Profiles

My Ātma-guru: N Narasimha Murthy (Part 3)

Amaldar[1] Sitaramayya Another instance. Both of us were walking on the 3rd cross road of Basavanagudi. We heard someone singing when we came near a house. We...

Baṇḍi Rasūl Khān

I have passed two examinations in my life. One is the Lower Secondary[1] in Kannada. That was probably in 1898–99. At that time, there was no English [medium] s...

The Bangalore Ganapati Clashes Set the Stage for DVG's Advocacy for Responsible Government

Pāśampalli Ādèppa

When I was young, I aspired to become a paṭela (village headman, chief of a town). Not because the position would provide a lot of money. But because a paṭela i...

DVG: The Indefatigable Champion of Responsible Government

DVG as the Ideal Legislator: A Legacy of 14 Years as Member of the Mysore Legislative Council

DVG's Eightfold Pledge in Public Life

The Abiding Inspiration of Gopal Krishna Gokhale

My Ātma-guru: N Narasimha Murthy (Part 2)

Guidance Most of the major works that I can claim to have read in the areas of political science and economics were suggested by Murthy. He lent his personal c...

DVG's Entry into the Rough and Tumble of Political Life

‘Dharmaprakāśa’ Sajjan Rao (Part 2)

Gratification On the day the gopura work was completed, the kalaśa was established, and the samprokṣaṇā was done, one should have seen Sajjan Rao. He was the e...

My Ātma-guru: N Narasimha Murthy (Part 1)

My intention here is to write about my Ātma-gurus. Ātma-guru can mean several things: “The teacher of my choice”, “The teacher who taught me about the Ātman”, “...