Tag Archives: Andhra

Are We a Serious People?

March 12, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Dharma, High Culture, History, India, Politics, TelanganaN.R.I.pathi

Outsiders play Indians like pawns... They know how easily Indians can be taken in through deception and praise.

Chhatrapati Shivaji is reputed to have said that the British are the most dangerous of enemies because they “kill by tickling”, …

Personalities: Bhadrachalam Ramadasu

March 2, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, Dharma, High Culture, India, Music, Personalities, Telangana, Teluguadmin

Continuing our series on great Andhra personalities, our spotlight this week is on Bhadrachalam Ramadasu.

The name Ramadasu is synonymous with the town of Bhadrachalam. Given the contentious battle over this pilgrimage site between Telangana and Seemandhra, ACP…

Seemandhra: The Road Ahead

February 25, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Development, Dharma, History, India, Language, Politics, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Before we begin, I believe it’s important that we set the record straight. Many of our people–good people, some even educated people–have been swept away by emotion and have been casting recriminations against all of India for this betrayal. Some …

Samaikya Andhra: Live to Fight Another Day

February 19, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Dharma, Elite, High Culture, Hyderabad, India, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Alas, my brothers and sisters, it is done…

With the passage of the Telangana Bill in the Lok Sabha and now Rajya Sabha, bifurcation of our beloved state of Andhra Pradesh is all but certain.

This is truly a …

Narayanapeta Sarees

February 10, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Fashion, SareesVelugu Thalli

Hello, Hello dear ACP readers!

I am back this week with the second installment of my Spotlight on Andhra Sarees. This month’s feature is the Narayanapeta Saree.

Loyal readers may recall my first post on this topic was …

“The Andhra Steve Jobs”

February 5, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Business, Hyderabad, India, NRI, Sci/Tech, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

…ok, so maybe I took liberties with that one—but the moniker “The Indian Steve Jobs” has now become commonplace for Microsoft’s new Andhra origin chief executive officer,

Satya Nadella.

I suppose it’s almost fitting that the first Indian CEO …

Personalities: Gautamiputra Satakarni

February 3, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Dharma, High Culture, History, India, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

To inaugurate the first of a continuing series of posts on Andhra Personalities, I thought it best to commence with one of the most celebrated and most successful of Andhra Kings, Gautamiputra Satakarni.

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