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Arts Jan 30, 2018

Rāgānurāga – Part 3

Hindola is one of my favourite rāgas. The equivalent of Hindola in the Hindustani system is a rāga called Malkauns. Many feel that the manner in which it is ren...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Vishwanath Chandrashekara

Arts Jan 29, 2018

Cricket and reflections on sports

For a cricket-crazed nation like India, we do not have to wait long before a cricket series starts, grooves us in to a sway of emotions, and causes a deluge of...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Chandrashekar Subbarao

Culture Jan 28, 2018

The Impact of the Destruction of Hindu Temples: A Brief Survey

Introduction The conception, origin, evolution, and development of temples as physical, architectural structures is perhaps as old as the dawn of human civilisa...

Sandeep Balakrishna

Epics Jan 25, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 4 – Test of Skill of the Kuru Princes

There lived a teacher by name Kṛpācārya[1] who taught archery to the kings of the Vṛṣṇi clan and other kṣatriya clans. The Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas were his discip...

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

Profiles Jan 24, 2018

The Music of Ananta Sastri

Sri Ananta Sastri had distinguished himself as one of the most prominent (Classical) musicians of Bangalore. He possessed an extremely manly voice in both singi...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Literature Jan 23, 2018

Society in Sanskrit Poetry: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff - 2

The Sanskrit Language Our ancients sculpted a language to give perfect expression to their exuberant emotions. It has a well-developed scheme of letters and a...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh, Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Jan 22, 2018

Society in Sanskrit Poetry: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff - 1

Introduction Over the centuries Sanskrit literature has stood witness to a variety of responses from readers across the world. There have been ‘innocent’ reade...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh, Shashi Kiran B N

History Jan 21, 2018

The Awareness of Kshaatra in the Shungas

Pushyamitra Shunga tried to liberate Bharata’s lands under Greek occupation. The Greek invasion that began with Alexander continued till the time of Menander. T...

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

Philosophy Jan 18, 2018

Shiva-Rama-Krishna: Amidst Hostile Forces

As individuals, we can be utterly honest and upright. But that will not work at the societal realm. A public figure will have to resort to strategies. We see Kr...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Arts Jan 17, 2018

The Prestige of the Music of Mysore State

Around 1925-26, I had been to Delhi to undertake a political study--to gain knowledge about the condition, status, and the future of India's Princely States.  I...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Literature Jan 16, 2018

Humour in Treatises of Indian Aesthetics – 3

Viśvanātha who wrote Sāhityadarpaṇa starts off by criticizing the attributes of poetry as described by Mammaṭa and others, and ridicules the suggestion that com...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Literature Jan 15, 2018

Humour in Treatises of Indian Aesthetics – 2

Moving on to one of the greatest masters of all schools of thought and a very creative and gifted genius Abhinavagupta, we see humour sparkling aptly in both hi...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Raghavendra G S