Tag Archives: Elite

Personalities: G.D. Naidu

November 2, 2020UncategorizedBusiness, Elite, Personalities, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

As with the venerable Syama Saastri, one of the 3 great Carnatic composers, a number of Telugu-speaking figures often made their way to, or were born in Tamil Nadu. While this does not take away from their birth in …

Culinary Tour of Andhra

September 9, 2018UncategorizedAndhra, AndhraPradesh, Cuisine, Elite, High Culture, TelanganaVelugu Thalli

Hullo Everybody, after long break I am back! You must be wondering what I am upto 😉 . Well, here it is: Velugu Thalli’s Culinary Tour of Andhra Part 1!! 😎 .

For our Andhra Aaahaara Yaathra, I originally …

Personalities: Apastamba

January 24, 2018UncategorizedAndhra, Dharma, Elite, High Culture, India, TraditionsN.R.I.pathi

The Next installment in our series on Dharmic Personalities from Andhra is the all-India figure known as Apastamba.

Background

Apastamba muni was a great Sutrakaara who compiled the Apastamba Kalpasutra. He was born in the lineage of Maharishi Bhrgu, …

Personalities: K. Viswanath

April 24, 2017UncategorizedCinema, Elite, High Culture, Personalities, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

In honour of the recent announcement for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, our Post today is on its 2016 recipient.

While it is true that we Telugus often feel short-shrifted on the national award front, it’s also important to recognise when …

Personalities: Anavema Reddi

March 1, 2017UncategorizedAndhra, Elite, History, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

The next great King of the Reddi Kingdom was in fact the greatest King of the Dynasty. Though most people don’t know much about him today, likely due to the reputation of the royal founder, this Reddi ruler revived the …

Personalities: Prolaya Vema Reddi

February 20, 2017UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Dharma, Elite, History, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Those of you following us on twitter would have read our tweets on the Reddi Kings (storified for you here: Reddi Rajyam — Romantic Age of Andhra). This dynasty of rulers has a special place in the heart of …

Personalities: Chitti Babu

January 19, 2017UncategorizedCarnatic, Elite, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

As a follow up to last week’s article on the Veena, it is only natural that we highlight one of Andhra’s greatest Veena players, and one of India’s greatest in the modern era. Like many of our artistes, he …

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