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ಈ ಕೆಳಗಿನ ದಿ ಅರುಣ್ ಮೇಷ್ಟ್ರು ಶೋ  ಎರಡನೇ ಆವೃತ್ತಿಯ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿದ ಮೇಲೆ ನನಗೂ ಬಾಲ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಹಾತೊರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ದಿನಗಳು ನೆನಪಾದವು. The Arun Meshtru Show S1-E2 ದಿ ಅರುಣ್ ಮೇಷ್ಟ್ರು ಶೋ S1-E2 Feat. @arunmeshtru Like | Share | Subscribe https://t.co/pdRGVzCfiT pic.twitter.com/Wj7RNRPoqx — Talk Of The Town (@TalkOf_TheT0wn) July 26, 2019 ನಾನು ಇದ್ದದ್ದು ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಊರು. ಹಾಸನ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಚನ್ನರಾಯಪಟ್ಟಣ . ಈಗ ಊರು ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿ ಬೆಳೆದಿದ್ದರೂ ನನ್ನ ಬಾಲ್ಯದ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಅದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಊರು. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಅಂಗಡಿಗಳು ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ನನ್ನ ಪಾಲಿಗೆ ವರವಾಗಿದ್ದಂತಹವು ಊರಿನ "ಜಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಸರ್ಕ್ಯುಲೇಟಿಂಗ್ ಲೈಬ್ರರಿ" ಎಂಬ ಒಂದು ಖಾಸಗಿ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ . ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಎರವಲು ತಂದು ಓದಿದ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಿಗೆ ಲೆಕ್ಕವಿಲ್ಲ. ನನಗೆ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳ ಪರಿಚಯವಾದದ್ದು ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಅಮರ ಚಿತ್ರ ಕಥೆ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಿಂದ. ನಮ್ಮ ತಂದೆಯವರು, ಚಿಕ್ಕಪ್ಪ ಆಗಾಗ ಈ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು ತಂದಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದರು. ಅವು ಕೇವಲ ಕಾಮಿಕ್ಸ್ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಅವುಗಳಿಂದ ಕಲಿತದ್ದು ಬಹಳ. ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಭಾರತದ ಮೂಲೆ ಮೂಲೆಗಳಿಂದ ಪುರಾಣ ಮತ್ತು ನೀತಿಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೆಕ್ಕಿ ತಂದು ಮನಮುಟ್ಟುವಂತೆ ಕಲಿಸಿದ ಶ್ರೇಯ ಅಮರ ಚಿತ್ರ ಕಥೆ ಮ...

After years of gap, I had the honour of talking to one of the most wonderful human beings I have ever come across till date, Shri. L. S. Raman (LSR). A well known Hindi Lecturer who taught at the Navodaya Composite College at Channarayapatna, has been for a long time, one of the best authorities on Hindi language and literature in Karnataka. After retiring in 1993, he kept himself among little kids, something that he enjoyed, by joining as an advisor and teacher at the Chaitanya Vidya Shala primary school. He was very deeply involved with the school till 2006, after which he moved to Chennai, where he is settled now, with his family. What was striking with the conversations I had with him this week was that, although nearing 80, he still has the same levels of affection, memory, clarity of thoughts and expression, which made him the favorite among his students. I still remember him teaching Hindi, English and sometimes even Social Sciences to us at Chaitanya Vidya Shala. I don...

On 3rd April 2009, I could realize a long standing dream, i.e., to travel to Kyathanahalli village, in search of our “Yoga Mestru” at Chaitanya Vidya Shala, Channarayapatna – Mr. K. S. Kantharaju . Kyathanahalli village is near Pandavapura (it is actually 5 kms away from the Pandavapura Railway Station a.k.a. KennaaLu) and I had known for long that it was Mr. Kantharaju’s native place. Long back, that is, just before he left Channarayapatna, probably around 1997-98, he had gifted me a book, and had written his address inside the book. From this, I could get to know that he was from Kyathanahalli. Also, about a year ago, Srikanta, a friend and fellow “Kantharaju admirer” :) had learnt from another source that Kantharaju was running a business at a place called “Arathi Ukkada”, which was also close to Pandavapura. I will come back to the Kantharaju story a little later… Many a times, I had seen a signboard just after passing Pandavapura Railway Station that said “Way to Vivekananda ...

I was meeting him after a gap of two years. There is always a feeling of expectation, excitement, suspense, happiness and a little bit of hesitation just before I meet him every time. He always provides that element of surprise, invariably in every meet. I am talking about the first Principal and Head Master I had in my educational career, Mr. Ramesh, presently the Secretary of Chaitanya Vidya Shala, Channarayapatna. He is an exceptionally principled man, who inculcated discipline amongst us, and gave us awareness of the rights and wrongs of life, at a very young age. During school days, we were almost afraid of him, but it was a fear that came out of immense respect and admiration. He used to love his pupils and we loved him too, and fondly called him Ramesh Maava (i.e., Ramesh Uncle). He has left an everlasting impression on me, in particular, as I always liked him the most among all the teachers I had during my initial school days. Looking back now, I treat him as my mentor. Th...