Ananda Bhairavi is a very popular janaranjaka raga, Tyagaraja has composed only three songs in it. There is an interesting story behind this. There...

Sri Ramayana by Srirangam Ramesh Ramayana is the foremost of the classical literature the world has seen. Hence it is also called ‘Adi Kavya’...

There are many caveats of Mahabharata, some of which may not be mentioned in the original. But many of them are very interesting and...

This happened about two decades ago. I took to travel by Pallavan Express from Srirangam to Chennai as I always used to. On that...

Here is an interesting story on two seas with some interesting lessons. I had heard of the Dead Sea in school. No one ever...

On Veganism From a Medieval Arab Poet This was written by medieval Arab poet Abu ‘L’Ala Ahmad ibn ‘Abdallah al-Ma’arri, known as Al-Ma’arri. He...

GOTRA IN HINDUISM VS GENE MAPPING! *Do you know why every time you sit for a Puja, the temple poojari asks you for your...

The Black Telephone When I was a young boy, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember the polished,...