This is an English translation of D.V. Gundappa's 1950 essay in Kannada titled, "Does a Politician Need Literature?" It has much valuable advice both for aspiring and serving politicians.
The Dravidian movement was premised on Tamil linguistic chauvinism, an outgrowth of Brahmin-hatred which was seeded by the Christian missionary, Bishop Robert Caldwell. Half a century later, the same ...
In this episode, DVG provides several eye-opening details about how pervasive corruption had become as early as 1949. We learn that the Dehradun Session of the Congress witnessed Nehru offering a path ...
