At long last the long awaited historical drama Rudhramadevi has been released. As this topic deals with our favourite subject, history, we will hold off on doing a Baahubali style review until long after the results are in. We advise …
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What is Needed for a Cultural Revival?
With a sense of gratitude we note that our recent post on the Cultural Resonance of Baahubali made something of a splash on social media. A number of long-time readers, as well as recent twitter followers responded very positively. While …
The Cultural Resonance of Baahubali
The scores are in, the box office has reported, and the people have spoken: Baahubali-The Beginning is a box office behemoth. S.S. Rajamouli’s smash hit is truly a magnum opus that has swept all of India, South and …
Dharmic Development II
In the wake of the current and expanding global financial crisis (we mean 2015, not 2008–so hard to keep track these days…), an opportunity to revisit our Series on Dharma & Economics : Dharmic Development, has presented itself. And …
Folk Arts: Burrakatha
Personalities: Mallinatha
Classical Indic Literature II: Poetics

Continuing our Series on Classical Indic Literature is Part II: Poetics. Long time readers may recall our previous post on Literary Theory. This piece will very briefly recap some of the related concepts before quickly moving on to …






