Lone Wolf Ratnakar

I keep getting asked for book reccos on Indian History, Culture, Philosophy. These are some which are of essential reading for Hindus, check them out.

I have some unpopular opinions, just sharing here, those who been following me from long would be familiar with them anyway. 1) Globalization is essentially Neo Colonialism in another name, and I say this as a beneficiary of it. 2) Soviet Russia was much needed aa a check to…

Listen to the sound carefully in the background, got this at a very secluded park in my neighborhood. Grew up listening to these sounds as also the bird sounds, which are fast disappearing in our urban centers, where only sound you hear is that of vehicles, loudspeakers.

This is not the real Tirumala Balaji please, no photography or videography is allowed in Garba Gudi. Stop posting fake information just for engagement farming.

Sravana Maasam in Telugu land is Varalakshmi Vratam, Perantaalu mainly followed by Krishnashtami. Also AFAIK no concept of fasting for us and only in Karthika maasam we avoid meat eating.

Jayanti of #KaikalaSatyanarayana gaaru today, one of the greats of Telugu cinema, often known as Navarasa Nata Saarvabhauma, for his ability to evoke any emotion. Satyanarayana Gaaru was equally good in Pauranic roles, especially negative characters like Ravana, Duryodhana,…

William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone demonstrate the first commercial use of electric telegraph in 1837, a form of needle telegraph, on the railway line between Euston and Camden Town in London. Their first commercial success was on Great Western Railway. This invention, faced a…

Napoleon Bonaparte routs the Ottoman forces under Seid Mustafa Pasha at the Battle of Abukir in 1799, during the Egyptian Campaign. The Ottomans were backed by the British to counter Napoleon. Pasha an experienced commander, felt that cavalry charges would not work with the…

25 Luglio(July), the fall of the Fascist regime in Italy, in 1943, when Benito Mussolini is forced out of power by Count Dino Grandi and King Victor Emmanuel III in a palace coup, ending 21 years of Fascist rule, and Mussolini being placed under arrest. This event followed…

Louis Bleriot makes the flight across the English channel in 1909, from Calais to Dover winning the £1,000 prize awarded by Daily Mail, in his Blériot XI, a heavier than air machine. His success came after a rival, Hubert Latham, failed on July 19, 1909, due to engine failure in…

Ajinomoto is founded by Kikunae Ikeda on this date in 1908, when he discovers that MSG(monosodium glutamate) is a key ingredient in kombu soup stock and patents a process to manufacture it. The company is now one of Japan's leading food and biotech firms. Apart from their…

Yes unfortunately. Abul Hassan Qutub Shah was actually known for his rather tolerant views and benevolent nature, Tana Shah was nickname given meaning "child saint". When Aurangzeb invaded Golkonda and captured Tana Shah, his name was twisted to mean dictatorship, tyranny,…