The Mind of Margayya

February 23, 2017UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Dharma, Discussion, Elite, Literature, MahabharataShivoham

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (1906-2001), the creator of Malgudi was one of India’s greatest storytellers and thinkers. Writing under the shortened name R. K. Narayan, a small sample of his works include Swami and Friends, Bachelor of Arts, … Read the rest

Sringara (Romance) is also Part of Our Culture

February 16, 2017UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Culture, Elite, India, Romance, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

After our preceding article on Romantic Sanskrit Poetry, it is only natural for people to ask whether our illustrious culture should be romantic, let alone, romanticised. Indeed, the current dispensation in the natural discourse seems to believe that everything … Read the rest

Classical Indic Literature V: Romantic Sanskrit Poetry

February 13, 2017UncategorizedElite, High Culture, Literature, Poetry, Romance, SanskritN.R.I.pathi

Rebuilding the National Character involves not only understanding what we need to do, or even why we are doing it, but why it is worth preserving at all.

Civilization is more than the mere sum of its principles, precepts, philosophies, … Read the rest

Rebuilding the National Character

January 26, 2017UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Dharma, Elite, Identity, India, SocietyN.R.I.pathi

The essence of character is willingness to stand up for your principles and endure in safeguarding the principles you support. High-minded thinking may appeal to all or even most; but it is fortitude, and the willingness to endure in order … Read the rest

Shubha Sankranthi (2017)

January 14, 2017UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Dharma, Festivals, Greetings, ICP, TraditionsAdmin

Shubha Makara Sankranthi to all our readers!

Whether you call it Makara Sankranthi, Lohri, Magh Bihu, Ghughuti, Pongal, Sakraat, Khicheri, Saaji, Suggi, Tirmoori, Uttarayan or “the transition of the sun into the constellation capricorn“, … Read the rest

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The Mind of Margayya

Sringara (Romance) is also Part of Our Culture

Classical Indic Literature V: Romantic Sanskrit Poetry

Rebuilding the National Character

Shubha Sankranthi (2017)