Talk:V. Narayana Rao

V. Narayana Rao signed as a Visweswara Rao and Sita Koppaka Professor in Telugu Culture, Literature and History, Emory University.in 2017. According to his research gate profile, his current affiliations seems to be at University of Wisconsin–Madison.

In 2016, he signed a letter addressed to the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. The letter stated the following:

1. "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization. The Rg Veda contains numerous mentions of horses and chariots but there is no conclusive material or fossil evidence for either at any Indus valley archeological site."
2. "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."

Publications

1. Rao, Velcheru. "The Political Novel in Telugu." 1975. 10.1163/9789004643741_009.
2. Cutler, Norman, Hank Heifetz, and Velcheru #Rao. "For the Lord of the Animals: Poems from the Telugu. The 'Kāḷahastīśvara Śatakamu' of Dhūrjaṭi." Asian Folklore Studies, vol. 47, 1988, pp. 357. 10.2307/1178300.
3. Rao, Velcheru, and Gene Roghair. "Siva's Warriors: The Basava Purana of Palkuriki Somanatha." 1990. 10.1515/9781400860906.
4. Tsuchida, Christina, et al. "Śiva's Warriors. The 'Basava Purāṇa' of Pālkuriki Somanātha." Asian Folklore Studies, vol. 50, 1991, pp. 390. 10.2307/1178414.
5. Rao, Velcheru. "A Rāmāyaṇa of Their Own: Women's Oral Tradition in Telugu." 1991. 10.1525/9780520911758-008.
6. Steever, Sanford, and Velcheru #Rao. "Śiva's Warriors: The Basava Purāṇa of Palkūruki Somanātha." Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 112, 1992, pp. 172. 10.2307/604638.
7. Heifetz, Hank, et al. "The Philosophy of the Grammarians." The Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 51, 1992, pp. 190. 10.2307/2058399.

Peterson, Indira, et al. "For the Lord of the Animals, Poems from the Telugu: The Kāḷahastīśvara Śatakamu of Dhūrjạti." Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 112, 1992, pp. 658. 10.2307/604483.

1. Devi, N., et al. "The Voice." World Literature Today, vol. 68, 1994, pp. 244. 10.2307/40150129.
2. Devi, N., et al. "This World, Poor Thing." World Literature Today, vol. 68, 1994, pp. 244. 10.2307/40150127.
3. Orr, Leslie, et al. "When God Is a Customer: Telugu Courtesan Songs by Ksetrayya and Others." The Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 54, 1995, pp. 247. 10.2307/2059011.
4. Rao, Velcheru, and Philip Lutgendorf. "The Life of a Text; Performing of the Ramcaritmanas of Tulsidas." Journal of Asian Studies - J ASIAN STUD, vol. 54, 1995. 10.2307/2058817.
5. Rao, Velcheru. "Coconut and Honey: Sanskrit and Telugu in Medieval Andhra." Social Scientist, vol. 23, 1995, pp. 24. 10.2307/3517881.
6. Peterson, Indira, et al. "Symbols of Substance: Court and State in Nayaka Period Tamilnadu." American Historical Review, vol. 100, 1995. 10.2307/2168286.
7. Ali, Daud, et al. "A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India." Journal of Asian Studies - J ASIAN STUD, vol. 58, 1999. 10.2307/2658464.
8. Suranna, Pingali, et al. "The Sound of the Kiss, or The Story That Must Never Be Told." 2002. 10.7312/sura12596.
9. Rao, Velcheru. Classical Telugu Poetry: An Anthology, 2002. 10.1525/9780520925885.
10. Rao, Velcheru, et al. "A new imperial idiom in the sixteenth century: Krishnadevaraya and his political theory of Vijayanagara." 2004. 10.4000/books.ifp.7916.
11. Rao, Velcheru, et al. "A PRAGMATIC RESPONSE." History and Theory, vol. 46, 2007, pp. 409-427. 10.1111/j.1468-2303.2007.00418.x.
12. Tamen, Miguel, et al. "Introduction: From Scratch." Common Knowledge, vol. 14, 2008, pp. 380-383. 10.1215/0961754X-2008-004.
13. Rao, Velcheru, and Sanjay Subrahmanyam. "Notes on Political Thought in Medieval and Early Modern South India." Modern Asian Studies, vol. 43, 2009, pp. 175-210. 10.1017/S0026749X07003368.
14. Rao, Velcheru, and David Shulman. "What Happens When a Poem Is Translated into a Poem?." 2012. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199863020.003.0002.
15. Rao, Velcheru, and David Shulman. "Building in Sound." 2012. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199863020.003.0003.
16. Rao, Velcheru, and David Shulman. "A Novella in Two Voices." 2012. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199863020.003.0004.
17. Rao, Velcheru, and David Shulman. "Afterlife." 2012. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199863020.003.0005.
18. Rao, Velcheru, and David Shulman. "Srinatha: The Poet who Made Gods and Kings." 2012. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199863020.001.0001.
19. Rao, Velcheru, and Sanjay Subrahmanyam. "Notes on Political Thought in Medieval and Early Modern South India." 2013. 10.1017/CBO9781107300002.009.
20. Rao, Velcheru. "By way of an introduction: Innovations in Telugu cultural history." The Indian Economic & Social History Review, vol. 56, 2019. 10.1177/0019464619852250.
21. Rao, Velcheru. Classical Telugu Poetry, 2020. 10.1525/9780520976658.