Srishan Thirumalai

Profiles May 11, 2021

T S Venkannayya (Part 8)

2. Faith in Ancient Traditions Seasoned by Critical Analysis[1] It has been thirty years since Venkannayya left for his heavenly abode. Even so, that sorrow i...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar, Srishan Thirumalai

Profiles May 07, 2021

T S Venkannayya (Part 7)

Satkāvya and Adhyātma Among the readers, those who have seen a Nāgarakaṭṭe of the yesteryears might recognise the twin serpents sculpted in stone there. The sc...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar, Srishan Thirumalai

Profiles Apr 27, 2021

T S Venkannayya (Part 6)

A Humorous Episode Once, Venkannayya had fallen ill. It was a disease that troubled him on and off – something stomach-related. When I heard the news, I wrote...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar, Srishan Thirumalai

Profiles Apr 13, 2021

T S Venkannayya (Part 5)

Atop Narahari Rao’s Hillock Sitting in the eastern slope of Narahari Rao’s Hillock in Basavanagudi, Venkannayya, Srinivasamurthy, and I – with A R Krishna Shas...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar, Srishan Thirumalai

Profiles Apr 09, 2021

T S Venkannayya (Part 4)

Scholar of Literature When Venkannayya lived in Mysore, his life was somewhat comfortable. He expected a spacious living room wherever he stayed. A soft blanke...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar, Srishan Thirumalai

Profiles Mar 30, 2021

T S Venkannayya (Part 3)

Joint Endeavours I have mentioned earlier about my first meeting with T S Venkannayya and A R Krishna Shastri. That was in 1915–16, just after the establishmen...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar, Srishan Thirumalai

Profiles Mar 16, 2021

T S Venkannayya (Part 2)

Venkannayya’s Whims Venkannayya and I, for several years, were like members of the same family. During the summer vacations, his wife would visit her native to...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar, Srishan Thirumalai

Profiles Mar 02, 2021

T S Venkannayya (Part 1)

1. Inner Vision Five or six days after the [Kannaḍa Sāhitya] Pariṣat was established (in 1915), one day at about three in the afternoon, two eminent people cam...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Hari Ravikumar, Srishan Thirumalai

Literature Jul 18, 2018

Timeless Romance of the Gāhā-Satta-Saī – Part 3

Here we see a fluttering of the left eye of a woman separated from her husband. For women, this is a good omen indeed! Anticipating the return of her husband, s...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Srishan Thirumalai, Hari Ravikumar

Literature Jul 17, 2018

Timeless Romance of the Gāhā-Satta-Saī – Part 2

One has to really admire the cleverness of some of these two-timing women. One of them turned in a fine performance of bawling after having, apparently, been st...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Srishan Thirumalai, Hari Ravikumar

Literature Jul 16, 2018

Timeless Romance of the Gāhā-Satta-Saī – Part 1

We shall now go back in time by nearly two thousand years. Behold! Godavari flows in a mellifluous melancholic tune. Swaying the entire countryside near Pratiṣṭ...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Srishan Thirumalai, Hari Ravikumar

Literature Nov 13, 2017

Satirical Humour in Modern Sanskrit Literature – 2

It is impossible for anyone to observe the unobstructed flow of literary tradition across India through the ages. Also since most of the endeavours are at the l...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Srishan Thirumalai

Literature Nov 12, 2017

Satirical Humour in Modern Sanskrit Literature – 1

The credit for the first ever literary characterization of humour as a Rasa (hāsya-rasa), and according it, its rightful place, goes to the Sanskrit ālaṅkārikas...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Srishan Thirumalai