By Dr. Bhagirath S. Naganath [Continued from yesterday] Maharaja’s College had a Common Room where everyone assembled to converse and exchange notes. T.S. Venkannayya (T.S.V.) was a regular participant in this arcadia and had a large fan-following among students and peers alike. A.N. Murthy Rao records that, although T.S.V. joined the Common Room as a…
T. S. Venkannayya was University of Mysore’s first Kannada Professor. He was responsible for nurturing such future literary giants as K. V. Puttappa, D. L. Narasimhachar, M. V. Seetharamaiah, G. Venkatasubbiah and S. V. Parameshwara Bhatta. He was the very life of Maharaja’s College ‘Common Room.’ He was instrumental in laying the foundations for University…
By Dr. Bhagirath S. Naganath [Continued from yesterday] Many of the students were from rural parts of Mysore. Subbanna realised that many of them would go back to their native villages after their schooling. With this in mind, he began to coach them in irrigation, harvesting and animal husbandry. Fortunately, around this time the Government…
By Girija Madhavan Memories are like faded flower petals in a ‘Pot-pourri’ jar; once vibrant blooms, their colour now dimmed, their life over. Yet, when the jar is opened, a faint fragrance still wafts out. Old memories too come to fleeting life again when revived. Apart from my personal recollections of early childhood, I also…
Ti. Nam. Shri, a grammarian par excellence T. N. Srikantaiah, known endearingly to a generation of readers as Ti. Nam. Shri, was a Kannada poet, writer, translator, teacher and grammarian par excellence. Groomed under the able guidance of M. Hiriyanna and B.M. Srikantaiah, he in turn would nurture and guide such scholars as S. Ananthanarayan…
H. M. Nayak described him as Kannada Senani ! His rendition of Mahabharata titled ‘Vachana Bharata’ remains to this day one of the most widely read versions of the great epic in Kannada. He introduced the great writers of Bengal — Tagore and Bankim Chandra — to a generation of Kannada readers through his translations…
By Dr. Bhagirath S. Naganath [Continued from yesterday] Acharya Patashala N. Ananthachar following his marriage moved to Bangalore for better prospects. Apart from odd jobs at Government offices and the like, he was sadly unable to make a decent living in Bangalore. Not one to lose hope, he set up a vegetable shop next to…
Poet Laureate Rabindranath Tagore described him as a Prince among Men! Trained under Alfred Marshall and a close friend of renowned economist Maynard Keynes, N. S. Subba Rao embodied the very best of the intellectual traditions of Cambridge University. He was a visionary educationist who served the University of Mysore as a Lecturer, Professor, Principal…
By Girija Madhavan My memories of Maharani’s College, Mysore [now Mysuru], come to life whenever I pass the building where I studied seven decades ago. In the heart of the city, the College is still painted in the classic pale yellow and emerald green of old Mysore buildings. It is surrounded by old rain trees…
By Dr. S.N. Bhagirath [Continued from yesterday] Vi. Si.’s Bombay sojourn would come to an abrupt end owing to an unrelenting bout of malarial fever. He rushed back to recuperate. After a prolonged convalescence, he was all set to head back to Bombay. His long-time well-wisher and mentor T.S. Venkannayya persuaded Vi. Si. to drop…
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