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Dhruva Somayaji

Dhruva Somayaji holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Instrumentation engineering and a master's degree in Business Administration majoring in Finance and Marketing. Dhruva currently works as a senior financial analyst for State Street Global Advisors, a renowned asset management company. His major interests are in history, philosophy, literature, art, politics, and religion. He blogs at http://themeindia.blogspot.in.

Translations by Dhruva Somayaji

4 Translations

Profiles Aug 13, 2019

Karpura Srinivasa Rao (Part 2)

A Special Incident A scholar used to attend all the Sahitya Parishat meetings. But, Venkatanarayanappa wouldn’t give him much attention. He would be kept isola...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Dhruva Somayaji

Profiles Aug 06, 2019

Karpura Srinivasa Rao (Part 1)

I have mentioned earlier[1] that Karpura Srinivasa Rao was one of the founding fathers of Karṇāṭaka Sāhitya Pariṣad. In any activity beneficial to the nation, h...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Dhruva Somayaji

Profiles Jul 25, 2018

M L Shreekantesha Gowda

In an earlier episode, while discussing the revival of modern Kannada, we reminisced about Mysore’s GTA, the university graduates’ association. One among the ma...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Dhruva Somayaji

Profiles May 22, 2018

Basavappa Shastri

M Venkatakrishnaiah, M S Puttanna, C Subbarao, and other language enthusiasts in Mysore decided to publish a monthly magazine called Hitabodhini. They decided i...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Dhruva Somayaji