Vaishnavi Naik

Profiles Apr 08, 2019

BM Srikantaiah (Part 4) - Sanskrit, Kannada and English

No Hatred Towards Sanskrit Rumours were afloat for some time that B.M. Srikantaiah did not have interest in and hated Sanskrit. I cannot say that these rumours...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vaishnavi Naik

Profiles Apr 01, 2019

BM Srikantaiah (Part 3) - Language Reforms and Traditional Scholarship

Conflicts It was not uncommon for B.M. Srikantaiah and me to have conflicts of opinion. Our views differed on several issues. Discussions and debates arose on...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vaishnavi Naik

Profiles Mar 25, 2019

B M Srikantaiah (Part 2)

‘English Poems' A few poems from Srikantaiah’s “English Gītagaḻu” (meaning English Poems) were published at regular intervals in the monthly “Karnataka Grantha...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vaishnavi Naik

Profiles Mar 18, 2019

B M Srikantaiah (Part 1)

  B.M. Srikantaiah was one of the members of the youth club of Srirangapattana. Other prominent members of the club were Vice Chancellor N.S. Subba Rao, A...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vaishnavi Naik

Profiles Mar 29, 2018

Bhagavata Sheshacharya, Amaldar Mahadevaraya

Sri. Hebbani Sheshacharya belonged to an era when thirty-five ounces (roughly a kilogram) of rice was available for just a rupee and six tender coconuts could b...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vaishnavi Naik

Profiles Feb 26, 2018

H V Nanjundaiah (1860-1920) (Part 2)

When Nanjundaiah was in Shimoga, a teacher got transferred from there. He was a great scholar, highly civilised, and a tutor par excellence. He was loved and re...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vaishnavi Naik

Profiles Feb 25, 2018

H V Nanjundaiah (1860-1920) (Part 1)

I had heard the name of Sri. H V Nanjundaiah when I was still a student. I was told in my hometown about this legend – he had passed his M.A. (Master of Arts) a...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vaishnavi Naik