Author:hari

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Problems escalated when the leaders of the workers were fired on flimsy reasons. The cases went to the high court, the leaders requested Shastri to be a witness in the case. The administration didn’t budge and appointed the then famous criminal lawyer from Madras, Mr. Norton. Mr. Norton had a stellar record when it came to winning cases he argued and used to charge an exorbitant fee of ₹10000 per day. The case came under the bench headed by Singaravelu Mudaliar. Shastri was the main eyewitness who was to be cross examined.

The Importance of Contemplation

ಅನಂತರ ಚತುರ್ಮುಖಬ್ರಹ್ಮನೇ ಮಹರ್ಷಿಗಳ ಬಳಿ ಬರುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಆ ಹೊತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂಡ ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿಮುನಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಆ ಶ್ಲೋಕದ್ದೇ ಗುಂಗು: ತದ್ಗತೇನೈವ ಮನಸಾ ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿರ್ಧ್ಯಾನಮಾಸ್ಥಿತಃ, ೧.೨.೨೮. ಕ್ರೌಂಚವಧೆಯ ಧರ್ಮಾಧರ್ಮಗಳ ವಿಚೇಚನೆಯೂ ಕ್ರೌಂಚಿಗೊದಗಿದ ವೈಧವ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮರುಕವೂ ಮತ್ತೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಸುಳಿಸುತ್ತುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಇದು ಕವಿಯೊಬ್ಬ ತನ್ನ ಕಾವ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರೇರಕವಾದ ಘಟನೆಯನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಪರ್ಯಾಲೋಚಿಸುವ ಪರಿಯೇ ಹೌದು. ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಭಾವಗಳು ಈ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಕ್ಷೋಭೆಯನ್ನುಂಟುಮಾಡದೆ ಕಾವ್ಯರಚನೆಗೆ ತಕ್ಕ ಪ್ರೇರಣೆ ಒದಗಿಬರದು. ಹೀಗೆ ಪ್ರೇರಿತನಾದ ಕವಿ ತನ್ನ ತಾರ್ಕಿಕವಾದ ಅರಿವನ್ನೂ ಮೀರಿ ಭಾವಪೂರ್ಣವಾದ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆಯನ್ನು ನೀಡುವುದೇ ನಿಜವಾದ ಕಾವ್ಯ.

Undivided Family

Whenever I think of the lives of our ancestors, a kind of anxiety envelopes me. Is there any future for joint family system in our country? Is it not declining at present? If we decide that this system is good from a broader perspective, is it possible under the current circumstances to keep it alive?

V Seetharamaiah

Oratory Skills

One can hardly forget V Si.’s extraordinary oratory skills. It was a celebration just to listen to him speak – he was fluent in giving lectures both in English and Kannada. Both the subject matter of his talk and the beauty of his presentation enraptured the audience. Lucid speech, broadminded thoughts, deep and wide study – all these came together to make him an eloquent orator. Even when he was given a topic only a few minutes before he went on to the dais, he would lecture as though he was prepared to speak on the topic from a long time.

Parliament

An Open Letter

Keeping the glory and successes achieved by the Mahārāja of Bikaner as a pretext, I wrote and published around ten or fifteen open letters concerning the politics of the indigenous provinces addressing them to him. (‘Problems of Indian Native States: Open Letters to His Highness The Maharaja of Bikaner’ – By A Mysorean.)

A compilation of these open letters published as a small book had been reviewed in the newspapers.