Notes on Culture

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 ...
Monkeys in the Ramayana Frolicking
Adikavi, Maharshi Valmiki provided the first great model for composing poetry imbued with all the nine Rasas. He authored the Ramayana at a time when the formal academic discipline of aesthetics was n ...
There is Nothing to be Apologetic about the Manusmriti
The Manusmriti is a bitter medicine for the so-called modern man. In Manu's eyes, the modern man is in a pathetic condition and needs therapy.
A Short History of the Premeditated Leftist Slaughter of the Indian Literary and Aesthetic 
Tradition
The first part of a series documenting the brief history of the calculated destruction of the two-millenia-old tradition of Indian literary and aesthetic tradition and discipline
A typical Brahmin who lived in our villages
A slice of the daily routine of a typical Brahmin who lived in India just a century ago
Saartha and Mandra: Full-Course Meals on History and Music
This episode introduces Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa's maiden historical classic, "Saartha" (Caravan) and this literary musical concert, "Mandra" (the Lowest Pitch). These are works every book-lover and literatu ...
When Rajwade Toured Maharashtra on Foot in a Quest for Truth
Each time a new discovery of historical material was reported to him, Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade would personally travel to the place mostly on foot.
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