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An Ancient Greek Artist Engraves Bharata-Mata on a Silver Dish in Lampsacos

An Ancient Greek Artist Engraves Bharata-Mata on a Silver Dish in Lampsacos

A thrilling story narrating the little-known history of how a Greek artist of the 2nd Century CE had engraved an image of Bharata Mata on a silver dish in Lampsacos, Turkey

ಶ್ರೀ ಬಿ.ಕೆ.ಎಸ್ ವರ್ಮ: ಕುಂಚ ವಿರಿಂಚಿಯ ಒಳನೋಟ - ಒಂದು  ಮಧುರ ಸ್ಮೃತಿ

ಶ್ರೀ ಬಿ.ಕೆ.ಎಸ್ ವರ್ಮ: ಕುಂಚ ವಿರಿಂಚಿಯ ಒಳನೋಟ - ಒಂದು ಮಧುರ ಸ್ಮೃತಿ

ನಮ್ಮ ಕಾಲದ ರವಿ ವರ್ಮನೆಂದೇ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧರಾದ ಅಪ್ರತಿಮ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆಯ ಶಿಖರವಾಗಿದ್ದ ಚಿತ್ರಕಲಾಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ದಿವಂಗತ ಶ್ರೀ ಬಿ. ಕೆ. ಏಸ್ ವರ್ಮ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಖ್ಯಾತ ವಕೀಲರು ಹಾಗು ಕಲಾರಸಿಕರಾಗಿರುವ ಶ್ರೀ ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ ನಾಯಕ್ ಅವರ ಅಂತರಂಗದ ನಮನ.

Mankhas as the Extinct Inheritors of a Profound Cultural Treasure

Mankhas as the Extinct Inheritors of a Profound Cultural Treasure

The story of Mankhas dating back to the Pre-Patanjali era all the way up to their extinction in "independent" India is both ennobling and profoundly tragic.

Unravelling Vulgarity: All you Wanted to Know about M.F. Hussain's Alleged Art

Unravelling Vulgarity: All you Wanted to Know about M.F. Hussain's Alleged Art

An essay critiquing M.F. Hussain's vulgar depiction of Hindu Deities in his paintings and art

The Cool Ganesha of the New-Age Surgeons of Sanatana Dharma

The Cool Ganesha of the New-Age Surgeons of Sanatana Dharma

A New Being has descended upon us. It is a noxious alloy which combines within itself the revival of that dead genre named M.F. Hussain Apologetics and the Devdutt Pattnaik School of Epidemic Distortion. Over the last six-plus years, it has gained prominence, which none should envy but