India’s Culture as seen through Inscriptions: A Bird’s-eye View
Here is the recording of a talk I gave recently. Do check it out!...
3 Years Ago
An Introduction to Bharata’s Natyashastra
Here’s a video of an introductory talk about Bharta Muni’s Natyashastra, the earliest Indian work about performing arts:...
5 Years Ago
A Note About Karnataka Vaggeyakaras
(This is the text of a speech I made this weekend at an event celebrating the composers from Karnataka. Throughout the article, the honorifics for all the composers and musicians are not mentioned.…...
6 Years Ago
101 Books I Loved Reading
Several weeks ago, thanks to Twitter thread,  I started listing many books that I read over the years, with a small description. Even with the 140 character limit, it was quite easy to keep my listâ€...
7 Years Ago
What’s Wrong With Our History Teaching?
Do you remember your history text books? I do. They were always a big bore, with random mentions of dates and events, never providing any insight about the historical times and the cultures. This w…...
7 Years Ago
The First Day of Spring
Did you know that few thousand years ago, today , the day after (what we now celebrate as) Shivaratri marked the beginning of spring? Vedanga Jyotisha (~1400BC) clearly states the year begins with …...
7 Years Ago
