Thursday, January 11, 2007

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

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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