Profiles
Voices of clarity and insight, exploring the depths of ancient wisdom.
Prateek Upadhya
Prateek Upadhya is a student of engineering at the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore. He loves traveling and exploring different cultures. He is also fond of animals and aspires to be an animal rights activist.
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Prekshaa
Prekshaa is a premium journal of Indian culture and philosophy drawing from the vast and timeless treasure trove of various aspects of India's grand heritage.
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Prof D S Vaghela
Prof. Dharmaraj Singh Vaghela served as the Head of the Department of Physics at the Government Arts and Science College, Ratlam of the MP Govt. Higher Education Department, until his retirement in 2004. He has published a number of papers in Plasma Physics in international journals. His papers have also appeared in the research journal of the Hindi Science Academy. Among other books, he has translated Fritjof Capra's best-selling work "The Tao of Physics" into Hindi. He has written a monograph in Hindi which explains the philosophical aspects of modern physics.
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Prof. L V Shantakumari
Prof. Shantakumari is a teacher, writer, translator and literary critic. Her seminal work ‘Yugasaakshi’ is a critical and definitive study of S. L. Bhyrappa’s Kannada novels. ‘Chaitanyada Chilume’ and ‘Nenapu gari bicchidaaga’ are her autobiographical works. ‘Satyapathika-Socrates’ and ‘Kaggada-Kaanike’ are some of her major works. She has co-translated many of Bhyrappa's novels into English and parts of Will Durant's 'Story of Civilization' into Kannada.
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Raghavendra G S
Raghavendra G S is a keen student of classical literature in Sanskrit and Kannada. He is one of the contributing editors of Prekshaa.
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Raghavendra Hebbalalu
Engineer. Lapsed blogger. Abiding interest in Sanskrit, religion, and philosophy. A wannabe jack-of-all.
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Ramaa Bharadvaj
Ramaa Bharadvaj is a storyteller based in Bangalore and tells stories with movements and with words. An acclaimed performer, choreographer, and author, she lived in the US for 31 years. She is the recipient of multiple Lester Horton Awards for her choreographies, and California Arts Council’s Directors Award for her contributions to the Arts in California. She writes, travels, and speaks on the arts for diverse groups and also teaches and curates a national dance festival at Chinmaya Naada Bindu Gurukul, Pune.
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Ranjani Vasuki
Vidushi Ranjani Vasuki is a Carnatic classical vocalist of rare melody and competence. She is the daughter/disciple of Dr. Nagavalli Nagaraj, a stalwart vocalist of Karnataka. A gold medalist in M.A. Music from Bangalore University, Ranjani is currently pursuing doctoral research that focuses on the basic aesthetic elements of Indian classical music.
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Rashmi Canchi
Rashmi Canchi works as an engineering technical writer at a leading product company in Bangalore. She has a master's in Microelectronics and Microsystems from Germany. Her interests include science and philosophy. In her free time she loves to travel and to cook.
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Raveendra Holla
Raveendra is a software engineer based in Bangalore. His interests revolve around mathematics, poetry, philosophy, and Kannada literature.
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Sandeep Balakrishna
Sandeep Balakrishna is a writer, author, translator, and socio-political-cultural analyst. He is the author of "Tipu Sultan: The Tyrant of Mysore" and "The Madurai Sultanate: A Concise History." He translated Dr. S L Bhyrappa's magnum opus "Avarana" into English.
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Sayantan Bandyopadhyay
Sayantan Bandyopadhyay is a writer, tabla player, and computer engineer. He has an abiding interest in Indian classical music, cooking, linguistics, literature, history, and public awareness of science.
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Shankar Rajaraman
Dr. Shankar is an 'ashtavadhani,' psychiatrist, poet, and Sanskrit scholar. He is a master of a complex poetic form in Sanskrit known as 'chitrakavya.' He translated Gangadevi's Madhuravijaya and Uddandakavi's Kokilasandesha into English.
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Shashi Kiran B N
Shashi Kiran B N holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master's degree in Sanskrit. His interests include Indian aesthetics, Hindu scriptures, Sanskrit and Kannada literature and philosophy.
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Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
Dr. Ganesh is a 'shatavadhani' and one of India’s foremost Sanskrit poets and scholars. He writes and lectures extensively on various subjects pertaining to India and Indian cultural heritage. He is a master of the ancient art of avadhana and is credited with reviving the art in Kannada. He is a recipient of the Badarayana-Vyasa Puraskar from the President of India for his contribution to the Sanskrit language.
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Showri Karantha
Showri holds a master's degree in law and is a practicing advocate. He is a trustee of Vidyarthi Shikshana Seva and the Executive Managing Committee Member of Centre for Educational and Social Studies. His interests include literature, art, and classical music.
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Shreehari Koundinya
Shreehari has a master's degree (M.Tech) and works as an embedded software engineer in the automotive industry in Bengaluru. His interests are composing metrical verses in Kannada, literature, playing the flute, carnatic music, travelling, and sports adventure.
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Shreesha Karantha
Shreesha is a software engineer with a passion for poetry, poetics, Indian philosophy, religion, and politics. He holds a master's degree in Kannada literature.
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Somashekhara Sharma
Somashekhara Sharma is a software professional with Mavenir Systems. His interests include Indian classical music, Arts, Yoga, Swimming and Gardening. He is also a poet with keen interest in classical literature in Kannada and Sanskrit.
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