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Personalities: Prataparudra

August 26, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Dharma, Elite, History, India, Personalities, TelanganaN.R.I.pathi

The Kakatiya dynasty reached its dramatic climax under Prataparudra. The grandson of Rani Rudrama Devi, Pratapa Rudra Deva II (1289-1323 CE) is best known for bringing to justice the rebellious Nayaks who killed her and for his stubborn …

Personalities: Vempati Chinna Satyam

August 18, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Dance, High Culture, India, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Any mention of Andhra’s most famous classical dance form, Kuchipudi, is incomplete without the celebrated maestro, Vempati Chinna Satyam.

Vempati gaaru was instrumental in not only popularising the dance style internationally, but universalising it as well. Famous students of …

Amaravati: The City, its Art & its Architecture

July 7, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Architecture, Art, Dharma, High Culture, HistoryN.R.I.pathi

The Great City of Amaravati has a storied history not only in Andhra and India, but in the rest of Asia as well.

Those of you following us on twitter would have read our tweets (storified for your convenience…

Problem of Indians: Unrepentant Stupidity

June 26, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Elite, History, Hyderabad, India, Politics, TelanganaN.R.I.pathi

At first glance, many of you may be taken aback by such a damning, and some would even say, questionable, assertion.

After all, aren’t Indians known for their intelligence? Aren’t we famous in the US as Silicon Valley “tech geniuses” …

Indians are Talkers not Doers

June 17, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Dharma, Elite, Hyderabad, India, TelanganaN.R.I.pathi

Let us face the facts, Indians are Talkers, not Doers. As usual, Andhras are the worst example of this.

We can talk for hours on end, over tea, over toddy, over tokkudu ladoo—but what does it matter, still we …

Top 10 Reasons why Kshana Kshanam is the Greatest Telugu Movie of All Time

June 4, 2014UncategorizedArt, Cinema, Culture, Pop Culture, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

1991’s Kshana Kshanam is quite possibly the finest film ever produced by the Telugu Film industry.

I know it is not often that we at ACP unabashedly descend into pop culture, but given the official bifurcation of our United Andhra …

To Rebuild We Must Rebrand

May 28, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Business, Culture, Development, India, Language, Poetry, Politics, Sanskrit, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Bifurcation has come at great cost to the people of undivided Andhra, not only financially and culturally, but reputationally.

The TRS propaganda machine exacerbated divisions by sowing suspicion and mongering grievance. This created the requisite atmosphere of discord for splitting …