India's First Svadeshi Fountain Pen: Ratnam
Crafted in Rajahmundry by a Telugu K. V. Ratnam in 1932, inspired by Gandhi's call for self-reliance.
Andhra continues to etch its legacy across every field into the pages of Indian history, One stroke at a time.
Telugu Legacy ! 🔥
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"My father never expected anything in return and today we are celebrating his works."
- Indian vocalist late Garimella Balakrishna Prasad's son Anila Kumar on his father being awarded Padma award posthumously
#PadmaAwards | Professor Vempaty Kutumba Shastry, a distinguished Sanskrit scholar and guardian of India’s ancient wisdom, will be honoured with the Padma Shri 2026 for his exceptional contribution to preserving and promoting Sanskrit.
Born in 1950 into a humble family, Professor Shastry dedicated his life to making Sanskrit more accessible and inspiring newer generations to embrace the ancient language. Guided by his gurus, he continues to champion India’s rich cultural heritage with unwavering commitment.
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Once again, my appeal to Indians in America on a visa. Please come home. Even if you feel it is hardship and sacrifice, self-respect should dictate your course. Let's make Bharat proud 🙏
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మీకు తెలిసిన ప్రతి తెలుగు పుస్తక ప్రియులకి ఈ ప్రయాణం గురించి చెప్పండి — మనమంతా కలిసి ఉంటే తెలుగు బతుకుతుంది.
ఈ ప్రయాణం ఇప్పుడే మొదలైంది. 📚
మీ అందరికీ హృదయపూర్వక ధన్యవాదాలు !
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— నవోదయ బుక్ హౌస్
At the Yaganti Uma Maheswara Temple in Nandyal district of Andhra, a Brahmin priest climbs an extremely dangerous rocky peak daily to light the sacred Akasha Deepam for Bhagwan Shiva. He continues this sacred ritual daily with unwavering devotion.
Source: CJ Indian Traveller, YT.
In Tamil Nadu, the BJP being in power at the centre has been used by essentially all the parties to demonize them. The DMK made "attack Modi" as their only plank. EdappadiDMK (that is the correct name) would have done the same thing if the Congress had switched over to them. In Tamil, we call this பூச்சாண்டி காட்டுதல் - like my grandmother would tell me as a kid "that tree next to the pond has a ghost that will catch you, so don't go near it" to keep me away from swimming in the pond! Modi is their favorite பூச்சாண்டி.
So when someone parrots the line "we want to keep the BJP out of Tamil Nadu", they are saying "we don't want competition for our cozy duopoly", not some deep principle. The BJP has been in alliance in AP and Pondicherry and those states are doing fine, they are making excellent progress. Yet TN is supposedly "different".
The "difference" was the BJP getting into alliance with these same parties (EDMK or DMK) that want to openly or secretly suppress them in TN.
What is the way ahead? Find good youthful passionate leadership that are willing to fight the good fight long term. Focus on building up the party from the grassroots. Ignore all the பூச்சாண்டி business. Do not align with anyone who claims "TN is different". TN is Bharat. We have to fight this subterranean separatism.
Annamalai was making progress but he needed a lot more time. He was creating a genuine political movement, he invited youth to be active in politics and he had massive engagement.
I would have volunteered for this assignment too (I love building up from zero!) but I am neck deep in tech and Bharat needs deep tech. So not in this life time. To be very clear, I will state my political views (my right to free speech) but I will not be in active politics.
I hope all our educated citizens do engage in this political debate and express their opinions, but let us all do it RESPECTFULLY.
త్యాగరాజ ఆరాధన ఉత్సవాలను ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ లో నిర్వహించేలా, అలాగే ఆయన కీర్తనలను డిజిటలైజ్ చేసేందుకు ప్రయత్నాలు చేస్తానని గౌరవ ఉప ముఖ్యమంత్రి శ్రీ @PawanKalyan గారు ఇచ్చిన హామీపై ప్రశంసలు కురిపించిన ప్రముఖ సంగీత కళాకారిణి, సంగీత నాటక అకాడమీ అవార్డ్ గ్రహీత శ్రీమతి మండా సుధారాణి గారు.
#Tyagaraja #PawanKalyanAneNenu
My Ayodhya experience:
When I went for the darshan and Arti began. There were a lot of people and it was a little congested. I asked a gentleman to stand before me as there was a little space. His family came from Delhi. Then when he saw a little space near the railing , he pushed his 7th class studying daughter in there saying "you're more important, you deserve to get a better view of Prabhu Sree Ram as you brought us all here". I was surprised and wanted to know their story.
We were all standing right before Prabhu Sree Ram as Arti started. A couple of minutes later, he pointed at his daughter with a smile on his face saying "dekho, woh ro rahi hai".
When I looked at her, she clenched both the hands tightly, closed her eyes and crying like anything. It was only because, she was so emotional to be able to get Prabhu Sree Ram's darshan. She's been crying throughout and her innocent and glorious face turned red.
He slowly started telling me the story. She's a 7th class student and asked her father to take her to Ayodhya Ram Mandir. Her father put a condition that she's been getting 2nd and 3rd rank in the class. If she gets 1st rank, he'd take her to Ayodhya Ram Mandir.
She struggled so much and got 1st rank. Then she started demanding her father that if her father doesn't take her to Ayodhya Ram Mandir, she's not going to the school.
Then her entire family came for the darshan of Prabhu Sree Ram in Ayodhya. Because of her devotion, the entire family got the darshan of Prabhu Sree Ram.
After the darshan, I met them again. Now, I took the girl's side and told her father that I objected to his way of thinking and his conditions. Bhakti towards Prabhu Sree Ram is unconditional, how can he put such a condition to his daughter. You shouldn't prevent a child from having the darshan of Prabhu Sree Ram just because she gets a mark or two lesser than others.
She'll be successful with the blessings of Prabhu Sree Ram.
He realised his mistake with a smile on his face and thanked his daughter again that it was because of her grit and determination, the entire family got the darshan of Prabhu Sree Ram 🙏🏻🚩
In the end, I also told her not to take the pressure of ranks and marks as they do not define her intelligence. Getting less marks is also fine and not to take immense pressure on her young brain. Then wishes her luck and parted our ways.
What made me happy was, I was really very happy to see a young child who achieved so much to leave her father with no other option but to bring her to the darshan of Prabhu Sree Ram and she was immersed in his devotion. Seeing her cry like that has literally made my eyes wet.🥹
This made me feel that the future of Hindu Dharma is in safe hands 🙏🏻🚩
Jai Sree Ram 🙏🏻
What a lovely painting! They say Tyagaraja composed "కనుగొంటిని శ్రీరాముని" in Bilahari after having this darśanam. Sri Madduri Sambayya Garu, a great soul, composed the following exquisite verse extempore upon seeing it.
Open letter to Indians in America.
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Dear brothers and sisters from Bharat:
Like I did 37 years ago, you arrived in America with no money but with a good education and cultural heritage from Bharat. You achieved outstanding success. America was good to us. For that we must remain grateful - gratitude is our Bharatiya way.
Yet today, a significant number of Americans, may be not the majority but not too far from it either, believe that Indians "take away" American jobs and our success in America was unfairly earned.
You may think the next election will fix this, but your choice would be between people who hate our Bharatiya civilisation and people who hate civilisation itself. That is the "hard right" vs "woke left" battle. You are mere bystanders to that conflict.
Meanwhile there is one thing that is true now and will be true in the future: the respect Indians command world-wide will substantially depend on the fortunes of India herself. If India remains poor, the woke left will give us moral lectures with pity and the hard right, different moral lectures with scorn ("hellhole") and we must not confuse either with respect.
Respect in today's world, along with prosperity and security, comes from one source: a nation's technological prowess. India produces sufficient brain power to achieve that prowess but alas we exported so much of that talent, particularly to America. As we develop that prowess in India, our civilisational strength will assert itself.
As difficult as it is for many of you to contemplate this, please come back home. Bharat Mata needs your talent. Our vast youthful population needs the technology leadership you gained over the years to guide them towards prosperity. Let's do it with a missionary zeal.
Respectfully
Sridhar Vembu
Sri Shankara Jayanti Mahotsava at Sringeri
A festive atmosphere continued atop the sacred Shankara Giri, where a lively drawing & coloring competition engaged children with enthusiasm and devotion. Every young one was felicitated, with special prizes awarded to the finest efforts. The celebrations concluded with the children performing parikrama amid the uplifting chants of “Namah Shankaraya.”
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I'm thrilled to share that the Manasu Foundation, which has been doing exemplary service to the Telugu language and literature, has made all their scanned books available to the public. It's the result of their labor over hundreds of hours.
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"అజోవిభో"(అప్పాజోస్యుల-విష్ణుభొట్ల) ఫౌండేషన్ ద్వారా ప్రతి సంవత్సరం జనవరి మొదటి గురు, శుక్ర,శని,ఆదివారాల్లో ఒక సాహిత్య ఉత్సవం జరుపుతారు అప్పాజోస్యుల సత్యనారాయణ గారు.
1993ప్రాంతంలో మొదలుపెట్టారు ఈ పురస్కారాన్ని.. ఇప్పటికీ అవిశ్రాంతంగా ఆ కృషి చేస్తూనే ఉన్నారు..ఆయన వయసు ఎనభై పైబడే..
ప్రతి సంవత్సరం ఒక్కో ఊరిలో జరుపుతున్నారు.. మొన్న జనవరి నెలలో వరంగల్లు నగరంలో జరిపారు.ఎక్కడ జరుపుతారో అక్కడే అవార్డు గ్రహీత ను శోధించి వెతికి పట్టుకుంటారు..వారిపై ఒక అభినందన సంచిక వెలువరిస్తారు.. ఇదంతా ఎవరి మీదా ఆధారపడకుండా, ఎవరి నుంచి ఏమీ ఆశించకుండా..ఇలా నిస్వార్థంగా చేయటం సాధ్యమేనా అనుకుంటాం..సాధ్యమేనని ఆయన నిరూపిస్తున్నారు.. మిసిమి పత్రికకు ఆయన్ని ఇంటర్వూ చేయటానికి చీరాల వెళ్ళినప్పుడు, ఆయన గురించిన అనేక విశేషాలు తెలిశాయి..
ఆయన తొలి తరం కంప్యూటర్,మేథమేటిక్స్ ప్రొఫెసర్.. అమెరికా లోని విశ్వవిద్యాలయాలల్లో ఇప్పటికీ visiting faculty వారు..
పద్యమంటే మక్కువ..పంచ భూతాలపై ఇటీవలే ఒక శతకం వెలువరించారు..
అనేక అరుదైన పుస్తకాలను పునర్మిద్రిస్తుంటారు..
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