Indian Aesthetics

Essays

The Aesthetic Elements  of the Ramayana

The Aesthetic Elements of the Ramayana

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 nonexistent. This essay brings out a beautiful exposition of the aesthetic and artistic elements of t

From Independence to the Emergency: The Sordid Journey of the Downfall of Indian Cinema

From Independence to the Emergency: The Sordid Journey of the Downfall of Indian Cinema

The downfall of Indian cinema can be traced with a cutoff point: the Emergency of 1975 and its aftermath.

The Destruction of the Indian Aesthetic Tradition has Culminated in Artistic Famine in Indian Cinema

The Destruction of the Indian Aesthetic Tradition has Culminated in Artistic Famine in Indian Cinema

The Indian aesthetic tradition based on universal principles, was systematically destroyed and has left its pernicious imprint on Indian cinema as well.

A Short History of the Premeditated Leftist Slaughter of the Indian Literary and Aesthetic 
Tradition

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

సనాతనధర్మ సిరి - సంస్కృతభాషా నిధి -    మైసూర్ హిరియణ్ణ

సనాతనధర్మ సిరి - సంస్కృతభాషా నిధి - మైసూర్ హిరియణ్ణ

ఈ వ్యాసం ఈ సమకాలీన భారతీయ తత్త్వశాస్త్ర విశారదునికి నమ్రతతో, భక్తితో సమర్పిస్తున్న ఒక కానుక

Acharya M Hiriyanna: The Joyous Radiance of Sanatana Erudition and Scholarship

Acharya M Hiriyanna: The Joyous Radiance of Sanatana Erudition and Scholarship

A profile and humble tribute to Acharya Mysore Hiriyanna, one of the pristine scholars of Sanatana philosophy and aesthetics

How IPTA Captured Drama and Cinema

How IPTA Captured Drama and Cinema

A near-comprehensive account of how the grand and unbroken tradition of Indian drama was intentionally destroyed by the Leftists