Sugata Srinivasaraju ಲೇಖನಗಳು

Sugata Srinivasaraju An Untitled Tale An unpublished Kannada short story of A.K. Ramanujan which was discovered in a stack of papers by his wife A.K. RAMANUJAN courtesy:     This is an unpublished Kannada short story of A.K. Ramanujan. It was discovered in a stack of papers by his wife, Molly A. Daniels-Ramanujan, and given […]

A forgotten poem written by Indian-English novelist Raja Rao in his mother tongue, in 1931 is re discovered by a literary enthusiast SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU Courtesy: Outlook Raja Rao was an English novelist and a French journalist. He wrote acclaimed novels such as Kanthapura,’ The Serpent and the Rope and Chessmaster and his Moves among others. In the […]

BYLANES It is not just about black money. Ramdev’s other demands, where he tries to emerge as a spokesperson of native cultures and local languages, need to be debated rather than allowing them to be appropriated for a far-Right agenda SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU Courtesy: Outlook Ramdev has re-entered Delhi and held a press conference again (26 […]

Courtesy: Outlook BYLANES Do we need a powerful individual or a great institution? The question needs to be resolved now. SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU Earlier this week there was a discussion organised at the Bangalore International Centre (a TERI initiative) on the Jan Lokpal Bill. I was one of the speakers with a lawyer and an activist […]

The faceless, cringing Pakistani, the eight-pack American and the royal Lilliput — why do we like to morph complex, collective communities into eager, anxious, depressed, ecstatic or sullen individuals? SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU Courtesy: Outl0ok In the light of two recent global events, we seem to have employed a distinct register to talk about nations. We seem […]

Courtesy: Outlook BYLANES A Faith Machine Who defines Sathya Sai Baba? His rich and powerful followers or his meek and poor devotees? SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU Who defines the present day godmen? Their poor devotees or their rich and powerful followers? This was the question that kept nagging me during my brief visit to Puttaparthi. ‘Faith’ is often […]

Courtesy: Outlook BYLANES An epistolary encounter between a Gandhian physicist and Puttaparthi Sathya Sai Baba in the 1970s SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU     The medical bulletins continue to say that Sathya Sai Baba is in a critical state. Many of his followers who have assembled in the town of Puttaparthi are said to be on the […]