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If the Mahatma could rethink his xenophobia…
Ramachandra Guha in The Telegraph, Calcutta: R.K. Narayan did not write in Kannada, but his works sensitively portray the people, culture and landscapes of the state of Karnataka. His 1938 …
‘Who told you I am a Tamilian? I am a Kannadiga’
The hand of India’s most famous newspaper cartoonist, R.K. Laxman, lies still in a hospital in Bombay without a pen or pencil in its grip. Not even sure if (or …
Why Mysore is no longer R.K. Narayan’s Mysore
PRITHVI DATTA CHANDRA SHOBHI writes: Jayadev Gurumallaiah, a childhood friend from Mysore, who dabbles in real estate among other business interests, told me the following story. After drinking tea at …
Posthumous Dalit empowerment of R.K. Narayan
The Guardian, London, ran a story last April on a coffee shop in a hotel in Mysore staffed by Dalit girls. “Dressed in a sunshine yellow and burgundy langa davane, …
Jois @ work: ‘Bad lady, why forgetting bakasana?’
K. Patttabhi Jois, the yoga legend who breathed his last in Mysore this afternoon, was above all a warm person at work and outside, never without a smile, and never …
Swamy and all his friends meet again in Malgudi
Seema Chisthi in The Indian Express: “The non-Congress, non-BJP parties rallied in Dobbespet, and now the Congress president is scheduled to flag off their campaign from Davangere in north Karnataka …