Tag Archives: Culture

Saamethalu (Telugu Proverbs) 4

May 14, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Language, Literature, Poetry, TeluguVelugu Thalli

Hello everyone! After long gap, here is the fourth part in our long running series on Saamethalu. Saametha is the Telugu poem proverb. Each verse contains knowledge and understanding that is not only pleasant to hear but useful to …

Sanskrit & Sanskruti Part II – Is it needed to be taught or not?

May 10, 2015UncategorizedCulture, Dharma, India, Language, Politics, SocietyChandra Mohanrao

To continue my series on Sanskrit, is the second installment. It will start on the misinformation campaign on it.

The Misinformation Campaign on Sanskrit

The very basis of arguments of the opponents of teaching Sanskrit from primary level of education …

Cinema: Gundamma Katha

May 5, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Cinema, Culture, India, Shakti, Society, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

If there were ever a Telugu movie on strong women, it would be 1962’s Gundamma Katha.

It is very much a character driven story with contrasting types of female strength. The analogous English title would be “The Taming of …

Sanskrit & Sanskruti Part I – Is it needed to be taught or not?

April 30, 2015UncategorizedCulture, India, Language, Politics, SocietyChandra Mohanrao

When we were in high school, we were not exposed to studying Hindi subject. It was the third language but it was so neglected in our state that the pass mark for Hindi was fixed at 5% in the SSLC …

Culture: The Cure for Stupidity

April 14, 2015UncategorizedCulture, Dharma, Elite, High Culture, History, India, Pop Culture, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

There is an old and ancient saying that you can’t fix stupid or “you can’t cure stupidity”. We disagree.

Concluding our Series on Indian Stupidity, is our fifth and final piece Culture: The Cure for Stupidity. It further investigates …

Selfishness: The Real Root of All Evil

March 12, 2015UncategorizedCulture, Dharma, Elite, India, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

It is often said that money is the root of all evil. Some even point to lust as its origin. But the reality is that it is Selfishness: svaartha, that privileging of one’s own inclinations, interests, and desires …

Madhavaram Sarees

March 2, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Dharma, Fashion, SareesVelugu Thalli

In our newest installment of our Series on Andhra Sarees, this week we will be covering Rayalaseema’s Madhavaram Sarees.

History

Madhavaram is a village in Kadapa District that is etched in the popular imagination. While the Jilla in general …

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