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TABBALIYU NEENADE MAGANE 

Translated into Hindi The author explores the cultural problems experienced by an American woman, newly married to an Indian, in the process of acclimatization to Indian norms and customs. Since the beginning of Indian Civilization the cow is considered sacred and is treated as mother. This novel depicts a modern man who studies agriculture in […]

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SAARTHA

Translated into Hindi, Sanskrit and English Through a Saartha (caravan), the novel explores the political, economical, artistic and spiritual life of the whole of India of the 8th century A.D.It encompasses some historical persons like Shankaracharya, Mandanamishra, UbhayaBharati and KumarilaBhatta and institutions like Nalanda. It is a unique novel translated into Sanskrit and, as is […]

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SAKSHI

Translated into Hindi and English 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 […]

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PARVA

Translated into Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and English Considered to be the Magnum Opus of Dr. S. L. Bhyrappa, Parva is the interpretation of the Mahabharata from the point of view of 20th century mind. The story is removed from its mythological elements and the whole theme and characters are placed in the historical […]

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NIRAKARANA

Translated into Hindi A man living in the slum area of Mumbai and earning his living as a job typist is left with four children to tend after his wife’s death. Being of spiritual bent of mind, he gives them away in adoption on the pretext of being unable to tend them himself. Sometime later […]

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NELE

Translated into Hindi On the death of his friend, a sixty five-year-old man visits his native place to witness the cremation. Through his reminiscences and meetings with other persons related to the deceased, he reflects about life, relations, morality and cosmological questions.

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NAAYI-NERALU

Translated into Hindi and Gujarati Dog and shadow are the symbols of our Karma, which follow us through all our births. A young boy remembers what he was in his previous life, and on exploration a town and a family therein was discovered corresponding to his descriptions. A middle aged widow of that family and […]

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Gathajanma Matteradu Kathegalu

Compilation of 3 short stories written by SL Bhyrappa during his high school days. It can be noted that the author had used a pen name “Shibira” in these stories.

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