Kiran Prasad

Profiles Dec 21, 2024

Sonnegowda’s samārādhanā - Part 2

Now, I entered the third room. It had a nice carpet laid out and two or three pillows to lean against. Three or four men with splendid nāmas on their forehead,...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Jul 22, 2024

Sonnegowda’s samārādhanā - Part 1

Sonnavadi is a small village. It might have originally been called Svarṇavāḍi. Head of that village was a man called Sonnegowda. People often talked about Bhiss...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Oct 27, 2020

K V Ramaswami Iyer (Part 3)

English Reader In doing so, Iyer would also explain the classification of nouns in English, the usage of tenses, structure of singular and plural forms, and al...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Oct 13, 2020

K V Ramaswami Iyer (Part 2)

Felicity of Language Ramaswami Iyer learnt Kannada within three or four months of moving to Mulbagal. A few Kannada words were already familiar to him bec...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Oct 02, 2020

K V Ramaswami Iyer (Part 1)

I have already written about my Sanskrit teacher, Kashi Raghavendracharya elsewhere.[1] I shall now move on to reminiscences of my English teacher. It appears...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Sep 27, 2019

K.P. Puttanna Shetty (Part 5)

Preventable Diseases Dr Subbarao was really enthusiastic about Kannada literature. I remember him enjoying reading the Pampa Ramayana along with me. He authore...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Sep 24, 2019

K.P. Puttanna Shetty (Part 4)

Creating Happiness I’ve already told that the main aspects of his ingenuity were his wisdom and his conduct. One of his key principles was the prominence he ga...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Sep 17, 2019

K.P. Puttanna Shetty (Part 3)

Home in Chamarajpet Puttanna Shetty’s home on the 5th (main) road of Chamarajpet was excellent in all aspects. A huge compound, vast space with abundance of fr...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Sep 10, 2019

K.P. Puttanna Shetty (Part 2)

Reorganizing the Municipal Council A situation arose about eight- ten days after this, which required a reorganization of municipal council. A recommendation w...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Sep 03, 2019

K.P. Puttanna Shetty (Part 1)

K.P. Puttanna Shetty was the deputy commissioner of Kolar during 1903-04. On one of those days, K.P Puttanna Shetty inaugurated a library in one of the clubs of...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Jul 17, 2019

S G Bindu Rao (Part 3)

One of the stories of Sri Ramakrishna Whenever I remember Bindu Rao, a story that Bhagavān Ramakrishna Paramahamsa often narrated comes to my mind.  A sc...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Jul 09, 2019

S G Bindu Rao (Part 2)

Beginning of Bhārata-vācana This group of literary and musical connoisseurs made it a routine to take turns and meet in one of the houses every day after work,...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Jul 02, 2019

S G Bindu Rao (Part 1)

One day, at about three in the afternoon, Bindu Rao visited my house. I asked him, “When did you arrive?”  He said, “I left Chitradurga this morning and c...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Mar 12, 2019

Europeans’ Service to Kannada

In the history of the revival of Kannada literature, a few Europeans are among those who ought to be remembered with reverence. Antique jewels of (Kannada) lite...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Nov 23, 2018

C Vasudevaiah (Part 2)

Final Days I had visited Vasudevaiah’s home about a month before the day of his demise. He sat up in his bed, made space for me, and insisted that I sit right...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Nov 16, 2018

C Vasudevaiah (Part 1)

The moment I think of R Narasimhacharya, C Vasudevaiah’s name floats up to the surface of my memories. Both of them would come together to social events. They u...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Culture Sep 15, 2018

A Few Public Organizations (Part 4)

There were two major social conventions that took place within eight years spanning between 1920–28: (i) Prajamitra Mandali or the unrest in favour of non-brahm...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Culture Sep 14, 2018

A Few Public Organizations (Part 3)

I’ve mentioned elsewhere about a couple of other incidents under the tenure of V P Madhava Rao[1] that stirred up people’s minds. The government bringing down t...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Culture Sep 12, 2018

A Few Public Organizations: Book Clubs, Night Schools

K T Appanna encouraged us and supported us in many ways. After he set up his Hindu Restaurant at Ahmed Building, there was a vacant space available in Chikpet w...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Culture Sep 11, 2018

A Few Public Organisations of the Mysore State: Citizens Representative Assembly

I haven’t found the means to determine the period that marks the commencement of efforts towards giving an integrated structure to public life in the State of M...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Mar 06, 2018

Dr. Gundanna (Part 2)

Once, a Department of Health employee visited Dr. Gundanna’s clinic and explained his brother’s illness. Gundanna patiently heard his description and then turne...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Mar 05, 2018

Dr. Gundanna (Part 1)

It’s impossible that anyone who has seen Dr. Gundanna will ever forget him. So magnificent was the mark left on the mind by his personality. For a period of twe...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad