S. L. BHYRAPPA

CONSTABLE NANJUNDEGOUDA GAVE A HALF-SMILE. JAYKUMAR WHO WAS LOCKED BEHIND THE BARS FAILED TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIS REGULAR POLITE SMILE AND A HEARTY LAUGH. JAYKUMAR, A B. E., WAS AN ESTABLISHED BUSINESSMAN. 'WHY ARE YOU SMILING' HE ASKED. 'YOU ARE MY COUSIN." SHE ANSWERED. RAISED IN BANGALORE SHE WAS RIGHT NOW STANDING BENEATH THE ORANGE TREE IN THEIR GARDEN. 'WHO TAUGHT YOU ENGLISH' HE ASKED IN A STRICT TONE. NONE OF HER SCHOOL TEACHERS HAD SUCH STRICT TONE. SHE WAS OFFENDED. WHAT DOES HE THINK OF HIMSELF? IS HE MY TEACHER? 'MY TEACHER, MY MOTHER. MY MOTHER WORKS AS A READER FOR ENGLISH.' 'THEN UNDERSTAND THIS WELL. I AM NOT YOUR COUSIN. I AM YOUR BROTHER, ELDER BROTHER, I AM ANNA.' 'BUT MY MUMMY AND DADDY ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR AMMA AND APPA.' SHE HAD THIS NAGGING DOUBT. 'SO WHAT IF THEY ARE DIFFERENT? MY APPA IS YOUR APPA'S ELDER BROTHER, SO NATURALLY, IT MAKES ME YOUR ELDER BROTHER, JUST REMEMBER THIS. THOSE WHO TEACH YOU ENGLISH HAVE NO SENSE AT ALL.' HE CONTINUED WITH HIS TEACHINGS. THIS CONTEMPORARY NOVEL REVEALS THE CRACKS THAT INDIAN SOCIETY IS EXPRESSING IN DAY-TO-DAY LIFE. IT WILL TOUCH THE BASE OF OUR HEART.

S STORY TAKES PLACE IN THE CITY OF MYSORE. SOMESHWAR, OUR HERO IS AN ARCHITECT WHO HAS LOST HIS WIFE A FEW YEARS BACK. INTENDING TO START ANEW HE SHIFTS HIS BASE FROM MUMBAI TO MYSORE; FROM A WELLSETTLED BUSINESS TO A FRESH START.AMRITA, A MARRIED WOMAN WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN STAYS ALONE IN HER FARM HOUSE WITH THE TWO CHILDREN AND IS A LECTURER IN THE COLLEGE. DESTINY BRINGS SOMESHWAR AND AMRITA TOGETHER. THOUGH MARRIED, AMRITA DOES NOT LIVE WITH HER HUSBAND RANGA. RANGA'S SISTER IS AMRITA'S AUNT. AMRITA HAS LOST HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG. HER AUNT GRADUALLY TAKES POSSESSION OF AMRITA'S HOUSEHOLD AND HER FATHER TOO. SHE CONCEIVES A CHILD FROM HIM. AMRITA AND SOMESHWAR GET TIED UP IN A BOND. BUT THERE ARE TOO MANY HURDLES IN THEIR WAY. THE WORST OF ALL IS HER NATURE. SHE IS TOO HOT TEMPERED AND POSSESSIVE ABOUT HIM. MANY A TIMES, SOMESHWAR DECIDES TO LEAVE HER FOR BETTER, WIND UP EVERYTHING FROM MYSORE AND GO BACK TO MUMBAI. ONE DAY, HE DOES SO. BUT HE COMES BACK TO MYSORE. HOW, WHY, WHEN................. READ THIS IN KAATH...अमृता आणि सोमशेखर यांच्या नात्याच्या माध्यमातून लेखक काही मूलभूत प्रश्न उपस्थित करतो. व्यक्तीला आयुष्यात नक्की काय हवे असते? स्त्रीपुरुषांना परस्परांकडून नक्की काय हवे असते? खरे प्रेम म्हणजे काय? मनोविकारांना आरंभ कसा होतो? अशा प्रकारच्या नात्यांना आपण एका साच्यात किंवा विवाहाच्या चौकटीत बसवू शकतो का? असे असेल, तर मग या नात्यांचे भवितव्य काय? अशा अनेक मूलभूत प्रश्नांचा विचार करायला लावण्यातच या कादंबरीच्या यशाचे खरे गमक आहे डॉ. अंजली जोशी मानसोपचार तज्ज्ञ

OVERCOME BY THE ABIDING GUILT OF HAVING PERJURED HIMSELF IN A MURDER TRIAL, A VILLAGE ELDER COMMITS SUICIDE. YAMA, THE GOD OF DEATH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, COMMANDS HIM TO RETURN TO EARTH IN SPIRITUAL FORM TO WITNESS BUT NOT TO INTERVENE IN THE SUBSEQUENT EVENTS. THE VILLAGE ELDER OBSERVES THE OTHER CHARACTERS AS THEY ARE CONFRONTED BY DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND REVELATIONS WHICH CAUSE THEM LOOK INWARD AND ATTEMPT AN APPRAISAL OF THEIR LIVES AND VALUES: SAVITRI, WHO REALISES THE TRUTH BEHIND HER MOTHER'S SUICIDE, GREEDY NAGAPPA, IDEALISTIC SATYAPPA AND ABOVE ALL, THE ARROGANT, SELFISH AND LUSTFUL MANJAIAH. 'THE WITNESS' USES ANCIENT MYTHS AND PHILOSOPHICAL AND GANDHIAN CONCEPTS TO DISCUSS THE MEANING OF TRUTH AND ITS DISTORTIONS THROUGH GREED, SEXUALITY AND DESIRE. THE FOCUS IS ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WITNESS - IN A COURTROOM, BEFORE THE GODS, TO THE LIVES OF OTHERS, OR FINALLY, TO ONE'S SELF.

GRUHABHANGA IS ONE OF THE SEVERAL HIGHLY ACCLAIMED WORKS WRITTEN BY S. L. BHYRAPPA. THIS KANNADA NOVEL BEARS PROOF OF THE AUTHOR'S RELENTLESS SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND AN EXPLORATION OF WOMEN'S PLACE IN MODERN SOCIETY. THE TEMPORAL BACKDROP OF THE STORY IS THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. THE NOVEL OPENS IN A RURAL SETTING WHERE NANJAMMA, A WOMAN WHO ASSAYS THE VARIOUS ROLES OF DAUGHTER, WIFE, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, AND MOTHER, IS TRAPPED IN A SUFFOCATING FAMILIAL SITUATION. SHE HAS TO PUT UP WITH HER LAZY, TOBACCO ADDICTED HUSBAND CHENNIGARAAYA, AN OVERBEARING MOTHER-IN LAW GANGAMMA AND AN UNEDUCATED, SUPERSTITIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD IN GENERAL. ADDED TO ALL THIS IS THE CURSE OF ACUTE POVERTY. DESPITE THE APPARENTLY HOPELESS ARRANGEMENT, NANJAMMA SHINES WITH INNER STRENGTH OF DETERMINATION AND IT IS THIS STRONG WILL THAT DRIVES HER TO FINALLY OVERCOME HER PROBLEMS.

THIS NOVEL IS BASED ON THE EPIC MAHABHARATA BY MAHARISHI VYAS. ALL THE CHARACTERS IN THIS ARE DIVINE YET EACH REMEMBERS BEING HUMAN. THEY ALL HAVE THEIR FEET SET FIRMLY ON THIS SOIL. EACH ONE FACES LIFE DIFFERENTLY. EACH ONE STRUGGLES THROUGHOUT. EACH ONE HAS A DIFFERENT PERSONALITY. EACH ONE POSSESSES DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AND EACH ONE FACES DIFFERENT DESTINY. ALONG WITH THIS, WE SEE VARIOUS DIVINE MIRACLES, CURSES AND BLESSINGS. THIS STORY TAKES US TO LEVELS DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF A HUMAN. DR. S. L. BHAIRAPPA THE LEADING NOVELIST, THE PHILOSOPHER FROM KARNATAKA HAS TRIED TO GIVE A MEANING TO ALL THESE MARVELS, THESE CURSES AND BLESSINGS. HE REVEALS THE CHARACTERS HIDDEN BENEATH THEM. HE PICTURES THEM DIFFERENTLY IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN HUMAN SCIENCES, SOCIAL CONCEPTS GIVING THEM A NEW MEANING, PERSONALITY, MAKING THEM UNIQUE AND SENSATIONAL....व्यासरचित महाभारतातील आभाळाएवढ्या उंचीची पात्रे; परंतु सगळ्यांचे पाय मातीचे. अवघी जीवनमूल्ये कसोटीला लावणारे समरप्रसंग. संघर्ष. प्रत्येकाचे व्यक्तिमत्त्व वेगळे. प्रत्येकाच्या प्रेरणा वेगळ्या. प्रत्येकाचे प्राक्तनही वेगळे. त्याचबरोबर अनेक चमत्कार; दैवी शाप; दैवी वर. मानवी पातळीपेक्षा वेगळ्या पातळीवर जाणारे कथानक. कर्नाटकमधील अग्रगण्य कादंबरीकार तत्त्वचिंतक डॉ. एस.एल. भैरप्पा यांनी या चमत्कारांच्या, शापांच्या आणि वरदानांच्या भरभक्कम पडद्याआड लपलेल्या माणसांचा शोध घेतला. आधुनिक मानववंशशास्त्रीय, समाजशास्त्रीय, संकल्पनांच्या प्रकाशझोतात महाभारतातल्या व्यक्तिरेखांच्या वर्तनाची संगती लावली. त्यामुळेच पर्व ही महाभारताची एक विलक्षण प्रत्ययकारी अनुभूती देणारी कलाकृती ठरली. तशीच खळबळजनकही. त्या महाकादंबरीचा हा रसपूर्ण मराठी अनुवाद. सहजसुंदर.

ORIGINALLY A PHILOSOPHER, BUT HE TURNED TOWARDS NOVEL WRITING TO REVEAL THE MEANING OF LIFE THAT HE UNDERSTOOD. THIS IS ONE OF HIS BEST SELLERS. IT REFLECTS THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ORTHODOX AND TRADITIONAL RITUALS AND THE CHANGING LIFE STYLES AND VALUES OF THIS GENERATION.HE HAS SUPERBLY JOTTED DOWN THE FEELINGS AND UPROAR ON A FAMILY LEVEL. THE ORIGINAL WORK IN KANNADA HAS BEEN BESTOWED UPON BY THE KARNATAKA SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD WHILE THE KANNADA MOVIE BASED ON THIS HAS WON THE NATIONAL AWARD. AFTER THE SAHITYA ACADEMY DECIDED TO CONFER AWARDS TO TRANSLATED BOOKS, THIS WAS THE FIRST BOOK TO GET THE AWARD IN MARATHI....तत्त्वज्ञानाचा मार्ग सोडून कादंबरी लेखनातून जीवनाचा अर्थ जाणू पाहणाया लेखकाची डॉ. एस.एल. भैरप्पा यांची अत्यंत लोकप्रिय आशयसंपन्न कादंबरी 'वंशवृक्ष'. सनातन धर्मपरंपरा आणि मन्वंतरकाळातील बदलती जीवनमूल्ये यांतील संघर्षाचे कौटुंबिक पातळीवर उमटणारे भावकल्लोळ प्रभावीपणे चित्रित करणारी कलाकृती. मूळ कन्नड कादंबरीला कर्नाटक साहित्य अकादमीचा पुरस्कार मिळाला आहे तर या कादंबरीवरील कन्नड चित्रपटाला राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार लाभला आहे. साहित्यअकादमीने अनुवादासाठी पुरस्कार देण्याची योजना आखल्यावर मराठीत सर्वप्रथम हा मान या अनुवादाला मिळाला आहे. त्याचबरोबर मिळणारा 'महाराष्ट्र गौरव' ही या अनुवादाने मिळवला आहे. बीजक्षेत्र न्याय आणि वंशवृक्षाची संकल्पना यांचा उहापोह करणारी कलात्मक कादंबरी.

MANDRA, THE SARASWATI SAMMAN WINNER FOR 2010, IS ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED EPIC NOVELS OF BHYRAPPA. THOUGH IT TAKES ITS THEME FROM THE CLASSICAL QUESTION OF ART VERSUS MORALITY, MANY MORE SUBTLER AND COMPLEX ISSUES HAUNTING HUMAN LIFE ARE MARVELOUSLY INTERWOVEN. ROOTED DEEPLY IN THE HARSH REALITIES OF THE WORLD, THE GOVERNING THEME EVOLVES LIKE A BANYAN TREE IN ALL DIRECTIONS AND PICTURES MANY HOME-TRUTHS THAT ARE INSEPARABLE WITH ART, ARTIST, ART-TRADITION, ART-CRITICISM AND THE WORLD OF CONNOISSEURS....किती तरी वेळानंतर भोसलेचा आवाज ऐकू आला, कलेच्या क्षेत्रात यानं आपल्याला स्वर्ग भेटवला पण कलाकाराच्या अंतरंगात डोकावलं तर तिथं वेगळंच असतं. का हा विरोधाभास? 'मलाही हाच प्रश्न अनेकदा छळत असतो ' कुलकर्णी म्हणाले. कला आणि कलाकार यामधील अनाकलनीय नात्याचा परखड शोध... डॉ. एस्. एल्. भैरप्पा यांच्या प्रतिभासंपन्न नजरेतून

VIOLENCE NEVER ENDS, IT GROWS MORE AND MORE, FINDING NEW OPPONENTS, NEW METHODS . VIOLENCE, PERSECUTION, POSSESS THEIR OWN VELOCITY, THEIR OWN RATIONALITY. PERSECUTION, POLITICS, DIPLOMACY, AND SIMILAR TERMS DON'T BELIEVE IN USING THEIR INTELLECTS, BUT, NOBODY CAN RULE A MIND AND ITS CREATIVITY . AUTHORS, ARTISTS, JOURNALISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS ETC. ARE TARGETED BY THESE KIND OF PEOPLE. AS A RESULT, THE CULTURAL AND FOLKLORIC LOSS IS INTOLERABLE AND AWFUL. THE CIRCLE OF TIME FREEZES FOR THAT CHUNK OF PEOPLE. THE SKY WAS OBSCURED BEFORE THE DECLARENCE OF EMERGENCY CRISIS. POLITICIANS WERE CONTENT WITH THEIR HIDDEN OUTLAW POWERS . "NEITHER YOU'LL STAY ALIVE, NOR DEATH WILL ARRIVE" WAS THE CIRCUMSTANCE THEY CREATED. IN THIS DISTURBING SITUATION, HOW AN INTELLIGENT JOURNALIST ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY SUFFERS FROM AN INTENSE SITUATION, NARRATED ON A NATIONAL BACKGROUND, THAT KNOCK-BACKS OUR MINDS AND BRAINS DREADFULLY IS - TANTU GREAT AND FEARLESS KANNAD IDEALIST AND AUTHOR SHRI S.L.BHAIRAPPA WITH HIS VARIED AND STRANGE FILAMENTS HAVE STITCHED A GIANT FABRIC - TANTU...'हिंसा सहसा नष्ट होत नाही, ती वाढतच राहते; आणि नवे शत्रू, नवे मार्ग शोधत राहते. हिंसा, जुलूमशाही यांची स्वत ची अशी एक गती असते, स्वत चेच तर्कशास्त्र असते. जुलूमशाही, लष्करशाही, एकाधिकारशाही आणि अशाच प्रवृत्तींचा कल स्वत ची विचारशक्ती गुंडाळून ठेवण्याकडे असतो; परंतु विचार आणि सर्जकता यांवर कुणाचीही हुकमत चालू शकत नाही. त्यामुळे या प्रवृत्ती आपल्या हल्ल्याचा रोख लेखक, कलावंत, पत्रकार, विचारवंत, समाजधुरीण इत्यादींकडे वळवतात. परिणामी होणारी सांस्कृतिक हानी कधीही भरून येणारी नसते... त्या समाजाच्या संदर्भात कालचक्र जणू गोठले जाते.' आणीबाणी घोषित होण्यापूर्वीच बराच काळ आभाळ झाकोळून आलेले होते. राज्यकत्र्यांच्या हातात सुप्त दमनतंत्राचे नवे दुधारी हत्यार आले होते. 'न तू फिर जी सकेगा, और न तुझको मौत आएगी...' अशी भल्याभल्यांची अवस्था करण्यात आली होती. अशा आणि त्यानंतरच्या कालखंडात एका बुद्धिप्रामाण्यवादी पत्रकाराची आणि त्याच्या कुटुंबीयांची कशी दारुण वाताहत होते, याची राष्ट्रीय पाश्र्वभूमीवर चितारलेली मन आणि मेंदू बधिर करणारी प्रदीर्घ कथा तं तू कन्नड साहित्यातील थोर तत्त्वविवेचक आणि निर्भीड कादंबरीकार श्री. एस. एल. भैरप्पा यांनी चित्रविचित्र धाग्यांनी विणलेले महावस्त्र तं तू