Personalities: Gurajada

November 30, 2015UncategorizedCulture, Elite, Literature, Personalities, Society, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

On the occasion of the 2 day observance by the AP Government of the 100^th Anniversary of his Punya Tithi, our next great Andhra Personality is Gurajada Appa Rao.

A scholar, a poet, and a social conscience, …

Personalities: Narayana Teertha

November 28, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, Dharma, High Culture, Music, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

From last week’s look at Telugu playback music, we come back this week to Classical Carnatic Music, and the great Andhra Personality and Telugu Saint: Sri Narayana Teertha.

A gem of a composer and spiritual figure, he is oft-forgotten …

[Guest Post] Warfare & Chimeric Peace – A Literary Review

November 19, 2015UncategorizedHistory, India, Literature, Teluguadmin

The following Post was composed by Navuluri Rao garu. You can follow him on Twitter.

Warfare & Chimeric Peace:

A Literary Review of Angara Venkata Krishna Rao’s novel Viramam

There is a corpus of war literature in other Indian languages, …

Personalities: P.Susheela

November 16, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Music, Personalities, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

In honour of her completing 80 wonderful years last week, our next great Andhra Personality this week is none other than the Nightingale of the South, Smt. P.Susheela.

A singer and philanthropist who dominated playback singing in the …

Happy Deepavali (2015)

November 11, 2015UncategorizedACP, Greetingsadmin

Deepavali Subhakaankshalu! From all of us at ACP, Happy Deepavali to you and your family. It is a day filled with great significance according to many traditions.

So take it from the experts, and disregard the spoilsports. You have …

Reservations Part IV – Reverse Discrimination & Solution

November 10, 2015UncategorizedIndia, Politics, Shakti, SocietyChandra Mohanrao

This is a series of blogs on the issue of reservations. For continuity please click on following links. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 .

Reverse Discrimination and Solution

To discuss about affirmative action to protect the oppression, …

[Reprint Post] Reservations: Politics & Hypocrisy of Indian Elites

November 8, 2015UncategorizedElite, India, Language, Politics, Societyadmin

A version of the following Post by @Krishnarjun was originally published by Vijayvaani.

The reservation system has been a deeply contentious and polarizing issue in Indian society and politics. Reservations for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, in the Parliament and …

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