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Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), [1] better known as R. K. Narayan, was an Indian writer and novelist known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao.
South Asian literature has a long history, having some of the oldest recorded pieces of literature, dating back to the later stages of the Bronze Age in India.Transmitted in Sanskrit, Rig veda is an ancient and sacred collection of Hindu texts originally composed between 1500 BCE and 1200 BCE by Indo-Aryan tribes that were migrating from modern Afghanistan to northern India. [3]
Krishnaswamy Iyer was born in a Dravida Brahmin Alladi family [1] [2] [3] in 1883 in the small village of Pudur in Madras State (present day Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh). His father, Ekamra Sastry, was a priest. Krishnaswamy passed his matriculation examination in 1899 and joined the Madras Christian College to study history. He used his ...
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman [1] (24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015) was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. [2] He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, You Said It in The Times of India , which started in 1951.
Alladi (Telugu: అల్లాడి) is a Telugu Indian surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer (1883–1953), Indian lawyer and member of the Constituent Assembly of India; Alladi Kuppu Swamy (1920–2012), Indian lawyer of Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
Best known for her work in South Indian filmsalso worked in a few projects in other Indian language and Sinhala films. Anuradha has recorded over 4000 songs. She has also recorded songs for many non-film albums, tele-series, devotionals and classical collaborations. [1]
Bhagavad Gita (known as Bhagvad Gita: Song of the Lord in the United States) is a 1993 Indian Sanskrit-language drama film with few dialogues in Hindi and Telugu language. It was produced by T. Subbarami Reddy and directed by G. V. Iyer. The film is based on Hindu religious book Bhagavad Gita, which is part of the epic Mahabharata. [1]
A large number of authors choose to use some form of initials in their name when it appears in their literary work. This includes some of the most famous authors of the 20th century – D. H. Lawrence, J. D. Salinger, T. S. Eliot, J. R. R. Tolkien, etc. – and also a host of lesser-known writers.