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Scholarly Connoisseurs of Elduru
Profiles Aug 07, 2020

Scholarly Connoisseurs of Elduru

Yeldur (Elduru) is an ordinary small town. But it was neat and pretty. The arterial road ran from east to west. On the western end was the Kodandaramaswamy Temp...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vedavyas M G
‘Dharmaprakāśa’ Sajjan Rao (Part 1)
Profiles Aug 05, 2020

‘Dharmaprakāśa’ Sajjan Rao (Part 1)

Along with Mandi Hariyanna’s name, it is Dharmaprakāśa S Sajjan Rao’s name that comes to mind.[1] The two were always together, like the Aśvini-devatas. Every m...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vedavyas M G
Ramadasappa (Part 2)
Profiles Jul 14, 2020

Ramadasappa (Part 2)

After I entered high-school, I lived in the college hostel in Mysore. Belavadi Dasappa was the hostel warden. He was Ramadasappa’s friend. As per Ramadasappa’s...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vishwas Rao
Ramadasappa (Part 1)
Profiles Jul 07, 2020

Ramadasappa (Part 1)

Ramadasappa was my second teacher who taught me the English language. He was the first person to graduate with a BA degree from Mulbagal. I recall him coming th...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vishwas Rao
DV Gundappa: Systematic Study
Profiles Jul 03, 2020

DV Gundappa: Systematic Study

It has been seventy years since I bade farewell to my schooling (1902). I've now analyzed my life through these seventy years and I have learned two lessons...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Pradyot Hegde, Prateek Upadhya
DVG: Beauty of Heart: A Sweet Recollection
Profiles Jun 19, 2020

DVG: Beauty of Heart: A Sweet Recollection

Perhaps, it was 1920-1921: The line of shops in New Taragupete in the east of Bangalore.  Among the warehouses that lay on the opposite side of the western...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Prof. L V Shantakumari
DV Gundappa: Life with the Ink Pot (Part-2)
Profiles Jun 16, 2020

DV Gundappa: Life with the Ink Pot (Part-2)

Another Idea There was a new theory (regarding my tendency to fall asleep while studying). “The child is going to feel bored if he has to study all alone. If h...

D V Gundappa | Trans: I S Venkatesh
Hanumantha Rao and Krishnaswamy Iyer
Profiles Jun 12, 2020

Hanumantha Rao and Krishnaswamy Iyer

My studies in Mysore spanned only seven-eight months. That year (1901) was quite unfortunate for my family. My grandfather had passed away in the year 1900 itse...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra G S