tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.comments2024-03-04T17:45:39.712-08:00D.D. Kosambireaderswordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05536082441634566406noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-22248362531356773072020-09-08T23:12:48.948-07:002020-09-08T23:12:48.948-07:00Even though he was affected by the zeitgeist of th...Even though he was affected by the zeitgeist of the times, as most are bound to be, he was never dogmatic. As a matter of fact, he was an extremely versatile polymath. Had he been alive today, he would have changed with the times. <br /><br />Sujay Rao MandavilliSujay Rao Mandavillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155433217750866984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-17608055062984930772019-05-22T07:16:13.765-07:002019-05-22T07:16:13.765-07:00This is too simplistic. This is too simplistic. Arun Maheshwarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772482538231164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-47094739084905868702017-09-10T01:35:08.960-07:002017-09-10T01:35:08.960-07:00I am fascinated by the explanation given by Kosamb...I am fascinated by the explanation given by Kosambi about the fertility status during the vedic and subsequent periods. I am a fertility specialist presently taken up samskrit study as a hobby. In my endeavor to write a case study about the first test-tube baby of the vedic period, I have been gathering literature about the birth of Agastya. Kosambi's explanation makes some sense. I would like to know more if possible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10170790771705486659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-187457270269452792017-05-28T09:35:20.504-07:002017-05-28T09:35:20.504-07:00DD Kosambis interpretation of Gita is indeed great...DD Kosambis interpretation of Gita is indeed great but selling BJPs political agenda is uncalled for.. what BJP aims to gain from Gita is different from DDKs commentary Xmonitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552201609367690105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-74794638987028038042016-07-01T11:10:47.235-07:002016-07-01T11:10:47.235-07:00Discussion about this paper by Prabhakara Acharya...Discussion about this paper by Prabhakara Acharya at Gandhi Centre Manipal arranged by Mr K. P. Rao on 2- 7-2016.- Muraleedhara Upadhya - http://mupadhyahiri.blogspot.inmuraleedhara Upadhya Hiriadkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09628776286283046017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-43351191602803313082013-08-18T10:07:59.748-07:002013-08-18T10:07:59.748-07:00This is a very interesting article. Thanks, Ananya...This is a very interesting article. Thanks, Ananya Vajpeyi!<br /><br />It is unfortunate that so many of our visionaries and scholars have remained unknown, with even those who were able to gain some recognition in their time being neglected. So it is heartening to see such articles, especially those that seek to connect the lives and influences of those now past.<br /><br />It struck me, on reading this article, that my father's (Sunil Janah's) last book, Photographing India, published shortly after his death by Oxford University Press (India) in 2013, happens to contain photographs, taken by my father, of many of the people mentioned in this article.<br /><br />These include, of course, Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, along with many other politicians of the times -- from the 1930's to the 1990's. <br /><br />But there are also photographs of Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi (DDK -- the son) himself, and also of others mentioned here, such as B.R. Ambedkar, Ram Manohar Lohia, Rahul Sankrityayana, Jayaprakash Narayan and J.B. Kripalani.<br /><br />There are also non-Indians portrayed, including, relevantly to this discussion, Maria Montessori.<br /><br />My father, along with the painter Chittaprosad, was one of those who were set on their path of documenting the people and the peasant and labor movements of the subcontinent, commencing in the late 1930's, by the broad vision of P.C. Joshi, who was, for a short but highly productive period in the 1940's, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI).<br /><br />Most of my father's photographs, and his friend Chittaprosad's paintings, depict ordinary people going about their lives or involved in labor in the cities, villages and tribal areas.<br /><br />But others are documentations of the tumultuous events of the times, such as the famines, the peasant, labor and independence movements, the partition of the subcontinent and its independence -- along with portraits of the luminary cultural and political figures that were cast up.<br /><br />Thanks again for this illuminating article. I hope we will see more of its kind, perhaps telling us more about such scholars as Rahul Sankrityayana, whom my father speaks of with reverence as one of those whom he met and used to converse with while lodging and working at the CPI headquarters in what was then Bombay in the 1940's.Arjun Janahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949984941582392261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-75758887733720473202013-08-18T09:44:20.322-07:002013-08-18T09:44:20.322-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Arjun Janahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949984941582392261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-3028028084848732602013-03-29T05:58:33.756-07:002013-03-29T05:58:33.756-07:00You might be referring to one of the essays in DDK...You might be referring to one of the essays in DDK's book Science, Society and Peace (possibly the first essay in the collection). You can download the book from here:<br />http://arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/sspkosambi.zip<br /><br />Youi can also find almost everything written by or on DD Kosambi at the Arvind Gupta's site (http://arvindguptatoys.com)-> Books in English-> Search for "Kosambi" to see the list of his books.<br /><br />readerswordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536082441634566406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-16031112174061102742013-03-28T23:27:22.491-07:002013-03-28T23:27:22.491-07:00I need some help.There is an old Telugu publicatio...I need some help.There is an old Telugu publication (1989) - a long essay by DD Kosambi. I want its English original. The Telugu title is Science and Society, and the essay should be about 35-40 pages. The sub-headings, roughly retranslated from the Telugu are like this:<br />1. The steps in science<br />a) THe use of science<br />b)THe philosophy of nature<br />d) Ancient Indian culture<br />e) Social issues<br />2. Issues of science in underdeveloped countries. Can you help me trace it?<br />Gita Ramaswamy, HyderabadHYDERABAD BOOK TRUSThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180440745527538490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-50874730134725172852013-01-31T12:52:21.735-08:002013-01-31T12:52:21.735-08:00It was wonderful to discover your website. I will ...It was wonderful to discover your website. I will be a regular visitor there and will keep on borrowing (the next in my list is your article on Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya).<br /><br />cheers<br />readerswordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536082441634566406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-31317198351955677722013-01-31T06:29:45.005-08:002013-01-31T06:29:45.005-08:00Thanks for reproducing the article with a link to ...Thanks for reproducing the article with a link to our website.carvakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720034586339022778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-17920633187437010512013-01-30T10:20:35.658-08:002013-01-30T10:20:35.658-08:00i think ram sharan shamra works also be dicussed a...i think ram sharan shamra works also be dicussed and avialble online........Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196693289832915521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-31774415239794037492012-06-04T09:31:36.719-07:002012-06-04T09:31:36.719-07:00A small amendment to this report, already posted a...A small amendment to this report, already posted as a comment on the Forbes blog from where it is taken:<br /><br />Re. the statement, attributed to Ronojoy Adhikari, that D D Kosambi wrote a "popular book" called Combined Methods in Indology. <br /><br />In fact the title belongs to an approximately 25-page essay (Kosambi called it a 'note'), including nearly five pages of endnotes, which was first published in the Indo-Iranian Journal, vol. 6 (1963). It was later republished in [a book] compiled, edited and introduced by Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya and published by OUP in 2002, [...] titled "Combined Methods in Indology and Other Writings: D D Kosambi". The 1963 essay forms its opening chapter.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04082228243994637068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-28093938304777188432012-02-21T23:48:14.304-08:002012-02-21T23:48:14.304-08:00Great blog on one of our founder historian in Marx...Great blog on one of our founder historian in Marxist methodology. Title of this article itself resemblence with his vivid character.<br /><br />In Telugu language too.. lot of his books published by HBT -Hyderabak Book Trust - for last 3 decades. Entire generatin of Naxalite movement adorn and read his writings on ancient history and other writings. I want to promot entire articles on DD Kosambi avilable online.. in my Telugu blog if premitted me.<br /><br />"Monk, Mathematician, Marxist"<br /><br />I am feeling greatly for seeing the title itself.<br /><br />Thanks<br />K.Raja Sekhara Raju<br />krajasekhara@gmail.comkanthisenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566579156492924232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-65592611184721725322011-12-21T22:37:00.738-08:002011-12-21T22:37:00.738-08:00Thank you for the info. It sounds pretty user frie...Thank you for the info. It sounds pretty user friendly. I guess I’ll pick one up for fun. thank u<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mobicules.com/what-we-do/wordpress-applications/" rel="nofollow">Wordpress Development India</a>sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17830467213616133650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-1367791986692228982011-10-02T09:17:12.840-07:002011-10-02T09:17:12.840-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Abraham Yeshuratnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02901255965320983587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-57825571307918517692011-09-03T06:39:10.530-07:002011-09-03T06:39:10.530-07:00Brāhmī is the modern name given to the oldest memb...Brāhmī is the modern name given to the oldest members of the Brahmic family of scripts. The best-known Brāhmī inscriptions are the rock-cut edicts of Ashoka in north-central India, dated to the 3rd century BCE. These are traditionally considered to be early known examples of Brāhmī writing. Recent discoveries have revealed earlier epigraphy in <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tamilalphabets1/id431244058?mt=8" rel="nofollow">Tamil language </a>kennadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13521613830649567251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-67408830469236324342011-07-31T23:35:08.542-07:002011-07-31T23:35:08.542-07:00The best documentary about indian history that i h...The best documentary about indian history that i have seen is BBC's Story of India by Michael Woods. See it and u will start loving India again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13064239944699867037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-43650490784729810122010-10-12T12:10:39.665-07:002010-10-12T12:10:39.665-07:00@subhajit and @amy: I wish I could answer your que...@subhajit and @amy: I wish I could answer your questions, but I am only a layman with interest in DD Kosambi's works. However, I do hope that more researchers use this site for exchange of ideas, so please keep posting your questions.ddkosambihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06848912074181376334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-18482090035869223722010-10-12T12:08:45.592-07:002010-10-12T12:08:45.592-07:00@Bal Patil: Now that you mention it, it does strik...@Bal Patil: Now that you mention it, it does strike one that DP sould have mentioned Kosambi's caste :-)ddkosambihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06848912074181376334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-18294227585081278302010-10-12T12:06:42.301-07:002010-10-12T12:06:42.301-07:00@Anand: Glad you find the site useful. Though I ma...@Anand: Glad you find the site useful. Though I maintain the site, I must add that a lot of inspiration and links come via Arvind Gupta (http://www.arvindguptatoys.com)ddkosambihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06848912074181376334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-43707808993641622762010-10-08T10:58:45.384-07:002010-10-08T10:58:45.384-07:00In my quest to understand Indian history from the ...In my quest to understand Indian history from the perspective of historical materialism, recently I started reading DD Kosambi's book -An Introduction to the study of Indian History. While reading the book I was amazed by the sheer genius and the scientfic temper of DD Kosambi.But I had no idea about the genius of his father. It is indeed pity that not many Indians of my generation are aware about the contribution of the kosambi father and son duo in strenghtening the materialistic view of Indian history. I truly admire the efforts of the adminitrators of this blog.The genuine Marxist understanding of Indian history would surely help those who are involved in bringing about a revolutionary change in India for building a just and humane society.Anand Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146923007469562772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-54614998239262547192010-10-08T10:55:33.339-07:002010-10-08T10:55:33.339-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anand Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146923007469562772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-70205829682912655702010-10-04T20:02:56.168-07:002010-10-04T20:02:56.168-07:00PLEASE NOTE HOW DHARMANAND CHOSE 'JAIN MANNER ...PLEASE NOTE HOW DHARMANAND CHOSE 'JAIN MANNER TO END HIS LIFE' KNOWN AS 'SALLEKHANA'-VOLUNTARY FAST UNTO DEATH' DESPITE HIS LIFELONG BUDDHIST PURSUITS. BUT I FAIL TO APPRECIATE WHY DILIP PADGAONKAR IN HIS REVIEW IN TIMES OF INDIA OF MEERA KOSAMBI'S BIOGRAPHY MAKES IT A POINT TO MENTION DHARMANAND KOSAMBI'S 'GAUD SARASWAT BRAHMIN CASTE' AS ALSO THAT OF 'RG BHANDARKAR' 'A FELLOW SARASWAT'Bal Patilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193117439773213515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142380989786101978.post-60845077644004526402010-09-23T08:37:31.507-07:002010-09-23T08:37:31.507-07:00kosambi undoubtedly,was one of the greatest schola...kosambi undoubtedly,was one of the greatest scholar india has ever got when we talk about historical approach in ancient india.but when i read his opinion on indus valley religion i found that he has tried to bring a watershed division in harappan society by taking into account trading activities showing the presence of trading elites.but i think he should have thought that trading activities were not everywhere but there were rural agrarian settlements also.what about those areas then?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552179059149217061noreply@blogger.com