By Prof. G.L. Shekar Title: “Shivanigagi Kayutta: Kashi Gyanavapiya Satyada Anavarana” Author: Vikram Sampath Translators: Prof. G. L. Shekar and S.S. Narendrakumar Year: 2024 Pages: 352 Price: Rs. 475 Publisher: Sahitya Prakashana, Hubli The Kannada version of the recent book of well-known Indian Historian Dr. Vikram Sampath — Waiting for Shiva: Unearthing the Truth…
By U.B. Acharya A book review like a film trailer arouses curiosity to the viewer/reader to watch the full movie or to elicit some interest in reading the entire book. However, in this case, the book is about a tennis player who is unquestionably the most successful tennis player and yet way down in the…
An exhaustive source of information related to Nalwadi By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist Title: The Monarch of Mysore Author: C.K. Venkataramaiah Translator: S. Naganath Year: 2024 Pages: 580 Price: Rs. 1,000 Publisher: Notion Press, Chennai The Monarch of Mysore’ is a biography of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, who lives in the memory of all…
Title: Lokamanya Tilak’s Historic Speeches Compiler: Venkat Nag Kolachalam Year: 2024 Pages: 110 Price: Rs. 250 Publisher: Sreenatha Joshi, Punarutthaana, Ballari By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist Endeared as ‘Lokamanya,’ Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a fire-brand freedom fighter, who ceaselessly worked to help the country break away from British rule. His celebrated assertion…
By R. Chandra Prakash Sanatana Dharma, true to its meaning ‘perenniality’, has survived several millennia of political and religious attacks. Today it is being practised by nearly eighty percent of the population of the country. Islamic occupations of 1300-plus years, and more than two hundred years of Christian colonialism did severely affect the Sanatana Dharma….
By R. Chandra Prakash Title : Why Bharat Matters Author : S. Jaishankar Year : 2024 Pages : 226 Price : Rs. 695 Publisher : Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd,. In 2019, Indian Air Force (IAF) planes bombed Balakot in Pakistan. This was a retaliatory action in response to Pulwama terrorist attack by Pakistan- sponsored…
By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy Title: Pranab My Father: A Daughter Remembers Author: Sharmistha Mukherjee Year: 2024 Pages: 368 pages Price: Rs. 795 Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. A boy aged 11 years had come to Calcutta to attend the wedding of his eldest brother. The day was 16th August 1946, an infamous…
By R. Chandra Prakash Title: VARNA, JATI, CASTE – A Primer on Indian Social Structures Authors: Rajiv Malhotra & Vijaya Viswanathan Year: 2023 Pages: 160 Price: Rs. 250 Publisher: OCCAM, BluOne Ink LLP, India Caste system has been arraigned for creating extreme discrimination in the Hindu society. It has also been a political tool…
By R. Chandra Prakash Title: Through The Broken Glass-An Autobiography Author: T.N. Seshan Year: 2023 Pages: 350+ Price: Rs. 795 Publisher: Rupa Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi [Continued from Dec.20] T.N. Seshan was aware that elections had become a symbol of corruption. He records, “The practices and traditions of hol-ding and con-ducting elections were going…
By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist The Department of Philosophy, University of Mysore, is as old as the University itself. The University was established on July 27, 1916. The Department came into existence the following year under the stewardship of Prof. A.R. Wadia. Prof. Wadia had his higher education in Oxford and Cambridge. He reported to…
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