"Meditations of Marcus Aurelius" by the ancient Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius is one of the great books, which has an all-time relevance because of the practica...
ಸಾವಿರದ ಒಂಭೈನೂರ ಐವತ್ತಾರು-ಐವತ್ತೇಳರ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರವು ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತದ ಸರ್ವವಿಧವಾದ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗತಿಗಳು ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಗಿವೆಯೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಯಲು ಲೋಕವಿಖ್ಯಾತಭಾಷಾತಜ್ಞರಾದ ಡಾ|| ಸುನೀತಿಕುಮಾ...
IV ಇದಿಷ್ಟೂ ಈ ಮಹಾಕಾವ್ಯದ ಇಡಿಯಾದ ಸ್ವರೂಪಸೌಂದರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಕುರಿತ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಪರಿಚಯವಾಯಿತು. ಇನ್ನುಳಿದದ್ದು ಇಂಥ ಸಮಗ್ರಸೌಂದರ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಒದಗಿ ಬಂದ ಬಿಡಿಯಾದ ಚೆಲುವುಗಳ ವಿಶದೀಕರಣ. ಇದು ದಿಟಕ್ಕೂ ಕಷ್ಟ...
The books on Ayurveda and related topics can be largely divided into five categories based on the level of the reader – for the lay person, for the student of A...
An essay describing the amorous life, courtesans, women, valour, and spirit of renunciation of the people of Krishnadevaraya’s period.
If Krishnadevaraya enjoyed a whole range of exalted honorifics like Sahitya Sangita Samarangana Sarvabhouma, Mooru Rayara Ganda, Hindu Samrajya Suratrana, Kanna...
An essay describing the various facets of the connoisseurial life of Krishnadevaraya's era including dress, lifestyle and attitudes.
Some years ago, a reader wrote to me with an experience that he said vexed him. The relevant portion of his email is produced below: …during a talk with a liber...
Khajuraho, Raneh Falls, Madkhera, Deogarh It was time to head to Khajuraho (from Bheda Ghat). It was a long journey of more than 6 hours. We sat back and relaxe...
Kosambi finally gives his homemade add-salt-to-taste philosophy of how we should view ancient texts: “Modern life is founded upon science and freedom. That is,...
Kosambi launches into a polemic against Krishna, considering him as a real person, forgetting that he himself had cast doubts on the existence of Krishna in the...
Through the ages, in the writings of great thinkers and social commentators, we find a certain weakness for nostalgia. We often find passages that bemoan the fa...