Tag Archives: Language

Introducing New Blogger: Nilambari

December 24, 2014UncategorizedACP, Culture, Identity, India, Kerala, Language, NRI, SocietyNilambari

Questions of Identity

Hi, I’m Nilambari and I’m here to share my ideas on a few subjects from Carnatic music and Kerala to Cinema and Historical math & science . Born a Mallu but having lived variously in Andhra, Karnataka, …

Saamethalu (Telugu Proverbs) 3

December 11, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Language, Literature, Poetry, TeluguVelugu Thalli

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 …

[Reprint Post] Bharat Ratna: NTR & Self-Respect

October 26, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Elite, India, Language, Politics, Teluguadmin

The following post is published courtesy of Chandra garu, who kindly gave permission to reprint a version of his article originally posted on May 28, 2014

Just like it has become today, there was a time in the past when …

The Politics of Language

September 30, 2014UncategorizedCinema, Culture, Dharma, Elite, History, India, Language, Politics, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent speech at the United Nations revived the old debate on “national language”.

In response, conventional media and social media have been alive with debate, some informed, most un-informed. Some object to the very notion of …

Saamethalu (Telugu Proverbs) 2

June 29, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Language, Literature, Poetry, TeluguVelugu Thalli

Hello Everybody!! Here is the second installment in our series on Saamethalu. As we mentioned previously, Saamethalu are proverbs in the Telugu language. They communicate time-tested wisdom in the form of earthy, frequently poetic single line sayings. Here …

To Rebuild We Must Rebrand

May 28, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Business, Culture, Development, India, Language, Poetry, Politics, Sanskrit, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Bifurcation has come at great cost to the people of undivided Andhra, not only financially and culturally, but reputationally.

The TRS propaganda machine exacerbated divisions by sowing suspicion and mongering grievance. This created the requisite atmosphere of discord for splitting …

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 …

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