Profiles

My Ātma-guru: N Narasimha Murthy (Part 7)

Moral Values In those days, four or five of us met up every evening at the Century club in Sheshadri memorial club. We chatted, had discussions, and had light...

Contributor to the Patel-Mirza Pact and Member of the Reforms Committee

K V Ramaswami Iyer (Part 2)

Felicity of Language Ramaswami Iyer learnt Kannada within three or four months of moving to Mulbagal. A few Kannada words were already familiar to him bec...

My Ātma-guru: N Narasimha Murthy (Part 6)

Fruits of Scholarship After a few weeks, that discourse was published in the magazine [Karnataka] . A person who was close to Murthy read that work and said: “...

K V Ramaswami Iyer (Part 1)

I have already written about my Sanskrit teacher, Kashi Raghavendracharya elsewhere.[1] I shall now move on to reminiscences of my English teacher. It appears...

My Ātma-guru: N Narasimha Murthy (Part 5)

Interesting puranic exposition Giriyamma came home after a discourse on Purāṇa. Murthy asked: Murthy: Giri, which story was the topic of the discourse today?...

S.P. Balasubramaniam: Half a Century of Music has Lapsed into the Silence of the Ages

Sister Nivedita’s Life and Works - 2

V N Narasimha Iyengar

One of the most popular personalities among the old Mysore citizens was one V N Narasimha Iyengar. He was also known as mīsè (mustachioed) Narasimha Iyengar. Th...

My Ātma-guru: N Narasimha Murthy (Part 4)

Abode of Snacks Meeting with friends was among Murthy’s favorite pastimes. He was not the one to chitchat. Others needed to chitchat. He listened to them and l...

DVG's 35-Year-Long Crusade for Responsible Government

Sister Nivedita’s Life and Works: A Study in Context