"Where Tradition Meets Today: The Inaugural Mantapa Column"

🌿 From the Mantapa: Sastry on Today

Wit • Wisdom • Insight • Inspiration

In every village, there is always one figure — quiet, wise, and deeply rooted — whose words linger long after the sound has faded.

In Ponmanipudi, that voice belongs to Senior Sastry.

Through From the Mantapa: Sastry on Today, we bring you his reflections — sometimes witty, sometimes sharp, often poetic, always insightful.

Sastry writes with mature humour, lived wisdom, and a unique perspective, drawing from both tradition and the changing world around us.

His column will touch on:

• News and events, seen through an elder’s discerning eyes 📰

• Festivals and their forgotten meanings ✨

• Inspirations from culture, values, and everyday life 🌿

• Insights on wellness, dignity, and balance 🕊️

• Quiet stories of the land, people, and traditions that shaped us 📖

  
  

This is not a sermon, but a conversation from the Mantapa — where memory meets meaning, and tradition meets today.

Pour yourself a cup of tea, sit by, and listen.