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

social activist Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make Social change, changes in society toward a perceived common good. Forms of activism range from ...

and environmentalist. He has authored more than 50 books and thousand articles both in

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

and English. He is recipient of the "

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Sahitya Akademi Award" (1992) for year's best work in social science. In 2015, he was honoured by Hampi University, Karnataka with the 'Nadoja' award. 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. 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.

Early life

Ancestry

S. R. Ramaswamy was born to Mulukanadu

Brahmin Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). Th ...

parents S. Ramachandra Sastri and Sarasvatamma on 29 October 1937 at

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. He comes from a scholarly lineage and is the nephew of the historian and

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S. Srikanta Sastri as well as Asthan Vidwan Motaganahalli Subramanya Sastri who was editor of "Ranga Bhoomi" and is credited with "Karnata Malavikagnimitra" & translation of

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from

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. He is the great grand-nephew of Maha Asthan Vidwan Motaganahalli Ramshesha Sastri who was the first person to translate '' 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.

Education

S. R. Ramaswamy had his preliminary schooling at Bangalore High School at

. He later on studied "Intermediate" course at The National College, Basavanagudi,

in the year 1953 – 54.

Career

Journalism

S. R. Ramaswamy began his career in journalism as an assistant editor at the

William Quan Judge William Quan Judge (April 13, 1851 – March 21, 1896) was an American mystic, esotericist, and occultist, and one of the founders of the original Theosophical Society. Biography Judge was born in Dublin, Ireland. When he was 13 years old, ...

(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

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, German, French,

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 197
PEN International Edition
surmises his keen insight and in-depth knowledge of world literature: S. R. Ramaswamy came to prominence when he authored an "Art Catalogue" on famous Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich chronicling his many paintings and exhibitions that the painter hosted in different countries across the world. The book has in it some rare photographs depicting the acclaimed Russian painter explaining and often showcasing his works to heads of states such as

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and 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

S. R. Ramaswamy has been active in literature and journalism for over five decades and is a staunch advocate of the "

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" in

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. Over the last few decades, Ramaswamy has spearheaded "Voluntary Rural Development Initiatives" in the Indian state of

with the aim of empowering the rural population for self-governance and better administration. He has been fighting for various environmental causes, both at state and national levels, often culminating in landmark legal battles before the

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. Most memorable of these was a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) he fought along with noted Kannada Litterateur Shivaram Karanth against

Government of Karnataka The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as GoK or GoKA, formerly known as Government of Mysore (1956–1974), is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state 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. His association with noted composer, singer and writer Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma enabled him to acquire proficiency in Carnatic as well as

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. His proficiency in the classical Indian dance form –

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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. Th
"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

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in the 1990s citing personal reasons. However, Ramaswamy is actively involved in the Indian setting and has delivered papers at over 100 seminars & workshops on topics such as "Sharathchandra" (1977), "Towards Understanding

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Society" (1990), "Gandhian Concept of Ecology" (1992), "Netaji

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" (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

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 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". His first book "

Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; , , ) is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epics of ancient India revered as Smriti texts in Hinduism, the other being the ''Ramayana, Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kuru ...

da Belavanige" (1972) attracted considerable attention from critics. His two volumes on Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich which came out as a collective in 1974 remains probably the only collected archive of the great painter's works and exhibitions around the world. His work "Shatamanada Tiruvinalli Bharata" (India at the turn of the century) (1989) won him the "Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award" for best work written in Social Science in 1992. B. R. Ambedkar's biography co-authored with Chandrashekhar Bhandary titled "Samaja-Chikitsaka Ambedkar" published in 1990 attracted great attention and commendation for its truthfulness, accuracy and lack of bias. In fact, it has been widely translated into many Indian vernacular languages over the years. S. R. Ramaswamy's outspoken stand on the "Swadeshi" ideology was mirrored in two of his books published in 1994 titled "Swadeshi Jagruti" and "Swadeshi: Ondu Samvada" (Swadeshi: A Dialogue). His take on

Globalisation Globalization is the process of increasing interdependence and integration among the economies, markets, societies, and cultures of different countries worldwide. This is made possible by the reduction of barriers to international trade, th ...

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

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and later the Indian National Army

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" 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

* Ramaswamy, S. R. (1972) – ''

Belavanige'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1974) – '' Svetoslav Roerich'' (Ed.) * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1976) – '' D. V. G.'' – a biography * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1979) – '' Udaya Shankar'' – a biography * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1980) – '' Sripad Damodar Satwalekar'' – a biography * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1985) – ''Aravinda'' – Pt. Seshadri Gawai Felicitation Volume (Ed.) * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1989) – ''Shatamanada Tiruvinalli Bharata'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1990) – ''Samaja Chikitsaka Ambedkar'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1992) – ''Bharatadalli Samajakarya'' – (Ed.) * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1994) – ''Swadeshi Jagruti'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1994) – ''Arthikatheya Eradu Dhruva'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1994) – ''Swadeshi: Ondu Samvada'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1995) – ''In The Woods of

'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1996) – ''Kolminchu'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1997) – ''Swantantrodyayada Mailigallu'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1998) – ''Deevatigegalu''''(pictured in photo)'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1999) – ''Matantara: Ondu Samvada'' – co-authored with Chandrashekhara Bhandary * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1999) – ''Kargil Kampana'' Deevitigegalu by S

* Ramaswamy, S. R. (2000) – ''Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya'' a biography * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2000) – '' Sardar Vallabhai Patel'' a biography * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2000) – ''

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'' a biography * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2001) – ''Magadi Lakshminarasimha Sastri'' a biography * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2010) – ''Kelavu Itihasa Parvagalu'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2009) – ''Nagarikathegala Sangharsha'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2009) – ''Sahiti-Samarangana-Sarvabhouma Krishnadevaraya'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2009) – '' Kautilyana Arthashastra'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2010) – ''Sookti Saptati'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2011) – ''Deeptimantaru'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2011) – ''Dhruvajala'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2011) – ''Bharata Bhaskara

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2012) – ''

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Belakinalli Jeevana Paripoornate'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2013) – ''Navotthanada Pathadarshaka

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'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2014) – ''Kavalige'' * 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

* Ramaswamy, S. R. (1975) – ''Patra Gucha – Nehru: A Bunch of Old Letters'', (with K. S. Narasimha Swamy) * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1981) – '' Dr Hedgewar: The Epochmaker'', * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1982) – ''Manobodha'' of Samarth Ramadas * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1987) – ''Sangha –

Gita The Bhagavad Gita (; ), often referred to as the Gita (), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, which forms part of the epic poem Mahabharata. The Gita is a synthesis of various strands of Indian religious thought, ...

'' from

* 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) * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2008) – ''Roopayigalu Baruttave, Jagruti!'' by Prabhakar Jaini (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'' * 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 Valéry Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, m ...

'' * 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'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1990) – ''Towards Understanding

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

'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1993) – ''

Economics'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1995) – ''Towards Humanistic Economies'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1996) – ''United Nations in Retrospect'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1996) – ''Netaji

'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1998) – ''The Regime of Sir Mirza Ismail'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1998) – ''The Concept of Development'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1998) – ''Relevance of

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'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (1998) – ''Life and Work of V. Sitaramaiah'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2001) – ''A Decade of

'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2002) – ''Intellectual Pollution'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2003) – ''Journalism Today'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2005) – ''

of 1905: Historic Turning Point'' * Ramaswamy, S. R. (2007) – ''Saga of Patriotism:

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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's vast contribution to the world of journalism, literature,

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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) * "

Sahitya Akademi Award" for "Shatamanada Tiruvinalli Bharata" (1989) as best work written in

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(1992) * "

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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

State Open University for Lifetime Contribution to Literature & Journalism (2011) ''(pictured right)'' *

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 * "Nadoja" Award – Conferred by Hampi University, Karnataka (2015) ''(pictured left)''

External links

S. R. Ramaswamy – Biographical Memoir

S. R. Ramaswamy , Official Webpage
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References

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