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Profiles May 15, 2022

Dewan Rungacharlu (Part 2)

Attire Rungacharlu was extremely careless about his clothing. He was always hasty. He wore baggy coats. Seeing him wrongly buttoned was not a rare sight. He us...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Karthik Muralidharan

Profiles May 10, 2022

Dewan Rungacharlu (Part 1)

The First Proponent of Democracy in India I have never seen Chettipunyam Rungacharlu [alternatively, Rangacharlu or Rangacharya.] I was born five or six years...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Karthik Muralidharan

Profiles May 04, 2022

Rājakārya-prasakta Dewan Bahadur Sir M N Krishna Rao - part 3

During the early days when Krishna Rao became the Dewan, the British Resident wrote him a letter informing about his visit to see the Dewan and sought a suitabl...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vedavyas M G

Profiles Apr 27, 2022

Rājakārya-prasakta Dewan Bahadur Sir M N Krishna Rao - part 2

Seetharamiah’s Hospitality In the next week or ten days, I reached Delhi. Seetharamiah was waiting at the train station by the time the train reached. I asked...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vedavyas M G

Profiles Apr 26, 2022

Sir K Seshadri Iyer (Part 8)

APPENDIX ‘Deśābhimāni’ One of the most important political situations during Seshadri Iyer’s tenure was related to newspapers. In the city of Mysore, a person...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Karthik Muralidharan

Profiles Apr 17, 2022

Sir K Seshadri Iyer (Part 7)

 Virūpākṣa-śāstrī Everyone agreed to that [conditions laid down by Seshadri Iyer’s wife]. Seshadri Iyer himself, very cheerfully, agreed to all of it. Acc...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Karthik Muralidharan

Profiles Apr 13, 2022

Rājakārya-prasakta Dewan Bahadur Sir M N Krishna Rao - part 1

According to one set of friends, the letters “M N” in M N Krishna Rao’s name stand for Maḍi [orthodoxy, purity, conservatism, discipline, ritualism] and Niyama...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vedavyas M G

Profiles Apr 12, 2022

Sir K Seshadri Iyer (Part 6)

The Two Parties This controversy raged on quite intensely. Several public meetings were held by the prominent citizens of the State, countless petitions were f...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Karthik Muralidharan

Profiles Apr 03, 2022

Freedom or Anarchy - Part 2

Business Acumen In the past twenty years, how many commoners have risen from poverty to affluence? How many government officials and employees have maintained...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Shreehari Koundinya

Profiles Mar 30, 2022

Freedom or Anarchy - Part 1

Freedom or Anarchy[1] Tipu Sultan complained to the then maṭhādipati of Śrṅgeri about the attacks of Marāṭhas on his kingdom. Svāmīji replied – हसद्भिः क्र...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Shreehari Koundinya

Profiles Mar 29, 2022

Sir K Seshadri Iyer (Part 5)

Chanchal Rao’s Nourishment of Dharma P Chanchal Rao was an Āndhra-brāhmaṇa. He was a great Sanskrit scholar and one who had gained expertise in all modern subj...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Karthik Muralidharan

Profiles Mar 15, 2022

Sir K Seshadri Iyer (Part 4)

Standing Committee An incident took place at the Representative Assembly of Mysore. During one of the sessions of the Representative Assembly, M Venkatakrishna...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Karthik Muralidharan