Two of the greatest patriots that the Telugus produced were scions of the Musunuri family: Prola and Krishna Nayak. While there is a popular but utterly inaccurate view that there were no popular revolutions in Medieval India, the Musunuri …
Tag Archives: Andhra
New Year’s Resolutions from an Andhra Bidda (2015)
Dear Telugu Thalli (and Bharat Mata)
I would say “Happy New Year” to you, but as with last year, there’s not much to be happy about.
Your beloved state of Andhra Pradesh was finally bifurcated. Drunk with power, one …
Personalities: Thyagaraja
Saamethalu (Telugu Proverbs) 3
I’m back!! Here is the third installment in our series on Saamethalu (Telugu Proverbs).
The Saametha is the Telugu contribution to poetically pithy statements of wisdom. There is an excellent site that specializes in only that. Here is another selection …
Personalities: S.P. Balasubramanyam
Cinema: Missamma
Warangal: The City, its Art & its Architecture
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 …
