Category: Rhythm Indiana

  • Pondering over Dwaita Philosophy and Kanakadasa.

    Pondering over Dwaita Philosophy and Kanakadasa.

    The Lord of Udupi is trapped within the temple , his devotee is trapped in a cell outside. People throng, gone are the days where in the open corridors of temple sat genteel women stringing flowers and singing devaranama.  Beside it was the place where the swamiji from one of the ashtamatta would be rendering…

  • Little Information Horrendous Broadcast

    Little Information Horrendous Broadcast

    I am looking at this movie called the Jaguar, a Telgu movie dubbed by goldmines production. The way Ramya pats herself on the back for son’s serial killing. The law enforcement agencies do not hold him accountable for the serial killing, instead the public is rooting for him, and after all he avenged his father’s…

  • Revisiting Nagananda

    Revisiting Nagananda

    Long ago when I was still active on Sulekha.com, I was to choreograph for the play Nagananda; I put my thoughts down and created a blog.  After I published the blog, many of my fellow bloggers gave me their comments and inputs it was amazing. That was the time I discovered the power of blogging…

  • A quest for Padmavati.

    A quest for Padmavati.

    Purba Ray tweeted, that Padmawati was Padwaiting… But Padmawaiting is present continuous tense , we are dealing with past confused and tense. It was so confusing! Forget the second cup of coffee; even Google Mata is not able to sift the facts. My own information herding begins with an encounter with Rani Padmini once a…

  • The Reasons Why People go to an Ashram

    The Reasons Why People go to an Ashram

    On a journey to reclaiming your life, there is a concept called the creative date. An hour for yourself, it is strictly no gizmo’s, no family, no friends. It is just you and yourself. Most of my patients are reluctant to go into this space. The west deals with this by going to retreats. With…

  • Why Kankadasa will always remain relevant.

    Why Kankadasa will always remain relevant.

    “How can we let a lowly Kurba in/” the Brahmins of the Mutta hurled at the man, Vadiraja Teertha decided it was time to humble the arrogant Brahmins. He had immense faith in the devotion of the man, so he kept quiet. The Man stood out and sang the praise of the Lord … Lo…