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Profiles Oct 01, 2021

Rāḻḻapalli Ananthakrishna Sarma (Part 4)

Richness of Emotion V Si. said these words appreciating Sarma’s style of singing – “There may be many who can exhibit their learning in a seminar on musicology...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Kashyap N Naik

Profiles Sep 29, 2021

Some Councillors - Part 2

Rangaswamy Iyengar A. Rangaswamy Iyengar started his Government service during the time of Rangacharya. He was revenue commissioner for a long time and later a...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Pratap Simha

Profiles Sep 28, 2021

Rāḻḻapalli Ananthakrishna Sarma (Part 3)

Reminiscences of Olden Days Sarma’s narration of the life and actions of the yesteryear scholars was fascinating. This was one such incident he shared from his...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Kashyap N Naik

Profiles Sep 24, 2021

Moṭagānahaḻḻi Subrahmanya Shastry - Ancestors and Family Lineage

Introduction It must probably have been the mid-1950s. There was a public event at the National High School, Bangalore. A.N. Krishna Rao was presiding over the...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Sep 23, 2021

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar - The Generous Gentleman

Generosity of Personality Masti was not particularly affluent. His earnings were not much compared to what government officials earn today. He felt that whatev...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Sep 15, 2021

Some Councillors - Part 1

Purna Krishna Rao was a councillor during the era of Dewan Rangacharlu. He was the very first councillor from Mysuru. He was born and brought up in Mysuru. I...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Pratap Simha

Profiles Sep 14, 2021

Rāḻḻapalli Ananthakrishna Sarma (Part 2)

Literary Feats At the behest of H. H. Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, there was an āśu-kavitā competition held in 1925 at Mysore in which the participating poets had t...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Kashyap N Naik

Profiles Sep 08, 2021

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar and D V Gundappa

Masti’s life was extremely organized; his work was meticulous, immaculate, and accurate; he kept a track of all his activities and an account of all his expense...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Profiles Sep 01, 2021

Kolar Lodging

Upon completing my first year of high school (Fourth Form) at Mysore, I moved to Kolar for the second year (Fifth Form). After initial hardships in matters of b...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Kannappan

Profiles Aug 31, 2021

Rāḻḻapalli Ananthakrishna Sarma (Part 1)

“There is a dire need for the rejuvenation of connoisseurship. The number of connoisseurs in the society must increase. The tastes and opinions of people need t...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Kashyap N Naik

Profiles Aug 25, 2021

Amin-ul-Mulq - Sir Mirza M Ismail - Part 8

Discord Once again rumours flew thick and fast about Mirza Ismail when the Crown Prince died in Bombay (11 March 1940). Some people spread rumours that Mirza h...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra G S

Profiles Aug 18, 2021

Amin-ul-Mulq - Sir Mirza M Ismail - Part 7

Wise Counsel Mirza Ismail was courageous in providing counsel to the British government. In the course of his speeches at the Representative Assembly or the Le...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raghavendra G S