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English Writings of D V Gundappa - 3

Volume Two (1917–1922)                Journalism today has mostly been reduced to a racy...

Kathāmṛta - 36 - Madanamañcukā-lambaka - The Stories of Vikramasimha, Impassioned Princesses, and Sulocanā

The story of Vikramasimha and two brāhmaṇas There lived a king by the name Vikramasimha in Ujjayinī. He had no equal on the battlefield and he was aching for s...

G P Rajarathnam: The Gem who Trod the Royal Path - Part 1

ಮೆಯ್ ದೃಢ, ಮನಸ್ಸು ದೃಢ, ದುಡಿವೆನೆಂಬ ನಿಶ್ಚಯ ಇವಕೆ ಸಮನಾಗಿ ದೃಢವಾಗಿರುತ ನಮ್ಮ ರಾಜಣ್ಣ ಬರೆದಿರುವ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಅವೆಷ್ಟೊ! ಅವುಗಳ ಜಾತಿ ಇನ್ನೆಷ್ಟೊ! [Firm body, firm mind...

T S Venkannayya (Part 6)

A Humorous Episode Once, Venkannayya had fallen ill. It was a disease that troubled him on and off – something stomach-related. When I heard the news, I wrote...

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಕವಿಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ - 16

ಬಾಣಭಟ್ಟ ಮಹಾಕವಿ ಭಟ್ಟಬಾಣನ ಕೃತಿಗಳ ಪೈಕಿ “ಹರ್ಷಚರಿತ” ಒಂದರಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆಯ ಚಿಂತನಶಕಲಗಳು ಕಂಡುಬರುತ್ತವೆ. “ಕಾದಂಬರಿ”ಯ ಉಪಕ್ರಮಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾವ್ಯಕಲೆಯನ್ನು ಕುರಿತ ಒಂದೆರಡು ಮಾತು...

The Grace of a Sadhu and the Heart of a Poet

The Journalistic Role Models of DVG

Kathāmṛta - 35 - Madanamañcukā-lambaka - The Stories of Ratnadatta, Kaliṅgadatta and Tārādattā

तर्जयन्निव विघ्नौघान्नमितोन्नमितेन यः | मुहुर्विभाति शिरसा स पायाद्वो गजाननः || [May that elephant-faced deity, who by repeatedly raising and bowing his...

Mahāmahopādhyāya Vidvān N. Ranganatha - A Worshipper of DVG

DVG Ārādhaka (A Worshipper of DVG) The respect that Sharma had developed for DVG and the love and affection the latter displayed towards him are über-worldly....

Chapter 1. Yoga of Inconsiderate Compassion (Part 3)

It is claimed often that ours is an Age of Science, an era of intellectual superiority. On the one hand, the intellect is mighty but on the other hand, the mind...

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಕವಿಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ - 15

ಸುಬಂಧು ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಬಂಧುವಿನ ಸ್ಥಾನ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ಪಡುವಂಥದ್ದೇನೂ ಅಲ್ಲ. ಬಾಣನ ಪೂರ್ವಸೂರಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೆಲಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆಂದರೆ ಸಾಕಾದೀತು. ಶ್ಲೇಷವನ್ನು ಅಳವು ಮೀರಿ ಬೆಳೆ...

The Felicitation of a Triumphant Journalist