Culture

Essays exploring the vast repository of the Hindu Cultural ethos

Essays

The Intrinsic Character of Hindu Inscriptions and their Classification

The Intrinsic Character of Hindu Inscriptions and their Classification

Hindu inscriptions are actually Government records. They provide us authentic information about the historical events that they record.

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The Nehruvian and Marxist Slaughter of  Hindu Inscriptional Studies

The Nehruvian and Marxist Slaughter of Hindu Inscriptional Studies

How the Nehruvian establishment aided and abetted by Marxists masquerading as historians destroyed Indian epigraphy.

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Deciphering Hindu Inscriptions: A Brief Tour

Deciphering Hindu Inscriptions: A Brief Tour

Indian epigraphy is one of the toughest disciplines and a highly demanding profession, calling for expert-level knowledge in multiple domains.

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The Golden Age of Indian Epigraphy

The Golden Age of Indian Epigraphy

The Golden Age of Indian Epigraphy began in the late 19th century and lasted up to the 1950s. It is an epoch that needs a more comprehensive study.

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Indian Epigraphy or an Invitation to Profundity: Where the True History of India Resides

Indian Epigraphy or an Invitation to Profundity: Where the True History of India Resides

The first part of an introductory series on Indian Epigraphy or the study of inscriptions.

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When Ramaswami Sivan Stoked a Needless Controversy Over Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan

When Ramaswami Sivan Stoked a Needless Controversy Over Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan

Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan's untimely death was a huge blow for his brother, Ramaswami Sivan. He wrote an unfair book castigating greats like Patnam Subramania Iyer in order to uphold his own death brother's eminence.

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Maha Vaidyanatha Shivan and Pattanam Subramania Iyer: Nuggets from a Musical Friendship

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.

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The Musical Milieu of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan

The Musical Milieu of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan

A unique feature of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan's voice was that it never needed any practice.

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Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan: The Voice that Swam in all Octaves

Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan: The Voice that Swam in all Octaves

Maha Sivan's voice extended from the anu-mandara pancama to ati-tara shadja. It is difficult to believe that any human voice – let alone a male voice – could have such a stupendous range

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When Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan Composed the Mela Ragamalika in Just a Week

When Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan Composed the Mela Ragamalika in Just a Week

Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan was a child prodigy whose compositions match the quality of the Trinity of Carnatic Classical Music.

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