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Vākyajño vākyakuśalaḥ maunamupāgamat: The Twilight Years of the Titan

The System of Governance before Independence (Part 2)

The Beginning of Fragility This idea is now crippled. A few people opine that the pride of the local officer (i.e., the officer in charge) was first pricked du...

ಕಂಟಕಾಂಜಲಿ: ವಿಡಂಬನೆಯ ಆಡುಂಬೊಲ

ಉಪಕ್ರಮ ದೇವವಾಣಿ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಂಭೀರವಾದ ಭಾವಗಳನ್ನೂ ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನೂ ಕುರಿತ ಕೃತಿಗಳು ಅಪಾರಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಿರುವುದು ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ತಿಳಿದಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಸರಸ್ವತಿಯು ಲಘುವಾಗಿ ವಿನೋದ ಮಾಡ...

How our Legislators Look After Themselves: DVG's Answer

Bhārata-Sāvitrī (Part 3)

Sustainability Competence[1] It is well-known that the word ‘dharma,’ which has gained currency over the millennia has various shades of meaning that are diffe...

Vīrakesari Sitarama Shastri: Treason case and Sharda act - Part 4

The Case The government filed a case against Sitarama Shastri and Ashvatthanarayana Rao, accusing the article published in Navajīvana to be treasonous. Shastr...

Lāvaṇakalambaka - 17 - The Story of Mahāsena, The story of Mendicant and the Ape

निर्विघ्नविश्वनिर्माणसिद्धये यदनुग्रहम्। मन्ये स वव्रे धातापि तस्मै विघ्नजिते नमः॥ [Salutation to that deity, the killer of obstacles, (Gaṇeśa), from wh...

Vīrakesari Sitarama Shastri: Journalism and Treason - Part 3

Journalist Right from his childhood days, Sitarama Shastri was interested in writing. Observing this, Krishna Shastri sent him to M Venkatakrishnayya in Mysore...

Instruction on the Viṣaya is According to the Adhikārī

Let us first look at the theme of the work and the qualification to study it. Each of these decides the other. The story of puṇyakoṭi befits a six year old. A s...

Alaṅkāra-śāstra’s Debt to Early Indic Resistance Against Islam - 5

Mahmud returned again in 1020–21 CE, to punish Chandella legend Vidyadhara. On the way, Shahi Trilochanapala opposed him on the banks of the Yamuna. He was defe...

V Si - A Tender Hearted Teacher

V Si.'s Skill at Teaching and Affection for Students Irrespective of the weather conditions and his own state of health, V Si. never missed a class. He always...

Bhārata-Sāvitrī (Part 2)

Equal to the Gāyatrī-mantra Vyāsa gives the Bhārata-Sāvitrī clarion call in the concluding portion of the Mahābhārata. Just as the essence of all the Vedas ass...