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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 …

Crafts: Bobbili Veena

February 26, 2020UncategorizedAndhra, Art, Carnatic, Music, TraditionsN.R.I.pathi

bobbiliveena After a long hiatus, we reconvene with an article on Andhra Arts & Crafts. The Handicrafts of Andhra often blend with the Fine Arts. Perhaps the best example of this comes from the Uttarandhra region, with a name that …

Talent: వీధి నాటకాలు

January 9, 2020UncategorizedCulture, Poetry, Talent, Teluguadmin

The following Post features a Poem spotlighting the Cultural Talent of @nasa_manasa.

The latest addition to our Articles on Andhra Talent is a return entry by ACP favourite Nasa Manasa.

Readers may recall the previous Poetry selections of a …

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.

“If Nannaya …

Excerpt: VoxIndica

September 30, 2019UncategorizedDharma, Discussion, India, Politics, Societyadmin

Amidst a panoply of articles and books in the cacophony of conservative Indian thought, there occasionally comes a simultaneously erudite yet lucid commentary on the body politic. Narayanadas Upadhyayula gaaru is one such voice. He has spoken up on a …

Personalities: Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu

July 18, 2019UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, High Culture, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

In the long list of Eminent Telugu musicians is one who is both a traditionalist and an innovator. If culture is what unites a state and people, then here is one figure whose family and legacy cuts across caste and …

Personalities: Emani Sankara Sastri

July 2, 2019UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, High Culture, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

Our next article in our Continuing Series on Andhra Personalities, is one who deftly managed to stand tall in both the saastriya and cinematic worlds. He was a veena instructor and veena player extraordinaire: Emani Sankara Sastri.

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