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Tollywood, Travancore, & The Times

January 16, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Cinema, Dharma, Elite, History, India, Pop Culture, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

The New York Times launched an India focused blog some time ago called “India Ink”, which recently featured two interesting entries. One was on Tollywood (mana Telugu phillim industry) and the other was a tribute to the uncrowned …

New Year’s Resolutions from an Andhra Bidda

January 6, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Dharma, India, Politics, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Dear Telugu Thalli,

2013 was a terrible year not only for your Telugu biddas, but your place of residence.

Fittingly, the samachram started off on an ugly note with the pall of the terrible crime heard ’round the world.…

Kondabolu’s KondaBulletin

December 11, 2013UncategorizedHumor & Wit, NRI, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Photo: Angry Asian Man

(Click pic to see video)

Since a lot of you have been finding my posts to be heavy on the seriousness (and use of the word “On” in my titles), I thought I would mix it …

On the Perils of Ambition

December 8, 2013UncategorizedCulture, Dharma, Mahabharata, RamayanaN.R.I.pathi

“Arey, he’s so ambitious, yaar”, “Do you know, she’s really ambitious”, “You should be ambitious too”….

I must have missed the memo, but since when did ambition become a good thing?

Don’t get me wrong, I am all for self-improvement …

More Art, Less Kitsch…please

November 28, 2013UncategorizedAndhra, Art, Cinema, Elite, High Culture, India, Pop Culture, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

One of my least favorite, but most often read, e-zines is Outlookindia. Ever declining in readership and ever subsisting on the patronage of political masters, it nevertheless gives us a pulse on India’s misguided and misanthropic english speaking “elite”. Their …

On High Culture: Beyond Bollywood

November 4, 2013UncategorizedAndhra, Dharma, High Culture, Language, Sanskrit, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

I had come to Sanskrit in search of roots, but I had not expected to have that need met so directly. I had not expected my wish for a ‘historical sense’ to be answered with linguistic roots.

A recent article …

On Telangana

October 21, 2013UncategorizedAndhra, Dharma, High Culture, India, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Whether it happens or not, Telangana is ultimately a microcosm of the greater problem facing India: Who are we?

In India’s case it is more specifically, “What is Dharmic Civilization and Indic Culture?” Dharmic civilization is rooted in the …

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