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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalHe travels to explore and he travels to write about the places of his visits. Over the years, Upendra Charya visited most of the tourist places in Karnataka. As a freelance writer, he has written hundreds of news features about hill shrines, heritage sites, and scenic river spots where he had spent most of his weekend holidays when he worked (as an Accounts officer) for a public sector ITI in Bengaluru. Travelogue apart, he has also written numerous profile features and news articles on environmental, educational, religious, cultural, and social issues.Read More...
He travels to explore and he travels to write about the places of his visits. Over the years, Upendra Charya visited most of the tourist places in Karnataka. As a freelance writer, he has written hundreds of news features about hill shrines, heritage sites, and scenic river spots where he had spent most of his weekend holidays when he worked (as an Accounts officer) for a public sector ITI in Bengaluru. Travelogue apart, he has also written numerous profile features and news articles on environmental, educational, religious, cultural, and social issues.
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ಅಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮ ಚಿಂತಕರು, ಬರಹಗಾರರು, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಎಸ್.ವಿ. ನಾಗರತ್ನಮ್ಮನವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕರ್ಮವೀರ, ಡೆಕ್ಕನ್ ಹೆರಾಲ್ಡ್, ಹಿಂದೂ, ಟೈಮ್ಸ್ ಆಫ್ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಹಾಗೂ ಇನ್ನೂ ಹಲವಾರು ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿತ್ರ ಬರಹಗಳು ಪ್
ಅಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮ ಚಿಂತಕರು, ಬರಹಗಾರರು, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಎಸ್.ವಿ. ನಾಗರತ್ನಮ್ಮನವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕರ್ಮವೀರ, ಡೆಕ್ಕನ್ ಹೆರಾಲ್ಡ್, ಹಿಂದೂ, ಟೈಮ್ಸ್ ಆಫ್ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಹಾಗೂ ಇನ್ನೂ ಹಲವಾರು ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿತ್ರ ಬರಹಗಳು ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಕನ್ನಡದ ಹೆಸರಾಂತ ಲೇಖಕಿ ದಿವಂಗತ ನಾಗರತ್ನಮ್ಮನವರ ಬದುಕು ಬರಹಗಳನ್ನು ಕುರಿತ ಈ ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆಗಳ ಹೃದಯಸ್ಪರ್ಷಿ ಸ್ಮರಣಾರ್ಥಕ ಸಂಕಲನಾ ಪುಸ್ತಕ - ಪೂಜ್ಯನೀಯ "ಪುರಾಣ ಬರಹಗಾರ್ತಿ" ಎಸ್.ವಿ. ನಾಗರತ್ನಮ್ಮ
ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಲೇಖನಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಛಾಯಾಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ಸಂಕಲನ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಪಾದಕರು
ಎಸ್.ವಿ. ಉಪೇಂದ್ರಾಚಾರ್ಯ
ಹರಿಕಥೆ, ಪುರಾಣ ಪ್ರವಚನ ಜಾನಪದ ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ನಾಟಕ, ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆಯೂ ಇರುವ ಸ್ವಾರಸ್ಯಗಳನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಜೇನುಹುಳುವಿನಂತೆ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಿ ಈ ರಸಫಲವನ್ನು ಶ್ರೀಮತಿ ನಾಗರತ್ನಮ್ಮನವರು ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯದಿಂದ ಅವರು ನಮ್ಮ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಗೆ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಸೇವೆಯನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮ ಜನತೆಗೆ ಮಹೋಪಕಾರವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇವರು ನಮ್ಮ ಜನತೆಯ ಮಿತ್ರರು.
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ಎಸ್.ವಿ ನಾಗರತ್ನಮ್ಮನವರು ಶ್ರೀಸಾಮಾನ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಮಹಾಭಾರತ, ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ ರಾಮಾಯಣ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಮಾಲ, ಭಾಗವತ ರಸಾಯನ ಮುಂತಾದ ಗ್ರಂಥಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡಿನ ಸಾರಸ್ವತಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಗ್ಗಳಿಕೆ ಗಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ವಿಮರ್ಶಕರ, ಓದುಗರ, ಹಿರಿಯರ, ಪಂಡಿತರ ಮನಗೆದ್ದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಭಗವಂತನ ಲೀಲೆಗಳು, ಅವನ ಸಾಕ್ಷಾತ್ಕಾರ, ಅವನು ಭೂಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವತರಿಸಿ ಮಾನವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮಾನವನಾಗಿ ಲೋಕಕಲ್ಯಾಣದ ಗುಟ್ಟುಗಳನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುವ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯನ್ನು ಸರಳವಾಗಿ ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಓದುಗರಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸುವಂತೆ ಸರಳ ಸುಂದರ ಭಾಷೆ ಬಳಸಿ ಬರೆದಿರುವ ನಾಗರತ್ನಮ್ಮನವರನ್ನು ಎಷ್ಟು ಹೊಗಳಿದರೂ ಸಾಲದು.
ಉಷಾನರತ್ನರಾಮ್
Unlike the books about rich and famous, FADED LEAVES, FADED LIVES is about the marginalized masses. A rare compilation book with quite a few heart touching stories about people who constantly struggle to earn their livelihood. The book has a good collection of news
features published in popular publications like Deccan Herald, The Times of India and Indian Express. Written by S V Upendra Charya, a freelance writer known f
Unlike the books about rich and famous, FADED LEAVES, FADED LIVES is about the marginalized masses. A rare compilation book with quite a few heart touching stories about people who constantly struggle to earn their livelihood. The book has a good collection of news
features published in popular publications like Deccan Herald, The Times of India and Indian Express. Written by S V Upendra Charya, a freelance writer known for his social commitments, these news features highlight the harrowing hardships of the needy and downtrodden.
Following excerpts from the compilation stress the need to make collective efforts for at least minimizing the hardships of have-nots.
They wash and press your clothes to keep you looking smart. But the life of a washer man, dhobi as he is popularly called, is very dismal. With the arrival of mechanized laundries, the Agasas, who still wash clothes manually, are finding it difficult to make ends meet, writes Upendra Charya.
– Deccan Herald November 5, 1996
There are all gone now, and there isn’t anything more the sea can do to me, intones a forlorn fisherwoman, who lost all her sons, six of whom died in the sea at one time or the other, struggling against the deadly tides. UPENDRA CHARYA visits Malpe fishing harbor, still reeling from fish famine and a recent fire mishap.
– Deccan Herald August 27, 1999
The craftsmen of Kalanagara are poor. Particularly the hand lathe operators have to depend on middlemen who pay them between Rs. 10 and Rs. 15 a day as wages. They do not get jobs regularly. The skilled artisans make about Rs. 30 a day but nearly 40 per cent of their earnings goes for paints and other materials used in making the eye catching articles.
– S V Upendra Charya, The Times of India March 13, 1999
Known for the umpteen known and less known tourist spots, Karnataka, ‘Siri Gandhada Nadu’ (the land of Sandal Wood), offers choicest getaways to holidaymakers. This book has many news articles and pictures about both the most seen and less visited tourist places in Karnataka. The book has a rare collection of news articles about quite a few alluring sightseeing sites in Karnataka.
Lured by Lovely Getaways has travel tales and photos pu
Known for the umpteen known and less known tourist spots, Karnataka, ‘Siri Gandhada Nadu’ (the land of Sandal Wood), offers choicest getaways to holidaymakers. This book has many news articles and pictures about both the most seen and less visited tourist places in Karnataka. The book has a rare collection of news articles about quite a few alluring sightseeing sites in Karnataka.
Lured by Lovely Getaways has travel tales and photos published in Deccan Herald, Travel Karnataka and other popular news journals. North Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Tumkuru, Srirangapattana, Nanjangudu – you get to know all about many memorable getaways of these historical places. The getaways are surrounded by scenic hills, picturesque rivers and the most revered religious shrines.
ಪುರಾಣ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಕುರುಡುಮಲೆ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಕೋಲಾರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ಮುಳಬಾಗಿಲಿನಿಂದ 10ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದ ಬೆಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಚೋಳರ ಕಾಲದ ದೇಗುಲಗಳಿರುವ ಈ ಸ್ಥಳ ಕುರುಡುಮಲೆ ಗಣಪನ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಯೆಂದೇ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಿ. ಗೌರಿ-ಗಣೇಶ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಸ
ಪುರಾಣ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಕುರುಡುಮಲೆ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಕೋಲಾರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ಮುಳಬಾಗಿಲಿನಿಂದ 10ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದ ಬೆಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಚೋಳರ ಕಾಲದ ದೇಗುಲಗಳಿರುವ ಈ ಸ್ಥಳ ಕುರುಡುಮಲೆ ಗಣಪನ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಯೆಂದೇ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಿ. ಗೌರಿ-ಗಣೇಶ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಂತೂ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಜಾತ್ರೆ. ಗಣೇಶ ಚೌತಿ ಮರುದಿನ ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಗಣೇಶನಿಗೆ ಅದ್ದೂರಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮರಥೋತ್ಸವ. ಎಸ್ ವಿ ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಚಾರ್ಯ ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ 2-10-2001
ಶ್ರೀ ಶಿವಕುಮಾರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿಗಳು ಸಿದ್ದಗಂಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ೧೯೪೦ರಿಂದ ಈ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಿಲಯವನ್ನು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಊಟ, ವಸತಿ ಹಾಗೂ ವ್ಯಾಸಂಗ ಸೌಕರ್ಯ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಉಚಿತ, ಪ್ರತಿ ವರ್ಷ ೪೮೦೦ ಬಡ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯಾಸಂಗ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ವಿವಿಧ ಭಾಷೆ ಜಾತಿ-ಮತ ಮತ್ತು ರಾಜ್ಯದ ನಾನಾ ಭಾಗಗಳಿಂದ ಮತ್ತು ಹೊರ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳಿಂದ ಬಂದಿರುವ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳೂ ಇಲ್ಲಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಎಸ್ ವಿ ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಚಾರ್ಯ ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿ 1994
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು-ಮೈಸೂರು ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯ ಪಕ್ಕದ ಸುಂದರ ಹೆಸರಿನ ವೃಷಭಾವತಿ ನದಿ ಪರಿಸರ ಹಿಂದೆ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಣೀಯ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ತಾಣವಾಗಿತ್ತೆಂದು ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಹಿರಿಯರು ಹೇಳಿದರೆ ನಂಬುವುದು ಕಷ್ಟ ಈಗ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ದುರ್ವಾಸನೆಯ ಚರಂಡಿ ನೀರಿನ ಕಪ್ಪು ಕಾಲುವೆ ನರಕದ ವೈತರಣಿಯ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ನೆನಪಿಗೆ ತರುತ್ತದೆ ಎಸ್ ವಿ ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಚಾರ್ಯ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪ್ರಭ 15/7/1993
ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾರತದ ಹೆಸರಾಂತ ಯಾತ್ರಾ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಂತ್ರಾಲಯ ಬಹು ಮುಖ್ಯ ಪುಣ್ಯಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ. ನಮ್ಮ ರಾಜ್ಯದಿಂದ ಬರುವ ಯಾತ್ರಿಕರೇ ಜಾಸ್ತಿಯಾದರೂ, ಮಂತ್ರಾಲಯಕ್ಕೆ ದೇಶದ ಎಲ್ಲ ಭಾಗಗಳಿಂದ ಸಹಸ್ರಾರು ಮಂದಿ ಬರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಹಿಂದೂಗಳಷ್ಟೇ ಅಲ್ಲದೇ ಅನ್ಯರೂ ಕೂಡ ವರ್ಷ ವಿಡೀ ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಬಂದು ಹೋಗುತ್ತಿರುತಾರೆ. ಎಸ್ ವಿ ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಚಾರ್ಯ’ ತರಂಗ 28 ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ 1983
ಕೆಳಬೆಟ್ಟ, ಬಂಗಲೆ ಬೆಟ್ಟ, ಕುಂಭಿಬೆಟ್ಟ. ತುಮಕೂರು ಬಳಿಯ ದೇವರಾಯನ ದುರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಣ್ಣಾಡಿಸಿದ ಕಡೆ ಕಾಡು ಪರಿಸರದ ಗುಡ್ಡ- ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳು. ಹೊಯ್ಸಳರ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಆನೆಬಿದ್ದಸರಿ’. ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಅರಸರ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಕರಿಗಿರಿ’ ಮತ್ತು ಚಿಕ್ಕದೇವರಾಜ ಒಡೆಯರ ಕಾಲದ ‘ದೇವರಾಯರ ದುರ್ಗ’ ಈಗ ದೇವರಾಯನದುರ್ಗ. ಎಸ್ ವಿ ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಚಾರ್ಯ ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ 9/8/2009
Gandhians, writers, artists, linguists, artisans, teachers, philosophers, sports personalities, religious people and rationalists—this compilation book has profile features of all such distinguished personalities, both famous and less known.
People You Love to Know About is a collection of sixty news stories written by S V Upendra Charya. These profile features, mostly written in the early 1990s and in the year 2000, were regularly featured
Gandhians, writers, artists, linguists, artisans, teachers, philosophers, sports personalities, religious people and rationalists—this compilation book has profile features of all such distinguished personalities, both famous and less known.
People You Love to Know About is a collection of sixty news stories written by S V Upendra Charya. These profile features, mostly written in the early 1990s and in the year 2000, were regularly featured in the weekly supplements of Deccan Herald, The Indian Express and other popular news dailies. Many of the articles were also published periodically in Kannada and English magazines.
War Star: “In times of peace, soldiers are rarely remembered, S V UPENDRA CHAYA profiles Capt. Mallikarjunan, a war veteran.”
– Deccan Herald, January 27, 2000
Remembering A na Kru: “It is to A N Krishna Rao that the credit of inculcating the reading habit among Kannadigas should go. S V Upendra Charya talks about the writer and his works.”
– Deccan Herald, November 4, 2008
Tiny Treasure: by S V Upendra Charya – “Akkikal Nanjappa is a noted name when it comes to micro art. This incredible man has to his credit 4160 letters written on a single grain of rice also 1100 landscapes and 130 nudes painted on a 5x8 inch paper!”
– The Indian Express, July 13, 1992
Marathon mission: “Strange as it may seem, a Gandhian has been walking all his life for the country with missionary zeal, writes Upendra Charya. He is Swami Kuttiji, a sexagenarian well known as Vinobaji of South India.”
– The Times of India, April 3, 1989
The Wanderings That Made Headlines has a good collection of travel features published in Deccan Herald, The Indian Express and other popular news dailies. Over the years, as a freelance writer, S V Upendra Charya had contributed all these travel stories to various news journals travelling often distant places of tourist attractions in Karnataka. He travels not to make a holiday but to make history by writing articles on all about his sightseeing.
The Wanderings That Made Headlines has a good collection of travel features published in Deccan Herald, The Indian Express and other popular news dailies. Over the years, as a freelance writer, S V Upendra Charya had contributed all these travel stories to various news journals travelling often distant places of tourist attractions in Karnataka. He travels not to make a holiday but to make history by writing articles on all about his sightseeing.
The following are a few published extracts of news editors’ notes that vouch for his interest in publicizing history, heritage and scenic beauty of numerous tourist spots in Karnataka.
Cultural Heritage: S V Upendra Charya renders a vivid description of the structures that adorn Raichur Town, which is known for the monuments of a bygone era.
- Deccan Herald, January 30, 2018
The French Connection: S V Upendra Charya visits Pandavapura, where the French army wing that served Tipu Sultan had its temporary camp during the fourth Mysore War. The town is famous for many scenic spots in its vicinity.
- Deccan Herald, November 15, 2011
When Mysore’s Aglow: It’s that time of the year again. When the City of Palaces dazzles and blinds. When Mysore casts a spell on tourists from near and far. S V Upendra Charya takes you through a tour of the city’s palaces.
- Deccan Herald, September 30, 2008
Bangalore's Loveliest Landmark: The Lal Bagh Botanical Garden in Bangalore, with its collection of rare species of plants, is known to be the best of its kind in South Asia, S V Upendra Charya introduces us to its scenic beauty.
-Travel Karnataka, August 16, 2009
Home to Asia's Biggest Monolith: S V Upendra Charya writes about Madhugiri, once ruled by a series of royal dynasties from the Gangas to the Nolambas, and is today one of the most backward taluks in the state.
- Deccan Herald, February 3, 2009
He is from an obscure village near Bangalore. He has been roaming the streets of the city since his childhood. He is inseparable from his pet cow and drum on which depends his livelihood. If he and his family get a square meal, that is a lucky day for him.
The Times of India, Bangalore September 14, 1988
They are the ‘Children of Bamboo’ – the Soligas, the tribal community of B R Hills.
They are an integral part of this fore
He is from an obscure village near Bangalore. He has been roaming the streets of the city since his childhood. He is inseparable from his pet cow and drum on which depends his livelihood. If he and his family get a square meal, that is a lucky day for him.
The Times of India, Bangalore September 14, 1988
They are the ‘Children of Bamboo’ – the Soligas, the tribal community of B R Hills.
They are an integral part of this forest region, for centuries they have been dwelling in small caves of the B R hills, surviving on bamboo, fruits, roots, rats and also rabbits!
Indian Express Bangalore June 21, 1993
Light in wilderness: But for the good hearted people of these remote hamlets, a busload of people would have been swept away by floods. And but for official apathy, the deluge would never have visited this village, discovers S V UPENDRA CHARYA
Deccan Herald July 16, 1999
Shaping a crude piece of stone into a precious piece of Jewelry involves hours of grueling work. The artisans of Channapatna, who have been doing this work for generations, find themselves in a difficult situation today, as raw material is scarce and the market is uncertain, writes S V UPENDRA CHARYA
Deccan Herald November 22, 1996
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