[Published on 5.5.1978] From my memory book, I learn that I read ‘Guide’ by R.K. Narayan during the first week of November 1962. It was the time I was obsessed with Somerset Maugham. Naturally, I could not resist comparison, however odious it may be. Narayan appeared to me like a neophyte in front of Maugham….
Jesus Christ had said that ‘no prophet is honoured in his own country.’ I am reminded of this maxim as a journalist and a witness to the ongoing protests concerning handing over of land to build ‘Swami Vivekananda Smaraka’ (Viveka Memorial) by a section of people since May 2013 when Siddharamaiah of the Congress became the…
Changes in All India Civil Service selection and training imperative [Continued from yesterday] From Chapter-3 we read about the making of a Civil Servant (IAS) like the author N.K. Singh and others. Born before independence in 1941 in Kolkata as a “premature child” he grows up to be a mature person, an IAS Officer and…
A couple of weeks back I was talking to R. Chandra Prakash, a former Professor in Manasagangothri and later the Registrar of Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, who was also the former President of the NGO Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP). He mentioned that he was reading an interesting book “Portraits of Power – Half a Century of…
When a friend, who has never sent me a book nor discussed books with me, sends a book, I am curious. I am curious also because I had already heard about this book and was about to order. P.V. Giri, Chairman of Siddharta Group, could not have sent this book a day sooner. The title…
Food, clothing and shelter, in Hindi ‘Roti, kapda aur makan’ are the basic requirements of human beings. All other requirements are of secondary nature for human life. Pakistan’s former firebrand Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto won the popular election riding on this slogan. No wonder, Indira Gandhi did not forget to use this slogan with…
About creative dancers it is said that during the performance the dancer disappears, only the dance remains. The same feeling could be expressed about Prof. V.M. Sholapurkar, the painter-artist who passed away on June 8, 2021 in our city. He was such a great art teacher and a versatile, creative artist, I am sure, though…
[Continued from yesterday] I don’t claim to have read in depth about world’s Prophets and religions. But of what I have read my favourite has always been Jesus. I have found that mortality and change are inevitable and are in the very nature of existence — no matter it is Himalayas or Oceans; a Saint,…
In the month of April 2021, I was going through the weekly magazine ‘OPEN’ and the review of a book titled ‘Names of the Women’ by Jeet Thayil drew my attention. It is because of the name of the author, rather than the title of the book, that I decided to read the review that…
[Published in Star of Mysore dated Feb. 8, 2001] Last evening, I spent an hour and a half at the Dhvanyaloka auditorium listening to Prof. K.C. Belliappa of Manasagangothri English Department speak about his Guru and mentor Prof. C.D. Narasimhaiah (CDN), who is anointed with Padma Bushan and an Honorary Doctorate from the Mysore University…
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