Culture / The Sunrise of the Hotel Business in Bangalore The iconic D.V. Gundappa narrates the first hand history of the origins of the hotel business in Bangalore By Sandeep Balakrishna / 28 Jul 2025
History and Historiography / Reclaiming Sanatana Spaces: A Profound Lesson from the Mandsaur Silk-Weavers Guild This is the story of a silk-weavers guild from Mandsaur who restored a magnificent Surya Mandir in 473 CE By Sandeep Balakrishna / 14 Jul 2025
Culture / An Analysis of DVG’s Renunciate Poetry This episode delves into a detailed analysis of DVG's Renunciate Poetry with special emphasis on Daarigara Haadu By Sandeep Balakrishna / 23 Jun 2025
Culture / DVG - The Covert Saṃnyāsi and his Confessional By his innate temperament, D.V. Gundappa (DVG) was a renunciate or Saṃnyāsi as he discloses in his essay, Hakkiya Payana By Sandeep Balakrishna / 20 Jun 2025
Culture / Virakta Kavya or Renunciate Poetry in the Indian Literary Tradition Exploring the splendid tradition of Virakta Kavya or Renunciate Poetry in the Indian tradition since the Vedic times to the 20th Century By Sandeep Balakrishna / 18 Jun 2025
Culture / A Survey of D.V. Gundappa as a Renunciate Poet First episode of a series surveying the contributions of D.V. Gundappa to the poetic genre that can be called Virakta Kāvya or Renunciate Poetry By Sandeep Balakrishna / 16 Jun 2025
Culture / The Song of the Wayfarers This is an English translation of DVG's evocative Kannada poem, Daarigara Haadu or the Song of the Wayfarers By Sandeep Balakrishna / 28 May 2025
Culture / Sri Vasudeva Sharan Agarwala and Sri A.S. Altekar: Lodestars of Indian History Research Vasudeva Sharan Agarwala and A.S. Altekar were exemplary scholars of Indian history who brought a vast range of scholarship and field experience to their work By Sandeep Balakrishna / 26 May 2025
Culture / When a Lake Inscription Opened a Chapter of Vijayanagara History Sri V.S. Sukhtankar travelled from Pune to a remote village in Andhra to decipher just one inscription related to Vijayanagara history By Sandeep Balakrishna / 23 May 2025
Culture / The Self-Imposed Cultural Commitment of Indian History Stalwarts The sort of cultural commitment that the exemplars of Indian history had set for themselves is truly astonishing By Sandeep Balakrishna / 20 May 2025
Culture / The Superhuman Labours of the Pioneers of Indian History The pioneers of Indian history faced extraordinary hazards in their quest for original historical sources like inscriptions, coins and documents By Sandeep Balakrishna / 14 May 2025
Culture / The Education of the Exemplars of Indian History Read the inspiring stories of how the exemplars of Indian History educated themselves By Sandeep Balakrishna / 12 May 2025
