Women and Ancient Indian Thought
An essay on the status and the freedoms that women enjoyed in ancient India tracing the history from the earliest Rg Vedic age.
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Classical dance in today's context
Art and its purpose
Documentary of Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
A short documentary of Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, one of the doyens of Kannada literature. Masti introduced the 'short story' genre to Kannada.
Bhagavad-Gita in the Life of Krishna: Wisdom
In chapter 13 of the Gita (verses 7 to 11) Krishna gives the various parameters that constitute true knowledge:
A Story for a Verse - Sriharsha
काव्यप्रकाशो यवनः
काव्याली च कुलाङ्गना ।
अनेन प्रसभाकृष्टा
कष्टमेषाऽश्नुते दशाम् ॥
We have seen that Sriharsha pleased Vindhya-vasini-devi and was blessed with impeccable poetic prowess. Not wanting to go out of league of everyone around him, he consciously dimmed his abilities and composed the epic-poem Naishadhiya-charitam.
The Mackenzie Manuscripts: Their Everlasting Value (Part 2)
In the previous part of this essay, I traced the origin of the Mackenzie Manuscripts to Col. Colin Mackenzie discovering his life’s mission after his interactions with the Madurai Brahmins whose learning was prolific, vast, deep and multifaceted, and concluded with a mention briefly of their contents.
The Connoisseurial Climate of Krishnadevaraya’s Time: Introduction
The first part of a series describing the literary, artistic, cultural and social life during the reign of Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Empire.
The Unalloyed Erudition of M. Hiriyanna
Profile of Prof M. Hiriyanna, the scholar-philosopher extraordinaire.
Development of Indian Thought up to Modern Times
Transcript of the keynote address given by Dr. S. L. Bhyrappa at the two-day seminar on ‘Development of Indian Thought up to Modern Times’ conducted by ICPR. 10 September 2016, Sheshadripuram College, Bangalore.
Speaking on a complex topic like philosophy, that too in a more complex language like English is to do injustice to both the listener and the subject. Hence Kannada.