Manjunath Hegde Balgar

Profiles Feb 16, 2021

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...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Manjunath Hegde Balgar

Profiles Feb 05, 2021

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...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Manjunath Hegde Balgar

Profiles Feb 02, 2021

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...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Manjunath Hegde Balgar

Profiles Sep 25, 2018

Two Music Connoisseurs of Bangalore

Dushtabuddhi Soorappa Soorappa was a clerk at the Government Printing Press. This is the last thing that should be said about him. What should be mentioned fir...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Manjunath Hegde Balgar

Profiles Sep 04, 2018

M A Ramanuja Iyengar and Alasingaracharya

Whenever I recall the name of S G Narasimhacharya, I’m also reminded of Mandayam Aji Ramanuja Iyengar. SGN (S G Narasimhacharya), RN (R Narasimhacharya), and MA...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Manjunath Hegde Balgar

Profiles Jul 27, 2018

Mirza Saheb’s Gurubhakti

It was night-time. Sometime during 1914-15. Venkatanaranappa visited my house and said, “I had been to Mysore the day before yesterday to attend the senate meet...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Manjunath Hegde Balgar