Literature: Satavahana Hala’s Gathasaptasati

February 14, 2018UncategorizedHistory, Literature, Poetry, Regional, RomanceN.R.I.pathi

Having previously commenced our study of Classical Indic Literature, we now take our first look at Classical Indic Poetry. Appropriately, our first selection is from Andhra itself and dates back to the glorious Empire of the Satavahanas. This … Read the rest

Sulbasutras & the Indic Approach to Engineering — 2

February 7, 2018UncategorizedDharma, Ganita, Sanatana, Sci/Tech, TraditionsShivoham

Summary

Part-1 focused on the transcendental objective of the Sulba Sutras. Geometrical metaphors and algebraic ideas emerge from the system of correspondences (bandhus) established in the Yagna [3, 4, 5]. This results in a natural unity among seemingly diverse … Read the rest

RW is as Mentally Colonised as LW

February 2, 2018UncategorizedDharma, Elite, India, Politics, Sanatana, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

There comes a point in time when a nagging feeling must become reluctantly accepted. Right Wing is as Mentally Colonised as the Left Wing. It is not an easy one or even one that is obvious on its face. But … Read the rest

The Misconstrued Abhinaya

January 22, 2018UncategorizedDance, Fashion, High Culture, Shakti, TraditionsAdmin

The following Post was composed by respected scholar-danseuse Prakruti Prativadi.

In a worrying development, things have been vanishing in Bharatanāṭyaṃ performances for a while now. It started out as a missing piece here, and then another one there, and now … Read the rest