Notes on Culture

In this episode, DVG presents eye-opening summaries of the chapters dealing with Svadharma, Rajadharma, Jurisprudence and the Philosophy of Life in the Manusmriti.

This is an abridged English translation of D.V. Gundappa's brilliant and moving profile of Bangalore Nagaratnamma, a musician par excellence who built a memorial for Tyagaraja in Tiruvayur.

The first episode of a series analysing the nature of the relationship between Duryodhana and Karna.

An essay tracing the origins of the ubiquitous Indian dish, Idly. It narrates the story of how idly gained worldwide prominence over the last century.

An essay recounting an overlooked, contemporary cultural revolution ushered in through children's comics

For centuries, Kishkinda was a sacred Kshetra, the abode of Hanuman. Its environs birthed the great Hindu Empire of Vijayanagara. Over the last three decades, its sanctity has been almost completely e ...

B.A. Saletore belongs to that rarefied class of Indian history scholars who severed the slavish practice of looking at Indian history through European eyes.