Notes on Culture

Origins of The All India Progressive Writers' Association, an organ of the Communist Party of India that invaded the Indian literary space in the 1930s and inflicted enormous damage

Tracing the origins of the dateless and profound tradition of Devi Bhagavati worship in Kerala. In many parts of South India, the Goddess is also known as the Malayala Bhagavati. This is Her story.

This is a heartwarming and evocative profile of Swami Mahadeva Sastri, an Avadhoota in Bangalore hailing from the pre-Independence era.

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

Srimad Ramayana is an immortal work of poetry imbued with great artistry. It is not a treatise on history, geography, anthropology, flora and fauna although these elements occur profusely in the epic. ...

A brilliant essay that traces the link of the Christian Missionary apparatus to slave trade and how Christians continue to use Dalits and other Hindu classes as weapons against their own Hindu society ...

The impact and lasting influence of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita that continues to shape entire cultures across the world.

A brief exposition on the foundational philosophical pillars that built and continue to sustain Bharatavarsha

A critical analysis of the 1987 Tamil film, "Nayagan," which is widely regarded as one of the best movies of Maniratnam and Kamal Hassan.