The Indian Councils Act of 1909 (popularly known as the Morley-Minto reforms) gave the Muslims of India a separate electorate. This was a strategy of the Britis...
Second part of the profile of Prof. Mysore Hiriyanna, describing the various facets of his personality, his spiritual elevation and generosity.
Ramana Maharshi (30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950) was an Indian sage. Born Venkataraman Iyer, he left home in 1896 at the age of 16 and landed at Thiruvannamal...
किमस्थिमालां किमु कौस्तुभं वा परिष्क्रियायां बहुमन्यसे त्वम् । किं कालकूटः किमु वा यशोदा- स्तन्यं तव स्वादु वद प्रभो मे ॥ Among the poets who flourished in Andh...
The penultimate part of the travelogue of Madhya Bharata covering Udaigiri Caves, Udayapura temple, Heliodorus Pillar and the course of the Narmada at Bheda Ghat.
A rare interview of Dr S. Srikantha Shastri, a historian par excellence. His magnum opus "Bharatiya Samskruti", a monograph in Kannada, is a must-read for all s...
As a remarkable patriot, thinker, and visionary, Sri Aurobindo’s contributions to India are priceless. Unlike other patriots and leaders of his generation, it w...
स्मरगरलखण्डनं मम शिरसि मंडनंदेहि पदपल्लवमुदारम् ।ज्वलति मयि दारुणो मदनकदनारुणोहरतु तदुपाहितविकारम् ॥ Jayadeva is a Sanskrit poet who has attained immortal reput...
In their years of exile, the Pandavas lived in the picturesque Dvaitavana abounding in beautiful trees and delicious fruits. One day, a deer carried away – betw...
A short documentary of Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa, the inimitable poet. He is popularly known as 'kuvempu'. His epic-poem Ramayana Darshanam was awarded...
Let us look at Yakshagana and its allied art-forms from the point of view of angikaabhinaya (communication through the body and gesture language). Kuchupudi and...
In the Vana Parva (Book 3) of the Mahabharata, during the course of Yudhistira’s discussion with sage Markandeya, the latter narrates the story of Kaushika and...