Kashyap N Naik is a practising advocate at Bangalore and a light classical singer. He has an abiding interest in Indian literature, history, law, culture, and philosophy.
ಶ್ರೀರಾಮನ ಜನ್ಮಸ್ಥಾನವಾದ ಅಯೋಧ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಮಮಂದಿರ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗಿರುವುದು ಒಂದು ವಿಶೇಷ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಘಟನೆ. ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂದ ಹೋರಾಟವೇ ಒಂದು ಪರ್ವ. ಬಹುಶಃ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಯಾವ ದೇವಾಲಯಕ್ಕೂ ನಡೆಯದ ಐದು ಶತಮ...
It is important for us to understand the concept of a ‘colony’ and ‘colonising a country’ before we dwell on the subject of ‘decolonising legal system’. The ter...
Financial Difficulties and Higher Studies Dr. P V Kane ('PVK') spent most of his time studying and writing with such single-minded devotion that we wondered wh...
Visit to Oxford Soon after Dr. Shantaram Kane ('SK') told us about the episode of Dr. P V Kane ('PVK') being appointed Vice-Chancellor of Bombay University, he...
P V Kane in Parliament For a long time, Dr. P V Kane ('PVK') was managing his court work, along with writing of History of Dharma-śāstra. Although he was offer...
Personal Take on Rituals Many of Dr. Shantaram Kane’s ('SK') friends would ask him how much time his grandfather spent every morning on his daily rituals and i...
Study in Libraries While reading several chapters of the History of Dharma-śāstra, we all noticed that Dr. P V Kane (‘PVK’) has referred to manuscripts, books,...
Bharat Ratna Mahāmahopādhyāya Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880–1972) was born on this day 140 years ago. We present a six-part essay (published over the next six...
Tenderness of Mind Sarma would never accept any opinion only on the ground that it was being followed from ancient times. This didn’t mean that he would oscill...
High-water Mark of Critical Examination The forewords that Sarma wrote to some of the books in Telugu and Kannada have turned out to offer an excellent, holist...
Powerhouse of Genius Sarma received awards for many of his Sanskrit and Telugu works. Śrī Mahīśūra-rājyābhyudayādarśaḥ, his classical poetry composition about...
Music Practice In 1909, during the birth anniversary ceremony of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III, there was a music recital by Bidaram Krishnappa in the Royal Court of...
Perception A small episode will help us gauge the greatness of Sarma’s scholarly lineage that resulted in the culturing of his mind. In some context, Śrī Kṛṣṇa...
Richness of Emotion V Si. said these words appreciating Sarma’s style of singing – “There may be many who can exhibit their learning in a seminar on musicology...
Reminiscences of Olden Days Sarma’s narration of the life and actions of the yesteryear scholars was fascinating. This was one such incident he shared from his...
Literary Feats At the behest of H. H. Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, there was an āśu-kavitā competition held in 1925 at Mysore in which the participating poets had t...
“There is a dire need for the rejuvenation of connoisseurship. The number of connoisseurs in the society must increase. The tastes and opinions of people need t...
In and around the period 1907–08, Advocate Sri. D. Venkataramaiah was among the foremost public personalities in Bangalore. A road in Malleswaram has been named...
It was on the twenty-sixth day of November, 1949 that India gave unto herself the Constitution; indeed a historical event for all Indians. We celebrate it as th...