Tag Archives: Elite

Personalities: Prolaya Vema Reddi

February 20, 2017UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Dharma, Elite, History, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Those of you following us on twitter would have read our tweets on the Reddi Kings (storified for you here: Reddi Rajyam — Romantic Age of Andhra). This dynasty of rulers has a special place in the heart of …

Personalities: Chitti Babu

January 19, 2017UncategorizedCarnatic, Elite, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

As a follow up to last week’s article on the Veena, it is only natural that we highlight one of Andhra’s greatest Veena players, and one of India’s greatest in the modern era. Like many of our artistes, he …

Personalities: NTR

October 1, 2016UncategorizedAndhra, Cinema, Elite, Personalities, Politics, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

Those of you following us on twitter may have been reading our recent tweets on Self-Respect. It is a word that is often used by rowdies for all the wrong movements. But self-respect is something greater than self-glorification. Self-respect is …

Personalities: Uppalapu Srinivas

April 1, 2016UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, Elite, High Culture, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

Sometimes the life and music of a great talent is as brief and brilliant as the melodies they play. One such meteor in the music world, passed all too quickly and very recently.

Better known as Mandolin Srinivas, the feature …

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, …

[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 …

What is Needed for a Cultural Revival?

August 12, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Dharma, Elite, High Culture, Identity, India, Mahabharata, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

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 …

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