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ವಿದ್ಯಾಭವನದ ಅನುಭವಗಳು - 1

ನನ್ನ ಜಾತಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಐದು ವರ್ಷಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ದುಡಿಯುವ ಯೋಗವಿಲ್ಲ ಎನಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದ್ದುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತೀಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾಭವನದ ನೆರಳಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಐದು ವಸಂತಗಳ ಸಂತಸವನ್ನು ಕಂಡದ್ದೇ ಅತಿಶಯ. ಕಡೆಯ ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಡಳಿತದ ಮಾರ್ಪಾಟಿನ ಕಾರಣ ಅಲ್ಪ-ಸ್ವಲ್ಪದ ಇರುಸುಮುರುಸಾದರೂ ಅದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಮರೆಸುವಂಥದ್ದು ಭವನದ ಬಾಳು.

Ekavyakti-Yakṣagāna: Conclusion (Part 10)

Yakṣa-navodaya is an attempt at aesthetically stitching together the compositions of a few Navodaya poets of Kannada. The compositions chosen are ene śuka-bhāṣiṇi of D V Gundappa, nānu baḍavi āta baḍava of Bendre, bṛṃdāvanakè hālanu māralu of Kuvempu, nīḍu pātheyavanu of Ti. Nam. Sri, ahalyè of Pu. Ti. Na, nīvallave of K S Narasimhaswamy. The production is merely an attempt to indicate one such possibility.

English Writings of D V Gundappa - 11

DVG never lost an opportunity to express his views on public affairs. To this end, he contributed to the leading periodicals of the country for many decades. In a popular article titled Thoughts on Republic Day, he mused on several important issues that plagued post-Independence India. He made a distinction between an ‘excited hour’ and an ‘average day’ and urged the leaders to promote moral integrity:

Fundamental Principles of a State’s Well-being - Part 5

Administrative Intelligence of the Dewans

Before 1940, all those who administered the State in the position of the Dewan were loyal and competent in their own ways. As mentioned earlier, there are two levels of State governance – 1. Development (Progress) and 2. Day-to-day administration. Likewise, there are two different standards of people who run the State’s administration – 1. Statesmen and 2. Administrators.