Tag Archives: High Culture

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 …

Cinema: Bhookailas

April 6, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Cinema, High Culture, India, Society, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

One of the great golden age films of Telugu cinema is the silver screen saga Bhookailas. Yet another classic churned out by the original Super Star of Andhra, NTR, it is a timeless tale for all ages, and even, …

Happy Sri Rama Navami (2015)

March 28, 2015UncategorizedACP, Dharma, Festivals, Greetings, High Culture, Ramayana, Traditionsadmin

Sri Rama Navami Subhakaankshalu. Happy Sri Rama Navami. May this blessed day of Bhagavan Rama’s Birth and Marriage bring tidings of happiness, prosperity, and blessedness. Let the message of Maryada Purushottam, the Shiromani of the Raghus, the Best of …

[Reprint Post] The Meaning Of Rama Rajya in Song

March 27, 2015UncategorizedCinema, Dharma, Festivals, High Culture, Music, Ramayana, Teluguadmin

Modern day Cinema is all about love, hate, factions and politics. A scene in a park and a song in Bangkok is all we see. Rarely we find a song that conveys a social message. In good olden days,

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Literature: Satavahana Hala’s Gathasaptasati

February 12, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Elite, High Culture, India, Literature, Poetry, RomanceN.R.I.pathi

Having previously commenced our study of Classical Indic Literature, we now take our first look at Classical Indic Poetry. Appropriately, our first selection is from Andhra itself and dates back to the glorious Empire of the Satavahanas. This …

Nilambari’s Kutcheri: A Primer on Carnatic Music

January 31, 2015UncategorizedCarnatic, High Culture, Music, TraditionsNilambari

This is a post on the structure of a Carnatic music Kutcheri (a traditional musical performance gathering) accompanied by a virtual kutcheri that I have put together.

The kutcheri format as we know it today is said to have started …

Personalities: Yamini Krishnamurti

January 21, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Dance, High Culture, India, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

One of the great artistic luminaries of Andhra Dance is Yamini Krishnamurti.

Skilled in both Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam, she is most famous for her achievements in the latter. Indeed, some have even remarked that “Yamini was not …

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