May 2021
A Heart for the Welfare of the Society
There is absolutely no doubt that Sharma was always loyal to the tradition. There are some typical ‘norms’ connected with the scholarly world. One such ‘norm’ is that a person who is known to be a scholar in a certain field of learning usually does not even explore the bounds of the particular subject. It is hard to find scholars who are experts of multiple domains.
Though this ‘norm’ appears to be...
The fault of Arjuna’s compassion is not just that it was indiscriminate and unexamined. It was mixed with ego. The self-delusion that he was responsible for deciding the nature of his dharma, that the others were fit for compassion, that the decision to fight the war was out of his own free will (see BG 18.58–59) was included in it.
Among the various forms of human relationship, compassion is indeed great. There are very few people in the world...
ಮಾಘ
ಮಾಘನು “ಶಿಶುಪಾಲವಧ”ಮಹಾಕಾವ್ಯದ ಎರಡನೆಯ ಸರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಉದಾಹರಣೆಗಳಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತ ರಾಜನೀತಿಯನ್ನು ಪೋಷಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಈ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಸಮೂಹದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲಂಕಾರಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಕ್ಕೂ ಅವಕಾಶವನ್ನು ಕೊಟ್ಟಿರುವುದು ಕವಿಯ ಔಚಿತ್ಯಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆಗೆ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ. ಇಲ್ಲಿಯ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾತುಗಳು ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಮನನೀಯವಾಗಿವೆ. ಅವನ್ನೀಗ ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸೋಣ.
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ಅಸ್ತವ್ಯಸ್ತವಾದ ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ಮನಬಂದಂತೆ ಎಷ್ಟೂ ಹೇಳಬಹುದು. ಆದರೆ ಪರಸ್ಪರಸಾಂಗತ್ಯವಿರುವ...
Volume Two (1917–1922)
Journalism today has mostly been reduced to a racy reportage of colourful caprices, half-truths, and open propaganda. These were the precise journalistic evils DVG repeatedly warned against. His standards were exacting, and he made sure that he practised what he preached. His essays and editorials in The Karnataka unceasingly celebrated enduring values such as gratitude, trustworthiness, independence,...
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