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Profiles Mar 19, 2019

S G Narasimhacharya

Among the yesteryear scholars of Kannada literature I know, the most extraordinary ones are S G Narasimhacharya, R Narasimhacharya, M A Ramanuja Iyengar, and De...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Rashmi Canchi

Profiles Mar 18, 2019

B M Srikantaiah (Part 1)

  B.M. Srikantaiah was one of the members of the youth club of Srirangapattana. Other prominent members of the club were Vice Chancellor N.S. Subba Rao, A...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vaishnavi Naik

Profiles Mar 17, 2019

Sri Chappalli Vishweshwara Sastri Explains the Qualifications for a Mantra

As lecturer of Sanskrit Literature at the Central College, Sri Chappalli Visweshwara Sastri earned the gratitude and respect of numerous students. His recitatio...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Mar 12, 2019

Europeans’ Service to Kannada

In the history of the revival of Kannada literature, a few Europeans are among those who ought to be remembered with reverence. Antique jewels of (Kannada) lite...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Mar 11, 2019

Balakrishna Rao and Vasudeva Rao

Balakrishna Rao Shankaranarayana Rao’s name brings to mind a close associate of his, namely S.R Balakrishna Rao. Their friendship and affection for each other...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Mar 10, 2019

The Tiger Mouth of Sri Chappalli Vishweshwara Sastri

Tiger’s Mouth Let’s now return to the marriage hall. It was a festival of five or six days. Whether he went to the marriage hall or to the temple, Sri Chappall...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Mar 04, 2019

Shankaranarayana Rao

K Shankaranarayana Rao, an epitome of positive values, is one of my favourite people. I first met him when he was an advocate in Shivamogga. He was not only an...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Mar 03, 2019

Sri Chappalli Vishweshwara Sastri: Scholarship and Nobility

Sometime in 1898-99, my Sanskrit Guru, Sri Kashi Raghavendracharya addressed about four or five of his disciples thus: “Hey! In four or five days from now, Sri...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Feb 23, 2019

M G Varadacharya (Part 3)

Although legal practice was the means for his livelihood as well as his wealth and success, his inner interests solely lay in literature. During the time we sta...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raveendra Holla

Profiles Feb 22, 2019

M G Varadacharya (Part 2)

Once, the great scholar, writer and speaker Romesh Chunder Dutt visited Bangalore. Several people who were enthusiastic about listening to his lecture sent a de...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raveendra Holla

Profiles Feb 21, 2019

M G Varadacharya (Part 1)

I mentioned earlier that as per the recommendation of my friends, M G Varadacharya was the third of the three people in Bangalore who were best suited to estima...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Raveendra Holla

Profiles Feb 19, 2019

Mysore Vasudevacharya

[In the book, Vāggeyakāra Vāsudevācārya, there is an essay that records my reverence and admiration about Mysore Vasudevacharya’s personality. Acharya’s grandso...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Paresh Nadig