Tag: Purandaradasa

  • Feeling Our Words

    Feeling our words, ಆಚಾರವಿಲ್ಲದ ನಾಲಿಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ನೀಚ ಬುದ್ದಿಯ ಬಿಡು ನಾಲಿಗೆ ವಿಚಾರವಿಲ್ಲದ ಪರರನಿ ನಿಂದಿಸಲು ಚಾಚಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ನಾಲಿಗೆ. The opening lines of Puranadara daasa a kannada poet, that roughly translates, to characterless tongue, mind yourself, don’t move function to mindlessly hurt others. At the toastmasters one exercise that we have is the way we use the words, and…

  • Two Sides Of the Same Moon

    Tetisa kopi devargala oda goodi hattavataarava nettidanamma. Is a verse from the famous purandaradasa’s poetry. Well, this translates to along with thirty three crores of gods he (Vishnu) took ten avatars. This has been a bone of contention, and even ridicule. But we never put it to context. When we say gods, we are talking about…