Notes on Culture

An Unknown Anecdote of an Old Woman and the Brihadeeshwara Temple
A little known story of an old woman who visited the Brihadeeshwara Temple at Thanjavur and her service to it.
Duryodhana and Karna: A Friendship that Never was
The first episode of a series analysing the nature of the relationship between Duryodhana and Karna.
The Intrinsic Character of Hindu Inscriptions and their Classification
Hindu inscriptions are actually Government records. They provide us authentic information about the historical events that they record.
A typical Brahmin who lived in our villages
A slice of the daily routine of a typical Brahmin who lived in India just a century ago
Tabbali Cow Grazing
Using the cow as the central motif, Dr. Bhyrappa's Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane explores a complex array of themes in the novel
The Hindu Code of War Ethics and Jihad
A comparative analysis of the Hindu code of war ethics and the Islamic jihad
Unravelling Vulgarity: All you Wanted to Know about M.F. Hussain's Alleged Art
An essay critiquing M.F. Hussain's vulgar depiction of Hindu Deities in his paintings and art
An Enlivening Historical Voyage with the Banana
Delving into the Hindu annals, we get a fascinating, enlivening and instructive picture of the history of the ubiquitous banana. There is a fundamental reason why the banana is regarded as a sacred fr ...
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."
Dharmic Education is not Learning but Realisation
In the Sanatana theory and practice, education was not merely learning but realisation. Literacy was merely one subset of it.
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