Somashekhara Sharma

Profiles Apr 14, 2021

Paṅktipāvana Venkatakrishnaiah - Part 5

Commitment Pondering about his work in the press reminds me of a sad incident. Around 1902 or 1903 he lost his son. His daughter and son-in-law Dakshinamurthy...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Somashekhara Sharma

Profiles Mar 31, 2021

Paṅktipāvana Venkatakrishnaiah - Part 4

All-round capability Chikkamagalur’s coffee planter Sri Srinivasa Rao used to tease Venkatakrishnaiah affectionately. “If some troublemakers made an associatio...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Somashekhara Sharma

Profiles Mar 19, 2021

Paṅktipāvana Venkatakrishnaiah - Part 3

Magnanimity of Seshadri Iyer But Seshadri Iyer was a great person. He wouldn’t bring the political animosity to the personal relations. He had accepted the gre...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Somashekhara Sharma

Profiles Mar 17, 2021

Paṅktipāvana Venkatakrishnaiah - Part 2

In 1902 my sister got widowed. Then she was about 10 years old. This matter somehow reached Sri Venkatakrishnaiah and he wrote to me and conveyed his condolence...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Somashekhara Sharma

Profiles Mar 03, 2021

Paṅktipāvana Venkatakrishnaiah - Part 1

While referring to Sri M. Venkatakrishnaiah we should first respectfully acknowledge the small number of his disciples who were serving him with utmost dedicati...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Somashekhara Sharma

Profiles Nov 06, 2020

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...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Somashekhara Sharma