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Sri P.R.Srinivasan ( 1919-2013)

He was the 3rd younger brothers of P.R.Ramaiya. he wqas a leading advocate of Bangalore for many decades.He wsas married to Leela . He had one daughter Choodamani(also known as jyothi)  who married A.S.Prakash, a dentist . They have two children Pronothi and Vivek
 Srinivasan , also known as Seena, was liked and loved by many people . Following is a small tribute written by his nephew P.R.Vishwanath

OUR UNCLE SEENA

Palahalli Vishwanath

My uncle died yesterday (2/9/13) at the ripe old age of 94. He was bedridden for the last 9 months. We all loved him but it was time for us to part company. He was one of the best examples of the greatness of the disappering tradition of the joint family system. My father, the eldest in the family, had four brothers. Uncle Seena was the third . He was the last of his generation to have passed on.

My father had no time for us when we were growing up. My Uncles , espescially Uncle Seena, were the ones who looked after us. He was the one who got my first shorts in the middle school, my first white pyjamas in the high school and my first pants (duck?) in the college. He was also the one to get my first wrist watch when I started work. He tried to teach me how to ride a scooter but was never successful. He showed his happiness and joy at whatever little I did in my work. He wrote me more letters than anybody else in my family. He was really the Little father ( Chikka Appa) , without the sternness which goes with the word father.

And it is not just on me that he showered his kindness. In fact, it was on all the members of our joint family ( NAMMA MANE - Our Home) . He would never forget to attend the annual memorial lectures held for my brother in National College and Inst of world culture. Only later, I realized that he was kidness personified not just to our families but everybody who he came to contact with. He never forgot birthdays and wedding anniversaries of all friends and relatives. In this age of disappearing postal communications, we always looked forward to his blessings which came in the from of illustrated post cards. I am sure all of us who knew him will have his own tale to tell.

I am sure residents of Basavangudi and Jayanagara would miss him at least for two radsons. At first it is because he would keep his pockets stuffed with choclolates and give them to almost everybody on his route. He would go to the person, shake his/her hand and offer the sweets. The second breed who will miss him are the motor drivers of the area. Even at the age of 90 plus he would insist on walking everywhere and would cross the streets of Bangalore with gay abandon armed only with his walking stick. Some drivers would get impatient and sound horn at him but some others stopped with reverence at the sight of this swaying symbol of perseverance of mankind.

His name was P.R.Srinivasan. He was a leading advocate of Bangalore for several decades. He was also the legal correspondent of Deccan Herald for many years.

Sri P.R.Venkatesh, Journalist (1917- 2008)

(1) Uncle Venkatesha in a car during his marriage (1942 April) ; Also seen is Gowru ( ` 6years old)












(2) Uncle Venkatesh's marriage is noted in his elder brother's diary (See below - April 1942)









(3) Marriage pic of Uncle Venkatesha and aunt Vijaya











(4) Uncle Venkatesha in early 40s ; Aunt Vijaya with Champa (first daughter )




















(5) Uncle Venkatesh (standing 2nd from right) next to Akkamma (P.R.Jayalkashamma) 1963
















(6) Venkatesha and Vijaya ( early 1980s)














(7) P.R.Venaktesh ( in the middle0 With brothers P.R.Srinivasan and P.R.Govindan - mid 1990s
























(3) Champa (eldest daughter ) and her husband Ramu -
marriage time













His three daughters - Radhika, Champa and Mallika
(sorry for the picture quality)

Dr R.S.Narayan, Journalist (1914-1984)

Dr. R.S.NARAYAN (1914-1984)

Dr R.S.Narayan was a well known journalist of Karnataka.In his earlier years he was associated with Kesari from Poona and with Tainadu (Bangalore). Later he was the city reporter for Deccan Herald (Bangalore) and was the correspondent of Hindu (Madras) in Hubli,Mysore and other places. He was adventurous in his earlier years as depicted in the attached photograph. As a further testimony to his adventurous spirit, he decided to go back to formal studies late in his life. He has to be credited with the great achievement of going back to the university when he was past 50 years and obtaining his B.A, LLB, M.A. etc He obtained his doctorate from theUniversity of Mysore for his writings on Mahatma Gandhi. He also wrote books on Tilak and Gangadharrao Deshpande. He was the eldest of the four younger brothers of Sri P.R.Ramaiya. He was married to Smt Sarvamangala. Their two children are - Kashinath (an advocate settled in Bangalore and married to Smt Sunita) and Srinath ( a doctor , settled in London)
Following are the book jackets of Tilak and SHnakaracharya


























This is his signature on book on Shanakracharya
The Back page fof the book on Tilak with good wishes to Gayatri




















Uncle Narayana with grandson Amit

Gangadharrao Deshpande
	Author	R.S.Narayan
	Language	English
	Size	14 x 20.5 cms; Paperback
	Pages	214
	Photos	B & W - 1
	Price	Rs. 25
This is a biography of Gangadharrao Deshpande who was known as the Lion of Karnataka.

This is a biography of Gangadharrao Deshpande who was known as the Lion of Karnataka. In his early days he was inclined towords Lokmanya Tilak and led the people both in Karnataka and Maharashtra. He was a distinguished orator both in Karnataka and Marathi. It was under his dynamic leadership that Karnataka came to be known as Gandhiji's province, both by leading a remarkable no-tax campaign and by the vigorous promotion of khadi and village industries.

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Sri P.R.Govindan

Sri P.R.Govindan ( 1921(?)-2003)



P.R.Govindan was the youngest brother of Sri P.R.Ramaiya. He studied in Benares Hindu University and obtained a Master's degree in Botany. He was with the Central power and water commission for most of his life. He was in various cities in India - Kakrapar, Hirakud, Guwahati, Pune etc. He married Rukmini (also known as Jubbi) in 1956. Their two children are : Alakananda (settled in Bangalore and married to Sri Jagdeesh Gurudutt an architect) and Arpana( a psychologist settled in U.S and married to Mr Blake Inman) . Please await new posts for more info).

Some early photos:

Govindan in (probably ) Lal Bagh (1950-155)





















Papers in Current Science (archives)

Smt Ranaganyaki ( Sri Ramaswmayya's daughter)

Sri P.R.Ramaiya's sister Smt Ranganayaki (Gayatri and Lalithu's grandmother)


Smt. Ranganayakai ( Ammanna), sister of Sri P.R.Ramaiya, was married to Sri Kittur Venkatasubbayya ( referred to as Kittur Bhava). (see post on group photos also) They had three children : Subbamma, Jayamma and Ramamurthy.







This is also probably one of the oldest group pictures we posess - Dariya Daulat 1939/1940; Aploogies for some defacenents/defocussed faces

Back row : Subbamma (Gayatri's mother), Anantalakshamma (Mysore Pati),not known, Jayamma (Lalithu's mother) Mid row: Shanakra Iyer (Akkamma's father). Lakshamma (Akkamma;s mother), Akkamma, Ammanna(Subbamma's mother), Kittur Venkatasubbayya (Subbamma;s father) (Front) P.R.Govindan (face not clear), Gundanna, NK, Gowru, Ramamurthy,Anant,NK, P.R.Venaktesh
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Smt Ranganayaki and Sri Venakatasubbayya

Children : Daughters - Subbamma and Jayamma
Son : K.V.Ramamurthy












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Smt Subbamma was married to Sri Kittur Venkatarangaiya. They had 12 children - 6 boys and 6 girls. The boys are : Anant (Swami),Krishnaiya (Kitti), Murali, Ramakrishna , Bhaskara and Sitaram . The girls are : Sundari, Gayatri, Gita, Satayvati, Savitri and Saraswati;
Smt Jayamma was married to Sri Narayanswamy of Srirangapatna. They had 3 children : Lalita (Lalitu),Radhakrishan and Gopalakrishna

Grandmother

These are pictures (also shown in another post) of Grandmother Ananatalakshamma (Mysore Pati) with smt Jayalakshamma (taken in 1940s) She was the second wife of Sri Palahalli Ramaswamiya and had 4 sons - Naryana, Venkatesh, Srinivasan, Govindan. She was born around 1895. She passed away in 1975













and also with her other 4 daugheters in law