Profiles

DVG's Exposition of the Primacy of the Individual in the National Life

Scholarly Connoisseurs of Elduru

Yeldur (Elduru) is an ordinary small town. But it was neat and pretty. The arterial road ran from east to west. On the western end was the Kodandaramaswamy Temp...

‘Dharmaprakāśa’ Sajjan Rao (Part 1)

Along with Mandi Hariyanna’s name, it is Dharmaprakāśa S Sajjan Rao’s name that comes to mind.[1] The two were always together, like the Aśvini-devatas. Every m...

DVG's Meditations on the Training for Swarajya and Surajya

Sri Vidyaranya Swami as a Perennial Inspiration of DVG

D.V.G: The Adhvaryu of Political Literature in Kannada

Ramadasappa (Part 2)

After I entered high-school, I lived in the college hostel in Mysore. Belavadi Dasappa was the hostel warden. He was Ramadasappa’s friend. As per Ramadasappa’s...

Ramadasappa (Part 1)

Ramadasappa was my second teacher who taught me the English language. He was the first person to graduate with a BA degree from Mulbagal. I recall him coming th...

DV Gundappa: Systematic Study

It has been seventy years since I bade farewell to my schooling (1902). I've now analyzed my life through these seventy years and I have learned two lessons...

DVG: Beauty of Heart: A Sweet Recollection

Perhaps, it was 1920-1921: The line of shops in New Taragupete in the east of Bangalore.  Among the warehouses that lay on the opposite side of the western...

DV Gundappa: Life with the Ink Pot (Part-2)

Another Idea There was a new theory (regarding my tendency to fall asleep while studying). “The child is going to feel bored if he has to study all alone. If h...

Hanumantha Rao and Krishnaswamy Iyer

My studies in Mysore spanned only seven-eight months. That year (1901) was quite unfortunate for my family. My grandfather had passed away in the year 1900 itse...