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Monday, April 7, 2014

Response to the review of Aavarana by Sudheen Kulkarni

When I read articles by the mainstream media about Aavarana I am struck by how illiberal the liberal media continues to be. In this review...

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Mastani by Kusum Choppra

Mastani ISBN-10: 8129119331 Kusum Choppra Mastani, daughter of Chhatrasal Bundela, the second wife of Bajirao Peshwa was not welcome i...

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Who is an Indophile

As I chose this name, 'The Indophile' for my blog, I had to stop and wonder if I was even allowed to call myself an Indophiliac. F...

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About Me

Manjula: I love to read. I read quite extensively in Kannada and in English. My favorite authors in Kannada are Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa and M.K. Indira. Other than that there are so many books I have enjoyed in our languages that I dearly wish I could read in English. I constantly rue the fact that the younger generations don't have enough love for our languages, and they are not learning our languages. This makes for a bigger generation gap than is normal and our young ones see us through a cultural lens that is completely foreign. I would love to have a library of Indian language books translated into English. I love history, specially medieval Indian history, specially the history of the Marathas. I feel there is not enough respect and interest that has been accorded to the achievements of the Marathas. And even though their history is as muddled and mixed up as that of medieval European history they achieved so much success and glory. It will sustain us and our children if only we can remember them with pride.

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