Notes on Culture

The Civilisational Wound and the Cultural Hoax Called Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb
A historical exploration of the phenomenon commonly known as Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb
Duryodhana and Karna: A Friendship that Never was
The first episode of a series analysing the nature of the relationship between Duryodhana and Karna.
Travelling with Tantu: Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s Contemporary Epic
The first episode of a multipart analysis of Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa's 1993 epic novel, "Tantu" in Kannada.
Remembering Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade: The Maharashtra Historian Extraordinaire
The first part of a series profiling the iconic scholar of Maharashtra history, Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade whose service to scholarship and learning is a universe by itself.
The Fragrant History of the World of Ancient Indian Perfumes
A brief history of the magnificent world of ancient Indian perfumes and cosmetics lost in time. India was the world leader in the perfume industry for more than five hundred years.
A Colonial British Surgeon’s India Diary: Circa 1891
The first part of a series carrying excerpts from Dr. Francis, a British surgeon who stayed in India at the turn of the twentieth century and recorded his observations of our society, culture, beliefs ...
Parashuram Krishna Gode: The Stalwart who Sought the Rocky Mountain
This is the first episode of a new series commemorating the life, legacy and scholarship of Parashuram Krishna Gode, one of the stalwarts of the New Indian Renaissance. For all his awe-inspiring achie ...
An Introduction to Mankhas, the Extinct Sanatana Artists: Or How Nehruvian India Squandered Away its Cultural Suzerainty
Mankhas or Picture Showmen were practitioners of narrative pictorial storytelling. From very ancient times, it evolved into a separate art form and captured the imagination of countless generations an ...
How Acharya Jadunath Sarkar Wrote the Majestic Volumes of the History of Aurangzeb
A brief journey exploring the approach, method and discipline that went behind Acharya Jadunath Sarkar's writing his five-volume magnum opus, "History of Aurangzeb."
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