TuLu Research & Studies

A heritage blog by: Ravindra Mundkur & Hosabettu Vishwanatha

TuLu Research & Studies

A heritage blog by: Ravindra Mundkur & Hosabettu Vishwanatha

TuLu Research & Studies

A heritage blog by: Ravindra Mundkur & Hosabettu Vishwanatha

Monday, June 4, 2007

27. The Sweet Potato

The sweet potato (botanical name: Ipomea batatas) was a humble food of the masses since early historical days. Rama, the dark skinned prince...

Sunday, June 3, 2007

26 Origin of the concept of Brahma

The story of Brahma, the deified hero who is considered as the creator and one of the Trinity (Trimurthy) and ultimately the generally forgo...

25. Pala and Antiquity of Tulu words

Strange it may seem,that the Jack fruit was the first edible fruit in use in antiquity in the Indian subcontinent. The nature of the word ...

Monday, May 14, 2007

24.Chakku Palam>Jack Fruit

Small update on Jack fruit (posting No 20). Dundiraj mentioned in his Kannada column in ‘Vijaya Karnataka’ that the English word ‘Jack fru...

23.Boiled grains to ..Idlis-II . An update

Manjunath’s recent reference to ‘Origin of Idlis’ points to an article by Vikram Doctor on the ancestry of the now ubiquitous ‘Idli’, one of...

Saturday, April 28, 2007

22. THE TASTE OF TULU NADU-2: (q.v.21).

We were discussing about Taste. My grandmother ( Doddamma ) was a great cook. She would make the cumbersome, tedious, daily cooking headache...

Thursday, April 26, 2007

21. THE TASTE OF TULU NADU:

(Please also see Blog Sl.No.10,11). When Neil Armstrong first landed on the Moon, what did he see? The answer is, a Kaka’s petty shop and a...

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