Profiles

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...

T S Venkannayya (Part 2)

Venkannayya’s Whims Venkannayya and I, for several years, were like members of the same family. During the summer vacations, his wife would visit her native to...

When DVG met Subrahmaniya Bharati in Pondicherry

Mahāmahopādhyāya Vidvān N. Ranganatha - Beauty in his Writing and Attitude of Submission

Sense of Humour Most of the time, Ranganatha Sharma’s mind was engaged in unknotting tough problems posed by the śāstras. But a sense of humour is something th...

Mahāmahopādhyāya Vidvān N. Ranganatha Sharma - Dispassion, Generosity and Enthusiasm to Teach

Dispassion and Generosity Sharma never sought publicity. He became totally dispassionate about the job he had taken up once it was complete. He authored a coup...

DVG: The Pioneering Lodestar of Journalism

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...

T S Venkannayya (Part 1)

1. Inner Vision Five or six days after the [Kannaḍa Sāhitya] Pariṣat was established (in 1915), one day at about three in the afternoon, two eminent people cam...

The Finale: DVG's Unforgiving Assessment of Sardar Patel and V.P. Menon

Vīrakesari Sitarama Shastri: A judgement, his last days - Part 10

A Judgement One more instance to exemplify Shastri’s verbal prowess. In a village near Bangalore, K— had taken some money as a loan from R— saying that he wou...

When the Princely States Faced the Death Sentence

Vīrakesari Sitarama Shastri: Meeting Arcot Ramaswamy Mudaliar, weaving verbal magic - Part 9

Meeting with Arcot Ramaswamy Mudaliar We have already seen how Shastri was instrumental in the establishment of a responsible government and during the agitati...