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T R Venkatarama Shastri (Part 3)

A Request There is one more episode worth narrating. During 1938–39, he wrote a letter to me. It read as follows – “I have attached a letter of a person with...

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಕವಿಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ - 7

ಬೌದ್ಧಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಿಯಾದ ಅಶ್ವಘೋಷನು ಸ್ವಮತಪ್ರಚಾರ ಮತ್ತು ತತ್ತ್ವೋಜ್ಜೀವನಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಕಾವ್ಯದ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮವನ್ನು ಬಳಸಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವುದು ಅವನ ಮಾತುಗಳಿಂದಲೇ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿದೆ. ವಿಶೇಷತಃ ಕಹಿಯಾದ ಔಷಧವನ್ನು ಸಿಹಿಯಾ...

The Ultimate Failure of a Three-Decade-Long Struggle

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಕವಿಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ - 6

ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಸ್ವಾರಸ್ಯವೆಂದರೆ ಅದರ ಕಥೆಯ ಉದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ ನಿರ್ಣಾಯಕಘಟ್ಟಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೃತಿಕಾರರಾದ ವ್ಯಾಸರು ಬಂದುಹೋಗುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಮುಖ್ಯಪಾತ್ರಗಳನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಉದ್ಬೋಧಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ಕವಿಯೇ ತನ್ನ ಕೃ...

Kathāmṛta - 25 - Lāvaṇakalambaka - The Story of Phalabhūti

Vatsarāja called Yaugandharāyaṇa in secret and said, “My friend! Thanks to your political acumen all kings have been defeated. I don’t think anyone will betray...

Vīrakesari Sitarama Shastri: Meeting Daivarāta and visiting Times of India - Part 8

It’s the irony of fate that on the exact day India achieved political independence—15th August 1947—Sitarama Shastri lost sight in his good eye and therefore be...

Contemplation and Reasoning

Manana There is an element of truth that escapes words and can be discerned only through inner experience. That is the secret. Contemplation via considered ref...

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಕವಿಗಳ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆ - 5

ಈ ಎಲ್ಲ ಅಂಶಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಮಿಗಿಲಾಗಿ ವೇದವ್ಯಾಸರು ಮಹಾಕವಿಗಿರಬೇಕಾದ ಒಂದು ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷಣವನ್ನು ತಮ್ಮ ಕಾವ್ಯದ ಪರಿಣಾಮವೆಂಬಂತೆ ಹೀಗೆ ರೂಪಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ: ಇತಿಹಾಸಪ್ರದೀಪೇನ ಮೋಹಾವರಣಘಾತಿನಾ | ಲೋಕಗರ್...

DVG's Severe Rebuttal to the Nehru Report of 1928

T R Venkatarama Shastri (Part 2)

Enthusiasm in Public Service I have already mentioned that Venkatarama Shastri belonged to the tradition of Shivaswami Iyer. Both of them followed the same pat...

Kathāmṛta - 24 - Lāvaṇakalambaka - The Story of the Merchant Devadāsa

Yaugandharāyaṇa then spoke to Vatsarāja. He said ‘O king, the divine is on your side and you have immense strength too. We are experts in the art of governance....

V Si: A Worshipper of Sweetness

A Worshipper of Sweetness V Si. had great respect for life. He wanted to find grace in life and in literature. He picked out graceful and sweet elements from w...