Notes on Culture

Exploring the splendid tradition of Virakta Kavya or Renunciate Poetry in the Indian tradition since the Vedic times to the 20th Century

The first of a profile of Sri Mantapa Rama Upadhyaya, a profound entrepreneur who embodied the timeless Sanatana business values and ran a thriving shop in Saligrama near Udupi.

A slice of the daily routine of a typical Brahmin who lived in India just a century ago

The Nazar system was a defining feature of Islamic regimes in India. In practice, it normalised political and official corruption at all levels beginning with the monarch himself, and was responsible ...

An outline exposition of Aparigraha or non-covetousness, one of the profoundest ideals birthed by the Sanatana genius.

The first episode of DVG's brilliant autobiographical sketch of Sri S. Subramania Iyer, the father of the Home Rule Movement, eminent lawyer and a multifaceted luminary of the Indian freedom struggle. ...

An 18th century inscription of Yashwant Rao Holkar narrates the full story of building the Ahalyesvara Mahadeva Temple in Maheshwar

Devudu Narasimha Sastri's literary crowning glory, "Mahabrahmana" gives us a memorable depiction of the famous Vasistha-Visvamitra story.