Profiles

V.Sitaramaiah: Heavenly Friendship (Part 3)

Heavenly Friendship Masti, Bendre, Gokak, Panje Mangesha Rao, Shivarama Karanth, Rallapalli Anantakrishna Sharma, Adya Rangacharya, K V Iyer, Ka Vem Raghavacha...

DVG's Election from Kolar and its Aftermath

My Maternal Grandmother

My maternal grandmother Sakamma lived a long and healthy life. Cooking was an integral part of her daily routine. She was also responsible for the safekeeping a...

V.Sitaramaiah: A Blossomed Heart

A Blossomed Heart I had the privilege of knowing V Si from intimate quarters for about twenty-five years and I have been the recipient of the extraordinary lov...

Sir P. N. Krishnamurti (Part 1)

Śrīmān (who was later knighted) P. N. Krishnamurti had to wait for quite some time before he obtained the position of the Dewan. Krishnamurti was the grandson...

DVG as a Chronicler of the Downfall of Values in Independent India

Impromptu Poetry and Singing

Around the year 1909-10; one day I was sitting in the Printing press of Navaratna and Sons. It was about 9 AM. Two customers arrived, and they consulted the cos...

V.Sitaramaiah: Kannada Littérateur and a Kinsman to the World

‘Hṛdayavanta’—a person of good heart, one with refined taste—is perhaps the best way one can capture the personality of V Sitaramaiah (V Si) in a single word. I...

Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs as DVG's Karma Bhoomi

K V Ramaswami Iyer (Part 3)

English Reader In doing so, Iyer would also explain the classification of nouns in English, the usage of tenses, structure of singular and plural forms, and al...

Overall Assessment of DVG's Career in Public Life and a New Beginning

The Mockery of Responsible Government and DVG's Exit from Public Life