S. R. Ramaswamy

Sondekoppa Ramachandrasastri Ramaswamy was an Indian writer, journalist, biographer, social activist and environmentalist. He authored more than 50 books and a thousand articles both in Kannada and English. He was recipient of the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award for the year 1992’s best work in social sciences. In 2015, he was honoured by Kannada University, Hampi, with the Nadoja Award. An avid campaigner for environmental issues and people’s rights, Ramaswamy led numerous movements both at state and national level for conservation of vast tracts of rich flora and fauna from ill-planned Government policies. His years as a writer and chronicler brought him under the influence of doyens of literature and public life such as D. V. Gundappa, V. Sitaramayya, Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma, Yadava Rao Joshi and P. Kodanda Rao. His writings essentially mirror the literary, cultural, nationalist and developmental problems that are contemporaneous to the present day scenario. Ramaswamy also served as honorary editor-in-chief of Kannada monthly Utthana and Rashrothana Sahitya in Bangalore.

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