Recognition and reversal (‘Anagnorisis’ and ‘Peripeteia’) The crux of a tragedy lies in recognition and reversal. A simple plot is an action which is continuou...
DVG accurately analyzes the origins of individual freedom by providing a pithy critique of Jean Jacques Rousseau.
One of the Kannada literary giants of the twentieth century, K V Puttappa (Kuvempu) once classified[1] literature as Sakaala (timely) and Trikala (timeless) lit...
Samudragupta had a wife named Dattadevi. Ramagupta and Chandragupta Vikramaditya were their sons. We are fortunate to know their names and other details fr...
On the arrival of the spring, trees shed their old leaves and sprout all over and the extreme climate gives way to a pleasant one. Trees grow prosperous with fr...
९ ऋत-सत्ययोरर्थभेदस्तैत्तिरीयब्राह्मणस्य वचनेनानेन स्पष्टीभवति। “ऋतं त्वा सत्येन परिषिञ्चामीति नायं परिषिञ्चति। सत्यं त्वर्तेन परिषिञ्चामीति प्रातः। अग्निर्वा...
Plot: Aristotle holds the plot as the primary principle and the soul of tragedy, while character is secondary. Drawing parallels with a painting, he says, if o...
சிவன் தனது ஒரு கையில் உடுக்கையை ஏந்தி நிற்கிறான். லயத்தின் தலைவன் லய வாத்தியம் வாசிக்கிறான். சமஸ்கிருதத்தின் அடிப்படை ஆதாரமான ‘மஹேஷ்வர-ஸூத்திரங்கள்’ சிவன் தனது...
Chip off the old block – Bhashyam Ramacharya Bhashyam Venkatachaarya was the elder of the two grandsons of Bhashyam Tirumalachaarya. He worked as a sub-registr...
Among what I consider my universities, one of the places was a south-facing corner-house ahead of the Sri Narasimhaswamy Temple in Balepet.[1] It may be called...
After their escape from Vāraṇāvata, the Pāṇḍavas went southward, moving quickly in the light of the stars, and reached a dense forest. By this time, all of them...
Abstract: The current article attempts to examine where the Indian play Abhijñāna-Śākuntalam, considered to be the best by both the lay and the learned, by ori...