Personalities: S.P. Balasubramanyam

November 27, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Cinema, Culture, India, Music, Personalities, Pop Culture, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

The most famous playback singer in Andhra history, S.P. Balasubramanyam is a state and national treasure.

Famous throughout India and among Indians around the world, the Nellore native is a peerlessly prolific song-artist and a prodigious talent. Indeed, the sweetness …

[Reprint Post] Family Relations – Where Children Stand

November 23, 2014UncategorizedACP, Culture, Dharma, India, Literature, Teluguadmin

The following post is published courtesy of Chandra garu, who kindly gave permission to reprint a version of his article originally posted on July 24, 2013

And these few precepts in thy memory
See thou character. Give thy thoughts no

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Classical Indic Literature I: Literary Theory

November 20, 2014UncategorizedDharma, Elite, High Culture, India, Literature, SanskritN.R.I.pathi

At long last, we touch on Literature proper here at the Andhra Cultural Portal.

The importance and impact of this aspect of Indian Civilization and Andhra Culture cannot be minimized. After all, the stories, heroes & heroines, great romances, beautiful …

[Reprint Post] Family Relations – Changing Equations for Elders

November 16, 2014UncategorizedACP, Culture, Dharma, India, Literatureadmin

The following post is published courtesy of Chandra garu, who kindly gave permission to reprint a version of his article originally posted on July 23, 2013

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:

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Cinema: Missamma

November 9, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Cinema, India, Music, Pop Culture, Romance, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

In continuing our coverage of Classic Andhra Cinema, we examine another of the all-time favorites: Missamma.

Story

A Telugu story that very much cuts across caste and creed, it is a tale of a Christian girl who falls in …

Warangal: The City, its Art & its Architecture

November 2, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Architecture, Art, Dharma, High Culture, History, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

After Amaravati, the second capital of the Telugus was Warangal (also referred to by its Sanskrit name, Ekasila). Literally meaning “One Stone” (Oru gallu), the great capital of the Kakatiyas long stood truly as a “single …

[Reprint Post] Bharat Ratna: NTR & Self-Respect

October 26, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Elite, India, Language, Politics, Teluguadmin

The following post is published courtesy of Chandra garu, who kindly gave permission to reprint a version of his article originally posted on May 28, 2014

Just like it has become today, there was a time in the past when …

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