S. R. Ramaswamy

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S. R. Ramaswamy
Rajyotsava Award" (2008), "Honorary Doctorate (D. Litt)" (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsJournalism, literature, criticism, editing, environmental conservation
InstitutionsWilliam Quan Judge Press – Bangalore, "Sudha" Magazine, "Rashrothana Sahitya", "Utthana" – Kannada monthly
WebsiteS. R. Ramaswamy
Signature
S. R. Ramaswamy's Signature

Sondekoppa Ramachandrasastri Ramaswamy is an Indian writer, journalist, biographer,

social activist and environmentalist.[1] He has authored more than 50 books and thousand articles both in Kannada and English. He is recipient of the "Karnataka State Sahitya Akademi Award" (1992) for year's best work in social science.[2] In 2015, he was honoured by Hampi University, Karnataka with the 'Nadoja' award.[3] An avid campaigner for environmental issues and people's rights, he has led numerous movements both at state and national level for conservation of vast tracts of rich flora and fauna from ill-planned Government policies. His years as a writer and chronicler brought him under the influence of doyens of literature and public life such as D. V. Gundappa, V. Sitaramayya, Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma, Yadava Rao Joshi and P. Kodanda Rao.[4] His writings essentially mirror the literary, cultural, nationalist and developmental problems that are contemporaneous to the present day scenario. S. R. Ramaswamy is currently the honorary Editor-in-Chief of Kannada monthly "Utthana" and "Rashrothana Sahitya" at Bangalore.[5]

Early life

Ancestry

S. R. Ramaswamy was born to

Bhagavata from original Sanskrit to Kannada and Asthan Vidwan Motaganahalli Shankara Sastri who is credited with the composition of "Vedanta Panchadarshi", a work extensively quoted by D. V. Gundappa. Ramaswamy's ancestor Yagnapathi Bhatta or Yagnam Bhatta was a court poet in the court of Immadi Kempegowda. Ramaswamy's older brother is the journalist S. R. Krishnamurthy.[7]

Education

S. R. Ramaswamy had his preliminary schooling at Bangalore High School at Bangalore. He later on studied "Intermediate" course at The National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore in the year 1953 – 54.

Career

Journalism

S. R. Ramaswamy began his career in journalism as an assistant editor at the William Quan Judge (W. Q. Judge) Press at Bangalore in the late 1950s. Following a brief interlude, he joined the Kannada weekly "Sudha" as the Chief Sub – Editor in 1972, a position he held until 1979. In 1980 he was made Honorary Editor – in – Chief at "Rashrothana Sahitya" and Kannada monthly "Utthana" at Bangalore, a position he continues to grace till date. S. R. Ramaswamy has been actively involved in delivering lectures at seminars and conferences across the country concerning a wide range of social, cultural and literary topics.

S. R. Ramaswamy continues to contribute actively to Kannada dailies such as "Prajavani" and "Kannada Prabha" among others. S. R. Ramaswamy is well versed in Sanskrit, Hindi, German, French, Kannada and Telugu – and has authored 55 books both in Kannada and English and about thousand articles, excluding numerous translations from various languages to Kannada. An excerpt from one of his earliest pieces – a review of noted French poet, essayist and philosopher – Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry's "The Quintessentialised Intellectual" published in the 1972 PEN International Edition surmises his keen insight and in-depth knowledge of world literature:[8]

It is one of the curiosities of

Paul Valery
's many sided literary activity that notwithstanding the versatility of his writings and the steadily increasing sway he gained over the French mind during the first three decades of the present century (20th), the clue to an understanding of his life and work is found to be in what is probably one of his earliest works – "Une Soiree avec. M. Teste" (An Evening with Mr.Teste) published so far back as 1896

S. R. Ramaswamy came to prominence when he authored an "Art Catalogue" on famous Russian painter

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru among others. Printed in limited numbers, the book is seldom found in libraries and is a collector's item today. Ramaswamy also came in contact with such eminent personalities as art critic Venkataram and internationally renowned Gandhian Economists Lakshmi Chand Jain
and Sri Kumarappa.

Public life and Social Activism

Litterateur Shivaram Karanth against Government of Karnataka concerning the conservation of nearly 30,000 hectares of reserve forest which was set aside to be handed over to a paper industry.[9]

His association with noted composer, singer and writer

Bharata Natyam
was the result of his years of association with eminent dance maestro V. S. Kowshik.

Having remained a bachelor, S. R. Ramaswamy continues to remain active in public life. The "Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs" – an independent, non-party and non-communal organization established to function as a centre for education of the public towards a constructive democratic citizenship was founded in the year 1949 by noted Kannada writer and philosopher D. V. Gundappa. After D. V. Gundappa's tenure, the administration fell on the shoulders of retired Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court – Nittoor Srinivasa Rau who subsequently bequeathed the administrative responsibilities to S. R. Ramaswamy who has ever since headed the organization in the position of Secretary. S. R. Ramaswamy has had the distinction of organizing four programmes a month over 12 months, almost a year in advance.

S. R. Ramaswamy has consistently declined requests to visit foreign countries in connection with various conferences and seminars. In fact, he declined an invitation from the United Nations Office for a Global Environmental Summit at

Hindu Society" (1990), "Gandhian Concept of Ecology" (1992), "Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose" (1996), "The Regime of Sir Mirza Ismail" (1998), "Life and Work of V. Sitaramaiah", "Swadeshi movement of 1905: Historic Turning Point" (2005), "Saga of Patriotism: Martyrs in the Freedom Movement" (2007), "Contribution of Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma to Kannada and Telugu" (2010), "Life and work of D. V. Gundappa" (2011), "Contribution of Sanskritist Professor S. K. Ramachandra Rao
" (2013) and "Belagere Krishna Sastri" (2013).

Bibliography

Writing

S. R. Ramaswamy with D. V. Gundappa

S. R. Ramaswamy was fortunate in coming under the umbrella of such intellectual giants as D. V. Gundappa, V. Sitaramayya, Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma, A. R. Krishnashastry, P. Kodanda Rao and Yadava Rao Joshi among others. His close association with D. V. Gundappa saw him putting to paper many of D. V. G.'s dictations; a task which he carried out with such meticulous dedication that D. V. Gundappa later reminisced about Ramaswamy in "Gnapaka Chitrashale" with great affection and gratitude. In fact, S. R. Ramaswamy played a pivotal role in compilation, editing and often proof-reading many of D. V. G's works – most notably "Jeevanadharmayoga" & "Bhagavadtatparya".[10]

His first book "

Globalisation and its impact on third world economies was well illustrated in his book published in 1995 titled "In The Woods of Globalisation". The successive year, 1996, he penned a biography of president of Indian National Congress and later the Indian National Army Subhas Chandra Bose titled "Kolminchu", which was received well by critics and readers alike. In the successive years, S. R. Ramaswamy brought out collections of brief biographical sketches of eminent personalities such as S. Srikanta Sastri, D. V. Gundappa, V. Sitaramayya, Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma, Virakesari Sitarama Sastri, N. Chennakeshaiavaih, Yadavraj Joshi, P. Kodanda Rao, Ti. Ta. Sharma, Pt. Seshadri Gawai, M. H. Marigowda and V. S. Kowshik among others in two books titled "Deevitegegalu"[12]
and "Deeptimantaru" in 1998 and 2011. In addition to these, there are in excess of 20 various books of different Indian languages which have been translated to Kannada.

List of Books

"Deevatigegalu" (a collection of biographies) by S. R. Ramaswamy
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2000) – Sir Mokshagundam
    Visvesvaraya
     a biography
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2000) –
    Sardar Vallabhai Patel
     a biography
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2000) – Jayaprakash Narayan a biography
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2001) – Magadi Lakshminarasimha Sastri a biography
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2010) – Kelavu Itihasa Parvagalu[20]
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2009) – Nagarikathegala Sangharsha[21]
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2009) – Sahiti-Samarangana-Sarvabhouma Krishnadevaraya
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2009) – Kautilyana Arthashastra
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2010) – Sookti Saptati[22]
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2011) – Deeptimantaru[23]
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2011) – Dhruvajala[24]
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2011) – Bharata Bhaskara Rabindranath Tagore
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2012) – Yajurveda Belakinalli Jeevana Paripoornate
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2013) – Navotthanada Pathadarshaka Swami Vivekananda
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2014) – Kavalige[25]
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2019) – The Evolution of the Mahabharata and Other Writings on the Epic
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2022) – Essays and Speeches (2 Volumes)

List of Translations

"Nagarikathegala Sangharsha" by S. R. Ramaswamy
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1975) – Patra Gucha – Nehru: A Bunch of Old Letters,[26][27] (with K. S. Narasimha Swamy)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1981) –
    Dr Hedgewar: The Epochmaker,[28][29][30]
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1982) – Manobodha[31] of Samarth Ramadas
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1987) – Sangha –
    Gita from Sanskrit
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1987) – Mahavedha by Chivukula Purushottam (from Telugu)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1989) – Bharata Jagruti by Dharma pal (from English)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1991) – Arya Akramana: Budavillada Vada by N. R. Waradpande (from English)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1992) – Top Writer by Panuganti (from Telugu)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1994) – I.C.C.U by Chittarvu Madhu (from Telugu)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1994) – Dunkel Akramakke Parihara: Swadeshi Jagruti
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1996) – Bharatiya Chitta, Manasa, Kala by Dharmapal (from Hindi)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1996) – Kattiyalugina Setuve by Panuganti (from Telugu)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1997) – Sevapatha by Brajendrapal Singh (from Hindi)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1998) – Bye Bye Poloniya by Chittarvu Madhu (from Telugu)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2001) – Houde..? by Chittarvu Madhu (from Telugu)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2002) – Jedare Bale by Chittarvu Madhu (from Telugu)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2005) – Shilube Mattu Kodavaru by K. B. Ganapati (from English)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2007) – Anandamatha by Bankim Chandra (from Hindi)[32]
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2008) – Roopayigalu Baruttave, Jagruti! by Prabhakar Jaini (from Telugu)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2009) – Asidhara by Kasturi Muralikrishna (from Telugu)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2011) – Endu Yava Anubhandavo by Akumuri Muralikrishna (from Telugu)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2012) – Vishwaprayatna by Akumuri Muralikrishna (from Telugu)
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2012) – Vanasuma[33]
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2013) – Target Number Two by G. Nageshwara Rao

List of Lectures

  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1972) – Vellala Kavi Parampare
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1972) – S. Srikanta Sastrigala Bahumuka Parampare
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1972) – Critique of
    Paul Valery
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1975) – Copy – Editing
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1977) –
    Sharathchandra
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1983) – Life of
    Soliga Tribals
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1984) – State of Land Reforms
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1987) – Feature Writing & Development Journalism
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1988) – Social Costs of Social Forestry[34][35]
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1990) – Towards Understanding
    Hindu
    Society
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1992) –
    Gandhian
    Concept of Ecology
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1993) – Alternative Life Vision: An Economic Perspective
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1993) – Text – A Critical Study of the Mahabharata
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1993) –
    Hindu
    Economics
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1995) – Towards Humanistic Economies
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1996) – United Nations in Retrospect
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1996) – Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1998) – The Regime of
    Sir Mirza Ismail
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1998) – The Concept of Development
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1998) – Relevance of
    Swadeshi Movement
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (1998) – Life and Work of V. Sitaramaiah
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2001) – A Decade of
    Globalisation
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2002) – Intellectual Pollution
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2003) – Journalism Today
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2005) –
    Swadeshi Movement
    of 1905: Historic Turning Point
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2007) – Saga of Patriotism:
    Martyrs in Freedom Movement
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2007) – Foreign Friends of India's Freedom Movement
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2010) – Contribution of Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2011) – Life and Work of D. V. Gundappa
  • Ramaswamy, S. R. (2013) – Contribution of Sanskritist Prof S. K. Ramachandra Rao
  • Ramaswamy. S. R. (2013) – Belagere Krishna Sastri

Recognition

S. R. Ramaswamy receiving Honorary Doctorate from Karnataka State Open University (KSOU)

S. R. Ramaswamy's vast contribution to the world of journalism, literature, criticism and social activism have earned him many awards and accolades over the years. A few of these awards are listed here:

  • "Canara Bank Award" First prize for article on "The Life of
    Soliga Tribals
    " (1983)
  • "Canara Bank Award" First prize for article on "State of
    Land Reforms
    " (1984)
S. R. Ramaswamy receiving 'Nadoja' Felicitation from Hampi University, India
  • "
    Social Science
    (1992)
  • "Aryabhata Award" for Journalism (2006)
  • "Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashasti" for Contribution to Literature (2008)
  • "Mythic Society Centenary Award" for Scholastic Achievements (2009)
  • Honorary Doctorate 'D. Litt' from Karnataka State Open University for Lifetime Contribution to Literature & Journalism (2011) (pictured right)
  • Karnataka Madhyama Academy "Person of the Year" Award for five decades of service to Journalism (2011)
  • D. V. G Award – conferred by The D. V. G Balaga, Mysore[36]
  • "Nadoja" Award – Conferred by Hampi University, Karnataka (2015) (pictured left)[3][37]

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References

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