G. S. Shivarudrappa
G. S. Shivarudrappa (1926–2013) is a Kannada poet celebrated in Karnataka as “Rashtrakavi.” He was a renowned professor of Kannada at the University of Bangalore and a reputed scholar of ancient Kannada poetry. He has published 18 collections of poems, 16 prose works, and four travelogues. He has been bestowed with several awards, including the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Poems by G. S. Shivarudrappa
Staring at the thumbless hands,
Ekalavya sits in silence.
Gratitude, grief, sacrifice...
are possibilities only in a poet’s imagination.
Ekalavya sits in silence.
Gratitude, grief, sacrifice...
are possibilities only in a poet’s imagination.