Tag Archives: Personalities

Personalities: Veena Venkataramanadas

July 25, 2021UncategorizedElite, High Culture, Music, Personalities, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

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 …

Personalities: Kshetrajna

June 26, 2021UncategorizedHigh Culture, Music, Personalities, Poetry, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

One of the luminaries of sangeetha in Telugu land is among the first to be named at any mention of music. Beloved throughout southern India, his legacy cuts across caste and creed.

Background

Kshetrajna—better known to crores of Telugus as …

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 …

Personalities: Avadhuta Narayana Swami

June 22, 2020UncategorizedAndhra, Dharma, Personalities, Society, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Background

Sri Avadhuta Narayana Swami is a venerated Yogi of Mittapalem in Prakasam district. He is said by many to have hailed from the fifth class (panchama), and thus would be a Hindu Telugu Dalit Saint.

Dharma is often incorrectly …

Personalities: Komaram Bheem

May 25, 2020UncategorizedHistory, Personalities, Politics, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Often forgotten, yet no less important, is the contribution of Trilinga desa’s and Bhaarathavarsha’s vanvaasis. Time and again, they have not only featured in our epics (such as Nala of Naisadheeya fame), but have given their lives in the cause …

Personalities: Chakali Ailamma

March 6, 2020UncategorizedHistory, Personalities, Politics, Shakti, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

In the quest to preserve and propagate essential Andhra culture, or Telugu Thanam if you will, there is often a tendency to overlook the contributions of the masses. But it is also important to document the well-deserved praise and accomplishments …

Personalities: Palkuriki Somanatha

November 18, 2019UncategorizedDharma, Literature, Personalities, Poetry, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

The next figure in our Continuing Series on Andhra Personalities, is one who is an almost iconoclastic original. In the annals of Telugu literature is one litterateur who stands astride the corpus as an ignored colossus.

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