Taking a break from Ancient History, ACP moves on to a modern Personality. The History of Modern Aandhra politics is often controversial and acrimonious. Some political figures, however, find a way to rise above the rucus despite their coming from …
Tag Archives: Personalities
Personalities: Buddhapalita
Personalities: Bhavaviveka
The contribution of Aandhra to Buddhism cannot be minimised. Indeed, Amaravati‘s status as cultural capital of Aandhra was, to large degree, due to both Avalokiteshvara as well as Amareshvara .
However, history has often been coloured not only by …
Personalities: Vinjamuri Sisters
Following our Set of Articles on Folk culture, namely Janapada Sangeeta & Janapada Nrtya, comes a natural follow-up on notable personalities who had an impact in this arena. We tend to see Folk and Classical as dichotomies, when in …
Personalities: Vankayala Narasimham
Personalities: Veena Venkataramanadas
The world of music is at once prolific and passed over. The era of commercial tunes has derided and debased Classical Indic Music like never before. Studio beats and corporate control has taken away from the august styles of more …
