DVG Road
Student Name: Yeshaswini.
R
Standard:
8-D
School:
Sri Kumaran Children’s Home CBSE
Road
Name: DVG road named after
Road Location: Basavanagudi
Famous
for/ Contributions to society:
Detailed
Description:
The road which is broad, outstretched yet busy
and full of life, that very road who has the daring to cut straight across
Ghandi Bazaar and stretches from Nagasandra
Circle is named after Devanahalli
Venkataramanaiah Gundappa [DVG]. This road was originally called the
Nagasandra road.
DVG a self made man who combined in himself all
the good qualities of a journalist, a social thinker and activist. He was also a man of letters. A titan of Kannada literature, a man who
used his deep Sanskrit knowledge and his love for Kannada with his poetic
diction gave deep meaning to his writing.
For his immense contribution in the field of
literature this man received several awards one being the Padmabhushan.
D.V. Gundappa, born in 1889, was a
matriculate. At the age of sixteen, DVG
started his carrier in journalism. But he
soon started his own newspapers namely “Bharat” and “Karnataka”. This earned
him respect and honor from all quarters.
DVG went on to publish numerous books related to the governance of the
sate involving many political views. He
became a passionate activist and was ready to give his time for a worthy cause.
‘He possessed deep public sympathy and faith
which was firmly rooted in democracy’. This very thought made him write one of his
very many biographies on Gopala Krishna Gokhale. He also had strong faith and belief in
Gokahle’s quote ‘Public life must be spiritualised’. He was inspired by this quote, one of the
reasons which lead to the establishment of ‘Gokahle Institute of public
affairs’, Bull temple road, Basavanagudi.
DVG’S magnum opus was “Manku Thimmana Kagga”
translating to “Dull Thimmana’s Rigmarole”, this piece inculcated in all its
readers : to face life’s challenges with a smile and understanding everything
as a divine play. Honoring human dreams
and above all dissolving ones ego in mature thinking. This was something that
all his readers could follow.
DVG believed in mutual respect among different
cultures. He said this can be attained by reading the culture’s very own
literature. He thought that the west
must read our epics if human civilization and peace are to last. He told that
it is of foremost importance that the different traces of the earth attain a
world vision. To begin with he
translated Shakespeare’s plays into Kannada while retaining the environment of
it. These thoughts aren’t a common
man’s, surely DVG was an inspiring someone.
DVG had, sure a serious character is what we
perceive. Writings about him prove that
DVG, Masti and many others went down to Vidhyarthi Bhavan in Gandhi bazaar for
a lip smacking meal of bonds, dosa’s and coffee. They all had a bit of laughter and happiness
in there as well. In Vidhyarthi Bhavan
the pencil sketch of DVG, Masti and many others can still be seen as the hotel
retains its position and menu card!!!
DVG has received not only the Padmabhushan and Sahitya
Akademi award but he has won peoples love, admiration and gave them all immense
knowledge in return.
The love and pride towards him is clearly seen
with the magnificent statue of DVG towering the murals of many others who
contributed to Kannadanadu. This can be
seen in Bugle Rock Park near DVG road.
“D.V.G’s exposition of the concept of duty is
not just academic and theoretical. It covers the entire range of duties that
are woven into the social structure.” Prof. G. N. Sharma
And we all surely agree!!
References:
Oral interviews of
1.
The management –Vidyarthi Bhavan
2.
Spoke to a teacher who gave out a
couple of interesting stories on DVG.
Visit to Park in bull temple road {with the statue of DVG}
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