One of the highlights of this volume is the longform titled The Code of Manu. DVG firmly believed that (i) tradition and modernity are mutually complementary (i...
As with Visvesvaraya, DVG enjoyed close contact with another Dewan of Mysore, Sir Mirza Ismail. DVG’s writings on him, too, present a wealth of insight rarely a...
Volume Seven (1957–1960) DVG’s literary output in the 1950s—both in English and Kannada—was staggering. After retiring from active public life, he gave himself...
An important segment in the present volume is a set of articles that narrates and analyses the political-reform movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan. In these es...
Like all conscientious citizens endowed with intellectual integrity, DVG was a caustic critic of the Indira Gandhi Government. He repeatedly pointed out the uns...
Book reviews were a constant feature in all the journals DVG edited and published. He either reviewed himself or, if he happened to spot a well-written piece, h...
Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, an organization DVG built and nurtured, has made quiet but sustained efforts to educate people in all matters of collective...
Volume Eight (1963–1967) Readers of these volumes would surely know that DVG looked upon life as an undivided whole. This worldview enabled him to celebrate th...
ಇತಿಹಾಸದ ಮುಂಜಾವಿಗೂ ಹಿಂದಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಹಿಂದು ಜನಾಂಗದ ಅಂತರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಮರ್ಯಾದಾಪುರುಷೋತ್ತಮನೆಂದೂ ಭಗವಂತನ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಅವತಾರವೆಂದೂ ಉದಾತ್ತ ಜೀವನಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳೆಲ್ಲದರ ಪ್ರತೀಕವೆಂದೂ ಅಧಿಷ್ಠಿತನಾಗಿರ...
Bhāratavarṣa, the geographical expression of the Hindu civilisation, has been undergoing an unprecedented transformation since the last decade. In several realm...
ಶ್ರೀರಾಮನ ಜನ್ಮಸ್ಥಾನವಾದ ಅಯೋಧ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಮಮಂದಿರ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗಿರುವುದು ಒಂದು ವಿಶೇಷ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಘಟನೆ. ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂದ ಹೋರಾಟವೇ ಒಂದು ಪರ್ವ. ಬಹುಶಃ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಯಾವ ದೇವಾಲಯಕ್ಕೂ ನಡೆಯದ ಐದು ಶತಮ...
ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಭಾರತೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯ ಕೇಂದ್ರಬಿಂದು ಎಂಬುದು ಸಕಲ ಭಾರತೀಯರೂ ಬಲ್ಲ ತಥ್ಯವೇ ಆಗಿದೆ. ಸುಂದರ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವು ಆಡಳಿತ ವರ್ಗದ ದಕ್ಷತೆಯ ಹಾಗೂ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿಯ ಸಂಕೇತವೂ...