The first part of an essay-series documenting the central role that Indian pepper played in deciding the fortunes of empires and nations. It is a sweeping journey of two thousand years told through a weightless fleck of Indian flora.
The concluding part of this series narrates how Afonso had to hastily abandon his great plan to loot the wealth of Tirumala. Instead, he chose to burn down and loot a Hindu temple in Kollam.
A firsthand description of the grandeur of the Tirumala Brahmotsavam that the Portuguese chronicler Correa witnessed with his own eyes.
As the Governor of Portuguese territories of India, Martim Afonso de Sousa launched a military campaign to loot and destroy the sacred temple of Tirumala in 1543. This is the first part of a series narrating this episode of the Christian history of India.
The concluding episode of the story of the making of the Jayachamarajendra Vedaratnamala. The great Maharaja had subordinated his royal crown at the vedayajñavedi – the altar of this great Vedic Yajna, and it became his crowning glory.
The history of independent India is also the depressing history of decadal agitations that kept India unstable and continuously on the boil. The national costs have been enormous.
A charming story of how a washerman's simple poem inspired Sri Krishnadevaraya's brilliant conquest of Kalinga.
The Puranic roots and cultural metamorphosis of the expletive, "Moo Devi" prevalent in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
The ennobling story of the life of Vidvān H.P. Venkata Rao, who was appointed as the General Editor of the Chamarajendra Vedaratnamala.
How Shilpa Siddhanti Shivayogi Sri Siddhalinga Swami's profound vision acted as the motive force behind Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar's Vedaratnamala volumes of the Rg Veda.