November 2025
Let us look at a few instances that illustrate these traits.
The self-effacing DVG protested against having a special issue of a literary magazine dedicated to him and against a book written about him (Masti Venkatesha Iyengar: 27.5.1950, V Sitaramiah: 25.4.1973). When V Sitaramiah wished to celebrate DVG’s eightieth birthday, he made a mockery of the proposal by suggesting eight hilarious activities (23.12.1968). When he was pressed into...
[The following forms the Editors’ Introduction to DVG through Letters, a volume published by the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, Bengaluru, to mark the fiftieth death anniversary of D V Gundappa.]
The publication of this volume of letters is a significant milestone in our endeavour to make available the major works of D V Gundappa in English. Together with the eleven-volume Selected Writings of D. V. Gundappa, it brings to light important...