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Profiles Aug 11, 2021

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar - The Person and his Approach to Literature

Poetry in Hosagannaḍa Masti, who was inspired by the Hoysaḷa sculptures, wrote his early poems in Hosagannaḍa. Upon seeing this, T S Venkannayya remarked, “It...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Aug 04, 2021

Amin-ul-Mulq - Sir Mirza M Ismail - Part 6

Not Bookish Scholarship Mirza didn’t think of himself as an erudite scholar in polity. He was not too interested in the science of politics nor just theory. Wh...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Profiles Jul 28, 2021

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar - The Respected Guest and his Short Stories

‘Respected Guest’ The early life of Masti was filled with poverty and travails. His fight with penury, his days of vārānna[1], and other biographical details a...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Jul 21, 2021

Amin-ul-Mulq - Sir Mirza M Ismail - Part 5

Industries Mirza Ismail opined that in every town or Hobli, a factory, a trading unit, or some other business should be established. He encouraged prominent pe...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Profiles Jul 20, 2021

S Srikanta Sastri (Part 5)

Researcher The service rendered by Srikanta Satri as a researcher and as a professor at the University of Mysore is widely known. Sastri was not one who took r...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Jul 11, 2021

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar - A Patron of Literature

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar can be called the ‘Dewan’ of modern Kannada literature. Masti, who gained appreciation having served various governmental departments w...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Jul 07, 2021

Amin-ul-Mulq - Sir Mirza M Ismail - Part 4

Vidurāśvattha Riots The agitation for a Responsible Government led to yet another riot, this time at Vidurāśvattha. This incident too led to firings and killin...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Profiles Jul 06, 2021

S Srikanta Sastri (Part 4)

In a play, at minimum there would be a hundred to hundred and fifty songs and verses. Their tunes would be composed on the lines of ‘Kamalākṣi nāṃ dhanyanādè,’...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Jul 02, 2021

S Srikanta Sastri (Part 3)

Śrī-kṛṣṇa-vijayam; Compositions for Singing In the branch of the Vèllāḻa family that had settled in Srirangapatna, one Candraśekhara-śāstrī was famous. Either...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Jun 30, 2021

Prof. S K Ramachandra Rao – Philosophy and Puruṣārthas

Engagement with Different Schools of Philosophy Rao’s writings on different schools of Indian philosophy are immensely valuable and provide a lot of clarity to...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Jun 25, 2021

Amin-ul-Mulq - Sir Mirza M Ismail - Part 3

Sultanpet Riots The second disturbance that occurred during Mirza’s reign as Dewan was related to the unfortunate event that occured on Arcot Srinivasacharlu S...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Profiles Jun 23, 2021

Amin-ul-Mulq - Sir Mirza M Ismail - Part 2

Huzūr Secretary The Mahārāja didn’t find any use for the European secretary. But someone nominated by the British government was not to be left out. The Mahārā...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra G S