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I’ve decided to reorganize Bhaktamal.org as a blog. This change should make it easier to keep up with new content and make it easier for me to make casual additions.I expect to write more here once I actually start writing in earnest, probably in the new year.
Yesterday evening the India International Centre hosted a musical performance of Tukaram’s abhangs followed by a screening of Sant Tukaram, a 1936 Marathi film. In 1937, this film became the first Indian film to win an award at the Venice Film Festival. It is a simple yet powerful depiction of the the life [...]
Next month, the Indian government will launch the New Linguistic Survey of India, which seeks to update and expand the work directed a century ago by George Abraham Grierson:
What are the objectives of the [New Linguistic Survey of India]? It will primarily profile the Indian linguistic space by describing each language and speech variety, its [...]
