Notes on Culture

Duryodhana’s Lakshagriha Plot and the Congress Party’s Advisors
A story from the Mahabharata and its parallel to the contemporary politics of the Congress Party
Maha Vaidyanatha Shivan and Pattanam Subramania Iyer: Nuggets from a Musical Friendship
Pattanam Subramania Iyer and Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan shared a mellow friendship underscored by music.
The Essential Ramayana: An Introduction
This is the introductory episode of a series exploring the various nuances of Maharshi Valmiki's immortal epic, Srimad Ramayana. It is part of the Prologue written by scholar and researcher, Sri Arjun ...
The Universal Parallels Between Vrtrasura’s Story and the Nehruvian Legacy
Exploring the parallels, symbolism and universality of the timeless Vedic story of Vrtrasura and Indra
A Representation of Avadhoota Mahadeva Sastri
This is a heartwarming and evocative profile of Swami Mahadeva Sastri, an Avadhoota in Bangalore hailing from the pre-Independence era.
The Story of Manasa Devi the Naga Goddess of Bhagirathi
The unknown folklore of Manasa Devi, the snake-goddess worshipped in the Bhagirathi-Hooghly region about a century ago.
An Introduction to Mankhas, the Extinct Sanatana Artists: Or How Nehruvian India Squandered Away its Cultural Suzerainty
Mankhas or Picture Showmen were practitioners of narrative pictorial storytelling. From very ancient times, it evolved into a separate art form and captured the imagination of countless generations an ...
P.K. Gode: The Scholar who Descended from a Lineage of Warriors
P.K. Gode's ancestor was Naro Rayaji Gode, who served in the Maratha Empire under Gangadhar Krishna Pratinidhi in the 18th century. P.K. Gode has painstakingly traced his family's history using the fr ...
The Sanatana Conception of Skin Colour Contrasted with The Biblical Darkness of Racism
Examining the Western theory and practice of skin colour-based racism from the prism of Sanatana philosophy.
Tabbali Cover Page
We detect several parallels between Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa's "Vamshavruksha" and "Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane," chief of which is the loss of cultural inheritance.
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