Profiles

DVG's Blistering Criticism of the States' Ministry

Mahāmahopādhyāya Vidvān N. Ranganatha Sharma - Childhood, Study and Teaching

Mahāmahopādhyāya Vidvān N. Ranganatha Sharma (1916-2014), who lived amongst us until recently was known for his thoroughness in traditional knowledge and clarit...

T R Venkatarama Shastri (Part 3)

A Request There is one more episode worth narrating. During 1938–39, he wrote a letter to me. It read as follows – “I have attached a letter of a person with...

The Ultimate Failure of a Three-Decade-Long Struggle

Vīrakesari Sitarama Shastri: Meeting Daivarāta and visiting Times of India - Part 8

It’s the irony of fate that on the exact day India achieved political independence—15th August 1947—Sitarama Shastri lost sight in his good eye and therefore be...

DVG's Severe Rebuttal to the Nehru Report of 1928

T R Venkatarama Shastri (Part 2)

Enthusiasm in Public Service I have already mentioned that Venkatarama Shastri belonged to the tradition of Shivaswami Iyer. Both of them followed the same pat...

V Si: A Worshipper of Sweetness

A Worshipper of Sweetness V Si. had great respect for life. He wanted to find grace in life and in literature. He picked out graceful and sweet elements from w...

T R Venkatarama Shastri (Part 1)

T R Venkatarama Shastri can be called a disciple of Shivaswami Iyer. Sir S Varadachari, who retired after serving as a Federal Court judge and Venkatarama Shast...

The Profit-Seeking British Bureaucracy and the Personal Vanity of the Princes

DVG's Exposition on the Character and Qualifications of British Bureaucracy in Princely States

Vīrakesari Sitarama Shastri: As witness, meeting Rahul Sankrityayan - Part 7

Problems escalated when the leaders of the workers were fired on flimsy reasons. The cases went to the high court, the leaders requested Shastri to be a witness...