The first episode of a series featuring an English adaptation of DVG’s lecture titled "Samskruti" delivered at All India Radio on May 10, 1957. It an invaluable piece of contemplation on the rapid changes that had occurred in the Hindu society over the past half century.
A verse-by-verse contrast between DVG's Svatantra bhārata abhinandanā stava and Nehru's Tryst with Destiny speech reveals several eye-opening facets of an India after independence.
The first episode in a series contrasting Nehru's Tryst with Destiny Speech and D.V. Gundappa's poem, Svatantra-bhārata Abhinandana Stava, celebrating India's independence.
In this episode, DVG provides several eye-opening details about how pervasive corruption had become as early as 1949. We learn that the Dehradun Session of the Congress witnessed Nehru offering a pathetic apologia for this rot.
DVG narrates an ennobling anecdote of a poor village schoolteacher who did not mind his incredible hardships but wanted time for Svādhyāya or self-study. This is our remembrance of DVG on his 136th birthday.
In the late 19th century, a traditional Sanskrit Pathashala in a village near Kolar had come under the British axe. Hormusji J Bhabha, grandfather of the famous Homi J. Bhabha, saved it from total destruction.
The Hindu cultural sensibility must exercise immense caution before celebrating the material successes of Americanised or Westernised Indians who have lost touch with their roots.
The 1967 General Elections of India was a crucial juncture in the history of "independent India." It was the clear line that separated decency from brazenness.
