DVG Profile by S.R. Ramaswamy

Profiles Sep 15, 2019

D.V. Gundappa: A Profile by Dr. S.R. Ramaswamy

Note: This is the first part of the English translation of a series profiling D.V. Gundappa's life and legacy authored in the original Kannada by Dr. S.R. Ramas...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Sep 22, 2019

D.V. Gundappa: Wit, Humour and Compassion

The long years of service that DVG rendered variously as the member of the Municipal Council (1915-16), Legislative Council (1927-40), Mysore University Senate...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Sep 29, 2019

The Nationalism of D.V.G and the Problems of the Princely States

DVG practiced journalism for an unremitting seven decades; from the beginning, he fiercely upheld the nationalistic spirit in both speech and writing. From 1913...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Oct 06, 2019

D.V.G: The Unrivalled Expert on the Problem of the Princely States

The Rule of the Maharajas The situation in the states ruled by the Maharajas were not really praiseworthy. Bhopal was a Hindu-majority state as long as it was...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Oct 12, 2019

D.V.G's Himalayan Service to Public Life: The Anti-Partition Champion

Public Organisations The public meeting that took place towards the end of 1919 was organized by D.V.G. In the South Indian Princely States Conference held in...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Oct 14, 2019

DVG as a Constitutional Reformer and Inspiration from Tyagaraja

When the world-renowned scholar, India-aficionado, and multifaceted expert on various art forms, Ananda Coomaraswamy was asked to deliver a message regarding In...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Oct 20, 2019

DVG Brings Gandhi to Bangalore for the First Time

Organizer of Society One of the vows of DVG’s life was to infuse dynamism in society. He made one or the other attempt in this direction for about fifty or six...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Oct 27, 2019

The Evolution of DVG's Jivana Dharmayoga

The Mysore People’s Convention that convened in Bangalore in December 1919 under the aegis of the Mysore Representative Assembly was largely the result of DVG’s...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Nov 04, 2019

Facets of the Spiritual Independence and Equanimity of DVG

There was no dearth of humorous instances during the Sunday study circle. Besides, it was not in DVG’s nature to waste a single opportunity that afforded a humo...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Nov 10, 2019

DVG's Life Partner and His Abiding Conviction in Journalism

The foundational pillar of DVG’s fearless attitude was his characteristic transparency and abstinence from seeking anything. At no point in his life did he use...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Nov 17, 2019

D.V.G's Deep Bonding with Society

Deep Bonding with Society The source of inspiration for all of DVG’s life-work was the deep bonding he had forged with society. This bond was not something tha...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Nov 24, 2019

The Sprawling World of DVG's Literature

Honours and Felicitations For years on end, DVG kept refusing the requests from the public and government for honouring and felicitating him. Without waiting f...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna