Profiles

DVG's Conception of Politics as a Rashtra Yajna

Lokasangraha of DVG

Prof. Sondekoppa Srikanta Sastri (Part 5)

During a conversation with S R Ramaswamy, he mentioned to me that in the 1940s, K M Munshi had asked Sastri to write about the Aryans in the first volume of The...

Exemplars of Indian Wisdom: D.V. Gundappa

Prof. Sondekoppa Srikanta Sastri (Part 4)

Here is an example of a critique written by Sastri and what is noteworthy is that instead of it becoming merely reactionary, it offers a wonderful commentary on...

D V Gundappa (Part 4)

I will now outline the qualities of DVG’s personality and works that can guide us in the pursuit of knowledge. DVG laid great emphasis on the study of classics...

Bhasker Anand Saletore: Concluding Remarks

D V Gundappa (Part 3)

DVG has analyzed the major characters of the Mahābhārata in a long essay. His sublime analysis includes discussions on kāla, ṛta and conflicts that arise in the...

Prof. Sondekoppa Srikanta Sastri (Part 3)

In the early 1940, when the Western world was at the acme of its materialistic success, Sastri wrote these visionary words – “In the history of the world, it is...

How Saletore Reconstructed Vijayanagara History

D V Gundappa (Part 2)

DVG never sought recognition. When the Jnanapith Award was first instituted, Maṅkutimmana Kagga, one of his major works, came before it for consideration. When...

B.A. Saletore's Magnum Opus