Notes on Culture

D.V. Gundappa (DVG) was one of the accomplished litterateurs of India. This is the first episode of a new series that introduces his literary contributions.

The episode of Richard III's seduction of Anne and Manthara's slow and effective poisoning of Kaikeyi's mind offers a brilliant comparative analysis of the genius level grasp of literary Masters over ...

Arjun Bharadwaj provides a rather profound and objective analysis of the much-debated episode of Sita Devi's abandonment by Sri Rama

This is an English translation of DVG's evocative Kannada poem, Daarigara Haadu or the Song of the Wayfarers

The tragic story of the Golisri Sanskrit School of Calcutta which was obliterated forever by the educational policy of William Bentinck and Macaulay

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.

Exploring the parallels, symbolism and universality of the timeless Vedic story of Vrtrasura and Indra

A 1932 tribute in honour of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya authored by an ICS officer brings out the life of Malaviya, whom the author celebrates as a Super Brahmin