārata - Episode 35 - Story of Dharma-vyādha and the Goṣa-yātra Idea

The sage Mārkaṇḍeya narrated several traditional stories to the Pāṇḍavas during their stay in Dvaitavana. The story of Dharma-vyādha is one among those. There...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Oct 03, 2018

Rai Bahadur Arcot Srinivasacharya (Part 2)

The Muzrai Amendment In 1891, the government decided that a separate body needed to be established for regulating the activities of the Muzrai institutions, na...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Culture Oct 02, 2018

Upanayana – A Gentle Introduction

You and I are constantly changing. Throughout our lives, we change in many ways: at the level of the body, in the emotional sphere, in the mental realm, in our...

Hari Ravikumar

Literature Oct 01, 2018

वर्णनेतिवृत्तमीमांसा—भाविकम्

सम्प्रति भाविकाभिधानं किञ्चन साहित्यतत्त्वमवगाहामहे। भाविकमिति सम्भाविततत्त्वं दण्ड्यादिभिस्तु मौलिकमेवम्। इतिवृत्तश्रीकारणमतिलोकमनोज्ञवर्णनेङ्गितयुक्तम्॥७॥...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N