Amma's Column: Amma's Column: Alphabetical List

Amma's Column: Alphabetical List

First Online: January 08, 2010
Page Last Updated: February 20, 2013

Amma's Column Entries Listed in Alphabetical Order

"Face the Brute" -- Jun. 5, 2002
"Hiss, Do Not Bite" -- Jan. 4, 2005
'Peacock Dress' of Tribals -- May. 16, 2005
500th Anniversary of Krishnadevaraya -- Aug. 8, 2009
75th Anniversary of Salt Satyagraha -- Apr. 17, 2005
800 Year Old Temple School! -- Apr. 19, 2006
A Beautiful Sufi Prayer -- Apr. 28, 2008
A Buddhist Missionary in China – Bodhiruchi -- May. 7, 2010
A Poetic Work on the Theme of Tank -- Feb. 11, 2011
A Rare Guru - Prof. G.S. Dikshit -- Jun. 20, 2005
A rare volume in Kamat Home library -- Oct. 5, 2008
A Saraswat Legacy -- May. 20, 2007
A Starved Man Commits No Sin -- Jun. 27, 2002
A Titan Named Karanth -- Aug. 14, 2005
Alberuin's India -- Jun. 12, 2002
Amma Goes to a Yakshagana -- Mar. 1, 2012
An Old Photo and a Story -- Aug. 19, 2005
An Unique Workshop on Konkani Songs -- Jun. 30, 2009
Ancient Indians and Science -- May. 8, 2005
Animals and their Traits -- Jul. 23, 2004
Anmoree: Dame Who Delivered a Thousand Babies -- Sep. 8, 2005
Announcing Amma's Column -- May. 21, 2002
Anthropomorphism -- Jun. 6, 2002
Arpit Shanbhag, A Promising Artist -- Feb. 24, 2008
Art of Madhubani -- Jul. 4, 2005
Ashtavadana -- Nov. 29, 2003
Autobiographical Notes - I -- Sep. 4, 2007
Avvai : Mother Saint of Tamilnadu -- Dec. 21, 2007
B.L. Rice - Father of Kannada Epigraphy -- Mar. 8, 2003
B.M.Shree Pratishthana -- May. 28, 2011
Baba Learns Bengali! -- Apr. 8, 2011
Bangalore All India Radio, 50 -- Apr. 24, 2006
Bankim and The Indian Naitonal Song -- May. 7, 2009
Basti Pundalika Shenoy -- Jun. 20, 2008
Bhagat Singh and Gandhiji -- Jun. 4, 2008
Bhagatsingh as seen by Kamaladevi -- Sep. 2, 2008
Bhagirath and Descent of Ganga -- May. 6, 2004
Bhimrao the Bharatratna! -- Apr. 4, 2011
Bhuta Worship in South Kanara District -- Mar. 2, 2011
Bhyrappa and Kamats -- Mar. 22, 2010
Bidri or Black Silver Art of Bidar -- Jun. 8, 2005
Bishnupur: Terracotta Temple Town -- May. 29, 2006
Boswellian Mallya -- Aug. 17, 2005
Buddha Jayanti -- May. 12, 2006
Builders of Lepakshi Temple -- Aug. 8, 2004
Carpets -- Aug. 25, 2010
Cart Transportation and Rural India -- Dec. 17, 2007
Chand Sultana (Bibi) the Brave Queen (1550 –1599) -- May. 5, 2010
Cheers to Chai! -- Nov. 29, 2006
Chilli and its Avatars -- Sep. 16, 2003
Chinese Monk Fa-Hsien (c. 345-420 AD) -- Jan. 7, 2005
Chitrapur Saraswat Community -- Aug. 15, 2006
Christmas Eve in Calcutta, 1978 -- Jun. 27, 2006
Code of Manu -- Apr. 27, 2004
Colonel Colin Mackenzie and his great collection -- Feb. 17, 2006
Colonel Mark Wilks -- Sep. 18, 2006
Complete works of D.V.Gundappa -- Aug. 20, 2006
Contemporary Agrarian scene in Kabir’s poetry -- Apr. 30, 2012
Contents Narada Bhakti Sutras –II -- Jun. 24, 2011
Cowherd-Saint Ramanna (c1160 CE) -- Aug. 7, 2009
Cows and Goa -- Oct. 22, 2005
Dayanand Saraswati -- Mar. 6, 2003
Death of Two Masters -- Aug. 12, 2006
Devil worship of Tulunadu -- Mar. 13, 2008
Dewan Purniah -- Mar. 15, 2006
Dhanushkoti -- Poem by B M Shrikantiah -- Jul. 31, 2009
Dhyan and Zen: Indian Conversions in Far East -- Dec. 2, 2004
Disovery of a Ramratan! -- Jul. 24, 2005
Doldrums! - Dhols and Drums -- May. 4, 2006
Don't Scorn Dung! -- Sep. 17, 2002
Dr. Kittel and his Kannada Dictionary. -- May. 21, 2010
Dr. Narayan Subba Rao Hardikar (1889 –1975) -- Feb. 16, 2008
Dr. Rajeshwari Chatterjee (1922 - 2010) -- Nov. 6, 2010
Early Saraswats in Hubli (11th Century) -- Jul. 14, 2007
Eknath's Patience -- Jun. 16, 2002
Fanny Park's India -- Dec. 10, 2007
Father Thomas Stevens (1549-1619 CE) -- Jul. 16, 2009
Festival Foods of India -- Sep. 26, 2002
Folkdances of Fishermen -- Apr. 1, 2011
Forest Scene in a Kannada Classic -- Oct. 19, 2007
Freedom of Worship and Myriad of Gods -- May. 23, 2009
Function Remembering Krishnanand Kamat -- Apr. 15, 2011
Gambling, 5000 Years ago in India -- Apr. 14, 2007
Gandaberunda- The Two Headed Bird -- Sep. 2, 2007
Gandhi and Women -- Oct. 2, 2002
Gandhi in Bangalore (1927) -- May. 15, 2005
Gandhi in Bangalore - II -- Sep. 29, 2005
Gandhi of Karnataka - Hardekar Manjappa -- May. 10, 2008
Gandhi's Hind Swaraj -- May. 25, 2004
Gandhian 'Khaddar' Srinivas Pai -- May. 24, 2009
Gandhiji - as seen by Kailasam -- Jan. 4, 2010
Gandhiji and Letter-writing -- Mar. 21, 2010
Gandhiji on Functioning of Democracy -- Jul. 26, 2008
Ganjifa Card Games -- Jun. 24, 2002
General Cariappa -- Oct. 3, 2004
Goan Legacy: Classic called Kristapuran -- Jul. 30, 2009
God-realization of Shri Ramakrishna -- Feb. 9, 2011
Gods, Men, and Demons -- Nov. 23, 2002
Good Robber -- May. 29, 2002
Grammarian Bhattakalanka -- Mar. 14, 2010
Great Grand Guru of Gokarn -- Nov. 18, 2002
Greetings from America -- Jul. 23, 2010
Guru Shripadaraya -- Jun. 12, 2009
Hagarana - An ancient folkplay of Uttara Kannada -- Apr. 23, 2009
Hampi : The Ancient Vanarland ? -- May. 10, 2007
Happy New Year -- Dec. 31, 2005
Harapanahalli Bheemavva (1823-1902) -- Jun. 5, 2009
Harikathe: One man theater of Karnataka -- Apr. 8, 2010
Haste Runners of Postal Department -- Oct. 5, 2007
Helping Hands -- Oct. 20, 2002
Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies -- May. 29, 2009
Hinduism According to Gandhi -- Oct. 25, 2006
Historical Personalities in Wall Paintings -- Jun. 3, 2004
History of Institution of Marriage -- Mar. 2, 2008
Honoring Havnur Mama (b. 1928) -- Dec. 20, 2008
Human Body as the Chariot -- Jul. 19, 2002
Ideas from Hind Swaraj - II -- Mar. 5, 2005
Ideas from Hind Swaraj - III -- Apr. 22, 2005
Idolatry among Hindus -- Apr. 5, 2008
Idolatry and Freedom of Worship -- Jan. 13, 2003
Importance of Letter Om -- Aug. 13, 2002
India in the Eyes of Tom Pires (C1500-1575) -- Aug. 26, 2009
Indian Cockfights -- Aug. 3, 2007
Indian Materialism -- Aug. 27, 2004
Indo-Arab Traits in Coastal Karnataka -- Mar. 11, 2011
Itihasa Darshana -- Jun. 30, 2011
Jamila Brijbhushan -- Jun. 6, 2008
Jeevaka: Physician of Gautama Buddha -- Mar. 8, 2007
Joladarotti of Dharwad -- Apr. 19, 2007
Juggernaut of Puri -- Jul. 2, 2003
K K Handiqui (1898-1982) and Indian Culture -- Dec. 30, 2010
K.T. Appanna -- Dec. 6, 2009
K.V.Subbanna (1932-2005) -- Aug. 1, 2005
Kadri Temple, the Melting Pot -- Nov. 6, 2010
Kamala Dongerkery and the Kasuti of Karnataka -- Apr. 4, 2010
Kamaladevi Chattopadhaya Centennial -- Apr. 5, 2003
Kamaladevi Meets Amrita Sher Gill -- May. 20, 2008
Kamaladevi's Grandmother -- Mar. 8, 2008
Kamat fixes a nawar cot -- Mar. 23, 2010
Kamat Literary Award Winner Announced! -- Sep. 29, 2012
Kamat Literary Award Winner Announced! -- Sep. 3, 2011
Kamat's Three Books -- Mar. 25, 2008
Kanakadasa Condemns Caste System -- Jun. 17, 2004
Kannada Roots of Shivaji -- Nov. 9, 2006
Karnataka Election Galore 2008 -- May. 11, 2008
Kathakali Dance -- Apr. 19, 2008
Kautilya's Arthashastra – Part II -- May. 24, 2004
Kinnal Art -- Nov. 7, 2006
Koundinya Kingdoms of South East Asia -- Oct. 14, 2008
Kreedabhirama -- An Erotic Visual Kavya -- Dec. 22, 2007
Krishna as a Child -- Oct. 21, 2008
Kumarajiva (5th Century CE) -- Jun. 23, 2007
Kundya Kurkul: Konkani Musical -- Dec. 20, 2006
Kuvempu: A Birth Centenary Tribute -- Dec. 23, 2004
Lalithamba on Social Mobility -- Mar. 25, 2012
Liberated Man -- Jun. 20, 2009
Limitations of Native Indian Education -- May. 8, 2011
Loving Touch of Letters -- Dec. 14, 2006
Lullaby to a Stone! -- May. 25, 2011
M.J. Shuddhodana, a Master Artist of Karnataka -- Apr. 7, 2010
M.K. Indira -- Nov. 5, 2009
M.R. Pai and Consumer Activism in India -- Mar. 31, 2010
Major General -- W.H. Sleeman -- Jun. 8, 2008
Make-up in Medieval India -- Jan. 29, 2004
Man Who Wanted to Sell Taj Mahal! -- Aug. 27, 2011
Manastambha of Hiriyangadi (1522 C.E) -- Nov. 21, 2006
Mandalay Days of Tilak -- Jul. 17, 2008
Mantapa Prabhakar Upadhyaya -- Apr. 16, 2010
Manu was not Anti-Woman -- Apr. 29, 2004
Marathi Poetess Bahinabai -- Aug. 10, 2007
Market day at Dharwad -- Jun. 27, 2008
Marvel-farm of Manikkara -- Apr. 15, 2006
Materialism -- May. 25, 2002
Meeting Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sharma -- Apr. 30, 2005
Memories of Ballegavi -- Jul. 18, 2007
Mohan Nadkarni(1922 - ) -- Feb. 9, 2011
Mother's Day Notes -- May. 5, 2003
Music Tradition Among Chitrapur Saraswats -- Oct. 2, 2007
Musings on 60th year of Independence -- Aug. 15, 2007
Musings on Egypt -- Feb. 24, 2011
Musings on Mehendi -- Nov. 4, 2007
Musings on the 60th Anniversary of Indian Republic -- Jan. 9, 2010
Muthuswamy Dikshitar -- May. 9, 2003
My Cousin Suresh and his 58th Ganesh -- Nov. 19, 2005
My Days in All India Radio IV -- Sep. 15, 2012
My Friend Sarojini Kulkanri -- Aug. 23, 2003
N.S. Hardikars' Misadventure -- Apr. 30, 2008
Namaste --Meaning and Gesture -- May. 28, 2004
Narada Bhakti Sutras-1 -- Jun. 10, 2011
Narasi Mehta of Gujarat (C 1490-1556CE) -- Jun. 30, 2010
Narasimhachar Centennial -- Nov. 8, 2005
Narayana Guru (1854-1928) -- May. 12, 2009
Nemichandra's Peru Travelogue -- May. 16, 2004
New Articles -- Apr. 8, 2005
Night life in Ancient Sri Lanka -- Mar. 29, 2008
Nitivakyamritam by Somadeva -- Mar. 29, 2004
No Tea at Altino! -- Oct. 12, 2005
Nose Ornaments of India -- Mar. 15, 2005
Nose Ornaments of India -- Jan. 31, 2010
Nuances of Nanjangud History Conference - II -- Nov. 6, 2006
Obituary: G.S. Dikshit -- Jun. 28, 2004
Obituary: Gangubai Hanagal -- Jul. 21, 2009
Obituary: Susheela Kulkarni -- Jan. 24, 2011
Ode to a Grinder! -- May. 23, 2008
Of Scholars and Kings -- Feb. 10, 2004
Off to Nanjanagudu -- Sep. 9, 2006
One and Only Kailasam -- Sep. 21, 2006
Pandit Nehru and the Indian Sari -- Apr. 10, 2010
Panini the Unrivalled Grammarian (c. 500 B.C. ) -- May. 22, 2009
Peacock Culture -- Jul. 22, 2007
Peacock Dance at Krishna Kalpa -- Oct. 17, 2007
Pearls are Forever -- Apr. 26, 2008
Pedas of Dharwad -- May. 19, 2008
Philanthropist Jirle Mallamma -- Aug. 8, 2002
Pigeons in Postal Service -- Jun. 28, 2003
Poet Bilhana -- Jun. 15, 2006
Poking Fun of Gods! -- Jul. 3, 2002
Polyglot Pandharibai (1928-2003) -- Jul. 23, 2009
Prashanat Hegde, The budding Poet -- Nov. 20, 2012
Prime Source of Fables: The Panchatantra -- Mar. 26, 2005
Prof A.N. Moorthy Rao -- May. 7, 2003
Prof. A.R. Krishnasastry (1890-1968) -- Nov. 24, 2006
Prostitutes as Philanthropists -- Jun. 9, 2002
Puppet Theater in Karnataka -- Mar. 30, 2010
Purandara Dasa -- Aug. 17, 2003
Purnachandra Tejasvi and Environment -- Apr. 29, 2007
Purusha Sukta -- Jul. 14, 2003
Queen Chennamma of Keladi -- Jun. 19, 2007
Queen Mochikabbe of Kasaragod -- Jan. 9, 2003
Queen Tarabai (1675-1761) -- May. 27, 2008
R. G. Bhandarkar -- May. 30, 2010
R. Narasimhacharya -- Aug. 12, 2004
Radhakrishnan and Teacher's Day -- Sep. 5, 2009
Rahul Sankrityayan (1893-1963) -- Oct. 28, 2006
Rajasthan Revisited: December 2004 -- Jan. 11, 2005
Rajeshwari's Book "Nanna Tejaswi" -- May. 22, 2011
Rasgulla: Royal Dessert -- May. 24, 2005
Recollecting Ramayana -- Jul. 26, 2005
Relevance of Gandhi's Hind Swaraj -- Jun. 9, 2004
Religion of Non-Belief! -- Mar. 8, 2004
Remembering ''Chaduranga'' -- Jun. 20, 2006
Remembering B.G.L. Swamy -- Nov. 15, 2006
Remembering C. Sivaramamurti -- Oct. 30, 2003
Remembering DVG -- Jan. 19, 2008
Remembering Prof. M.N. Srinivas -- Feb. 13, 2003
Remembering Rabindranath Tagore - I -- Jun. 6, 2011
Remembering Rani Chennamma of Kittur -- Feb. 9, 2008
Remembering Sane Guruji -- Jan. 12, 2006
Remembering Some Great Men -- Sep. 9, 2003
Remembering the ''Mango Season'' -- May. 16, 2007
Remembering the 1857 Revolt: The Bedas of Halagali -- Jun. 3, 2007
Remembering Tongas -- Jul. 16, 2003
Remembring Bengaluru Nagarathnamma -- Jul. 24, 2006
Researcher Collet -- Biographer of Raja Ramhohun -- Jan. 18, 2010
Role of the Conch Shell -- Jun. 7, 2003
Romance of the Ravake (Blouse) -- Jun. 27, 2009
Roots of Krishnadevaraya -- Aug. 20, 2009
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam -- Jan. 10, 2005
Rule of Krishna Rajendra Wodeyar IV -- Oct. 17, 2004
Sad Story of Study in Sanskrit -- Feb. 28, 2011
Sage Narada -- Jul. 1, 2003
Sage Yaska -- Dec. 28, 2009
Saint Chaitanya (1485 to 1534 CE) -- Jul. 7, 2010
Saint Lalleshwari or Lal Ded. (C-1320 –1391 CE) -- Jun. 15, 2010
Saints of Tamilnadu -- Manikkavachakar -- Mar. 16, 2008
Saiva Saints of South India -- Jan. 5, 2010
Samarth Ramdas -- Jun. 17, 2007
Sampling the First Indo-English Poetry (1870) -- Jun. 3, 2010
Sant Janabai (13th Century) -- Oct. 13, 2010
Scholarship – amidst Hardship -- Mar. 17, 2010
Schooling of Shivaram Karanth -- Mar. 28, 2006
Science in Ancient India -- Feb. 10, 2009
Sea Navigation in Ancient India -- Jan. 27, 2008
Sedam Musings -- Sep. 18, 2005
Sedam Musings -II -- Nov. 12, 2005
Serpent Worship in India -- Jul. 4, 2006
Seshasastry is Sixty! -- Apr. 8, 2012
Sham Devotion -- Feb. 9, 2011
Shameful Practice of Shaven heads -- Aug. 13, 2009
Sharif, the Saint Poet of Shishunal -- Dec. 29, 2009
Shivaji and Karnataka -- Apr. 20, 2008
Simhamukha, Kirtimuka or the Face of Glory -- Dec. 17, 2005
Social Life in Pampa's Classics -- Aug. 31, 2007
Social Life in Pampa's Classics -- Dec. 7, 2007
Solutions from Past -- Sep. 26, 2004
Soup-Shashtra -- Jun. 2, 2002
Store house of Folkore -- Feb. 6, 2008
Stories the Quilts Tell -- Aug. 1, 2002
Story of Punyakoti, the Holy Cow -- Sep. 20, 2009
Story of Bharata I -- Nov. 28, 2008
Story of Bharata II (Jadabharata) -- Jun. 21, 2009
Story of the Famous Stick of Gandhi -- Jul. 14, 2004
Supa Shastra -- Aug. 28, 2006
Suragya Sar is Released -- Feb. 23, 2005
Surendra Koulagi -- A Humanist of Melukote -- Dec. 11, 2007
Suryanath Kamath's Presidential Note -- Oct. 26, 2006
Swami Vivekanananda -- Jul. 4, 2002
Swami Vivekanananda on India's Integration -- Jan. 12, 2008
Swami Vivekananda and the Dancing girl -- Jun. 26, 2010
Symbiosis -- May. 22, 2002
Tattoo: An Ancient Art -- Jul. 11, 2002
THE VERY FIRST GRAMOPHONE RECORD OF INDIA -- Mar. 14, 2008
The Alupas via Coins and Customs -- Feb. 28, 2006
The Banana-Stem Curry -- Mar. 28, 2008
The Bhagavata Purana -- May. 27, 2004
The Cloud Messenger Meghdoot -- Aug. 21, 2007
The Dattatreya Cult -- Jul. 4, 2009
The Gayatri Mantra -- Jul. 25, 2002
The Great Deluge in Hindu Texts -- Jan. 10, 2009
The Indian Civil Service (I.C.S.) -- May. 31, 2008
The Ishavasya Upanishad -- Aug. 9, 2008
The Jaina-Srivaishnava Accord -- Mar. 5, 2007
The Laughing Buddha. -- Sep. 21, 2007
The Lotus -- Jul. 30, 2003
The Middle Path -- Jun. 14, 2002
The Midwife who built a Hospital -- Apr. 4, 2007
The Mythic Society -- Jun. 17, 2008
The Saga Snehakunj and Kusuma Sorab -- Apr. 22, 2007
The Story of Garuda -- Jun. 10, 2008
The Story of Gandhari -- Apr. 29, 2011
The Story of Manu -- Nov. 6, 2002
The Story of Satyakama -- Aug. 16, 2002
The Story of Tara -- Jun. 14, 2008
The Swastika -- Feb. 26, 2003
The Tiger Picture Story -- Jun. 18, 2002
The Town of Karkala -- Sep. 3, 2006
The Varkari Tradition of Maharashtra -- May. 27, 2007
The Vedangas -- Jul. 8, 2009
Thee New Books from Kamat's Potpourri -- Mar. 28, 2009
Theri Gatha (Songs of the Theris) -- Mar. 21, 2008
Tilak in Gadag 1916 -- Sep. 4, 2010
Timeless Subhashitas of Bhartrihari -- Aug. 30, 2006
Tradition of Chudi Offerings -- Jun. 3, 2002
Trauma of Widow Tonsure During 1920s. -- Nov. 3, 2008
Tree of Life -- May. 29, 2003
Tribute to H.V. Savitramma -- Jun. 10, 2012
Tsunami Damage -- Dec. 27, 2004
Tulasidas -- May. 26, 2002
Tuluva History of Gururaja Bhat -- Apr. 23, 2008
Uncle Ananant Pai, No more -- Feb. 28, 2011
Unity and Universality in the Vedas -- Mar. 27, 2007
Urilinga Peddi: Dalit Sharana and Pontiff -- Nov. 9, 2008
Vijayanagara Empire (1336 -- 1565) -- Aug. 10, 2006
Vinayak Rao Chikkermane (1878-1983) -- Sep. 12, 2005
Vindhyan Discovery of Wakankar - II -- Feb. 1, 2007
Vishnu or Vaishnava Tilak -- Dec. 4, 2009
Visitor's Log at Gersoppa Falls -- Jan. 2, 2010
Viswanath Kashinath Rajwade -- Feb. 4, 2008
Wakankar and his Vindhyan Discovery -- Jan. 30, 2007
WE THE PEOPLE OF DWARAKA! -- Jun. 28, 2010
What is in a Name? -- Oct. 13, 2006
When I Met A.L. Basham -- May. 31, 2005
Who is a Brahmin? -- Nov. 2, 2002
Why Women Commit Sati -- Jan. 15, 2003
Wisdoms of Chanakya -- Oct. 16, 2003
With Kamat in Remote Bastar (1976) -- Mar. 10, 2010
Witty way of Mr. M.R. Pai of getting redressal -- Jul. 3, 2010
Writer Nagesh Wishwanath Pai -- Oct. 28, 2007
Yeshwant Chittal -- May. 8, 2009
Yummy Yam Cuisine -- May. 3, 2004

Amma's Column Entries Listed in Alphabetical Order

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