Revanth is somebody who is either a hermit who has made his hostel room his haven or a wanderlust who has hit the road. When he is not reading books, about books, or talking about them he is engrossed in classic Telugu films.
The Reluctant God
The zeitgeist of now is one where one Rama has steamrolled over these millions and mine too. In the immediate aftermath of the consecration of Rama Lalla in Ayodhya on January 22, and in view of what is destined to be a catastrophic fallout in coming years for India’s democracy, political health, culture, and even Hindu religion, this short story lets my Rama speak.
SPB, a voice with the world. A Telugu perspective
“My journey with SP Balasubrahmanyam may have begun even before I had learned that a song in a film had a playback singer. To claim that nearly every song I heard at the turn of the millennium, in Television Broadcasts, Advertisements, and radio programmes, day in and day out, was his would not be an outright exaggeration.”
Poet Varavara Rao – A Chained Passion
Pendyala Varavara Rao was born to a middle-class Brahmin family in Warangal. His passion was never lukewarm; just reading his writings can be an immersive experience instantly.
Veerabrahmendra Swamy: A saint who predicted the doomsday
Brahman is a misunderstood medieval anthropologist.
Travelling to Delhi, taking a 12th century traveller along
“Here and there in every mohallah, the mosques raise their heads towards the sky, their domes spread out like the white breasts of a woman bared, as it were, to catch the starlight on their surfaces, and the minarets point to heaven, indicating, as it were, that God is all-high and one.” Ahmed Ali wrote…