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English Writings of D V Gundappa

English Writings of D V Gundappa - 13
Culture Oct 20, 2024

English Writings of D V Gundappa - 13

Volume Eight (1963–1967) Readers of these volumes would surely know that DVG looked upon life as an undivided whole. This worldview enabled him to celebrate th...

Shashi Kiran B N
English Writings of D V Gundappa - 14
Culture Oct 27, 2024

English Writings of D V Gundappa - 14

Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, an organization DVG built and nurtured, has made quiet but sustained efforts to educate people in all matters of collective...

Shashi Kiran B N
English Writings of D V Gundappa - 15
Culture Nov 24, 2024

English Writings of D V Gundappa - 15

Book reviews were a constant feature in all the journals DVG edited and published. He either reviewed himself or, if he happened to spot a well-written piece, h...

Shashi Kiran B N
English Writings of D V Gundappa - 16
Culture Dec 08, 2024

English Writings of D V Gundappa - 16

Like all conscientious citizens endowed with intellectual integrity, DVG was a caustic critic of the Indira Gandhi Government. He repeatedly pointed out the uns...

Shashi Kiran B N
English Writings of D V Gundappa - 17
Culture Dec 29, 2024

English Writings of D V Gundappa - 17

An important segment in the present volume is a set of articles that narrates and analyses the political-reform movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan. In these es...

Shashi Kiran B N
English Writings of D V Gundappa - 18
Culture Jan 05, 2025

English Writings of D V Gundappa - 18

Volume Seven (1957–1960) DVG’s literary output in the 1950s—both in English and Kannada—was staggering. After retiring from active public life, he gave himself...

Shashi Kiran B N
English Writings of D V Gundappa - 19
Culture Jan 12, 2025

English Writings of D V Gundappa - 19

As with Visvesvaraya, DVG enjoyed close contact with another Dewan of Mysore, Sir Mirza Ismail. DVG’s writings on him, too, present a wealth of insight rarely a...

Shashi Kiran B N
English Writings of D V Gundappa - 20
Culture Jan 19, 2025

English Writings of D V Gundappa - 20

One of the highlights of this volume is the longform titled The Code of Manu. DVG firmly believed that (i) tradition and modernity are mutually complementary (i...

Shashi Kiran B N