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The Cultural Resonance of Baahubali

July 22, 2015UncategorizedCinema, Culture, Dharma, Elite, Identity, India, Pop Culture, Shakti, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

The scores are in, the box office has reported, and the people have spoken: Baahubali-The Beginning is a box office behemoth. S.S. Rajamouli’s smash hit is truly a magnum opus that has swept all of India, South and …

Dharmic Development II

July 9, 2015UncategorizedBusiness, Development, Dharma, Elite, High Culture, India, Politics, Ramayana, Sci/Tech, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

In the wake of the current and expanding global financial crisis (we mean 2015, not 2008–so hard to keep track these days…), an opportunity to revisit our Series on Dharma & Economics : Dharmic Development, has presented itself. And …

Folk Arts: Burrakatha

June 24, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Folk, Music, Society, Telangana, Telugu, TraditionsN.R.I.pathi

While high culture is the bedrock of a society and its values, it is also necessary for the upper and middle classes to maintain their links with the masses. A truly troubled society is one with an elite that finds …

Personalities: Mallinatha

June 18, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, High Culture, Literature, Personalities, Sanskrit, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

One of the greatest All-India Andhra Litterateurs is from the new state of Telangana. A man whose name is so synonymous with scholarship and literary criticism he has become a veritable figure of speech, Mallinatha is one of our …

Classical Indic Literature II: Poetics

June 12, 2015UncategorizedHigh Culture, India, Literature, Romance, SanskritN.R.I.pathi

Kalpa Sutra Manuscript-Auspicious Dreams of Jina's Mother (wikipedia)

Continuing our Series on Classical Indic Literature is Part II: Poetics. Long time readers may recall our previous post on Literary Theory. This piece will very briefly recap some of the related concepts before quickly moving on to …

Personalities: Annamacharya

May 21, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, Dharma, High Culture, India, Music, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Popularly known all over undivided Andhra as “Annamayya”, Annamacharya is undoubtedly one of our leading lights not only in the realm of music, for which he is best known, but in the realm of Dharma. Considered the Andhra Pada …

Cinema: Gundamma Katha

May 5, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Cinema, Culture, India, Shakti, Society, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

If there were ever a Telugu movie on strong women, it would be 1962’s Gundamma Katha.

It is very much a character driven story with contrasting types of female strength. The analogous English title would be “The Taming of …

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