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Profiles Sep 23, 2019

V.S.Srinivasa Sastri (Part 2)

The Lecture at Shankara Mutt Srinivasa Sastri visited Bangalore in about 1909-10 for publicizing the activities of the Servants of India Society. I remember hi...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Sep 22, 2019

D.V. Gundappa: Wit, Humour and Compassion

The long years of service that DVG rendered variously as the member of the Municipal Council (1915-16), Legislative Council (1927-40), Mysore University Senate...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Sep 18, 2019

ವೇದಮೂರ್ತಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಶೇಷಣ್ಣಶ್ರೌತಿಗಳ ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆ-ಸಿದ್ಧಿ--ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ

‘ಸಂಧ್ಯಾದರ್ಶನ’ವನ್ನು ಬರೆದ ಆಚೀಚಿನ ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನನಗೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಕರ್ಮಕಾಂಡಗಳ ರೂಪ-ಸ್ವರೂಪಗಳನ್ನು ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಿಸಬೇಕು, ಸುಧಾರಣೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡಬೇಕು, ಜಳ್ಳು-ಕಾಳುಗಳನ್ನು ಬೇರ್ಪಡಿಸಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೂ ಶ್...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Profiles Sep 17, 2019

K.P. Puttanna Shetty (Part 3)

Home in Chamarajpet Puttanna Shetty’s home on the 5th (main) road of Chamarajpet was excellent in all aspects. A huge compound, vast space with abundance of fr...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Sep 16, 2019

V.S.Srinivasa Sastri (Part 1)

It is very hard for me to write about V.S.Srinivasa Sastri or to get anything written about him. It is a challenging task to decide where to start and where to...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Sep 15, 2019

D.V. Gundappa: A Profile by Dr. S.R. Ramaswamy

Note: This is the first part of the English translation of a series profiling D.V. Gundappa's life and legacy authored in the original Kannada by Dr. S.R. Ramas...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Sep 11, 2019

ವೇದಮೂರ್ತಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಶೇಷಣ್ಣಶ್ರೌತಿಗಳ ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆ-ಸಿದ್ಧಿ--ಸಾಮವೇದಸೇವೆ

ನಾನು ಊಹಿಸುವಂತೆ ಅವರ ಮನಃಸಿದ್ಧತೆ ಬಹುಕಾಲದ ಮುನ್ನವೇ ಆಗಿತ್ತಾದರೂ ವ್ಯಾಸಂಗಸಿದ್ಧತೆಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಅನುಕೂಲ ಬಂದದ್ದು ನಿವೃತ್ತಿಯ ಬಳಿಕ. ದಿಟವೇ, ಅವರು ನಿವೃತ್ತರಾದಾಗ ಮಗಳ ಮದುವೆಯ ಬಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಉಳಿ...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Profiles Sep 10, 2019

K.P. Puttanna Shetty (Part 2)

Reorganizing the Municipal Council A situation arose about eight- ten days after this, which required a reorganization of municipal council. A recommendation w...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Sep 09, 2019

Shekdar Gundappa (Part 3)

The Hauteur Such goliathon pastimes of my great grandfather were rather popular. For a subject of the Queen of Scantiness that I was, I sensed pride in every p...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sudarshan Muralidhara

Profiles Sep 08, 2019

The Dawn of the Hotel Industry in Bangalore: Venkanna's Hotel Menu and Social Norms

  Note: This is the second of a two-part series of an English translation of D.V. Gundappa's essay titled "Bengalurinalli Hotel Udyamada Arambha," the ten...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Sep 04, 2019

ವೇದಮೂರ್ತಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಶೇಷಣ್ಣಶ್ರೌತಿಗಳ ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆ-ಸಿದ್ಧಿ

ಇಂದಿಗೆ ಸುಮಾರು ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೊಂಬತ್ತು-ಮೂವತ್ತು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ, ಅಂದರೆ ೧೯೮೯-೯೦ರ ಆಸುಪಾಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ರಾಜಾಜಿನಗರನದಲ್ಲಿಯ ಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸಮಂಟಪದ ಯಾವುದೋ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ವೇದಮೂರ್ತಿ ಶ್ರೀ...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Profiles Sep 03, 2019

K.P. Puttanna Shetty (Part 1)

K.P. Puttanna Shetty was the deputy commissioner of Kolar during 1903-04. On one of those days, K.P Puttanna Shetty inaugurated a library in one of the clubs of...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad