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Rajeshwari's Book "Nanna Tejaswi"

Last week, I had the pleasure of going through Ms. Rajeshwari's biographical book on her illustrious husband late K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi (1938-2007), beloved writer of millions of Kannadigas and son of the great poet and savant Kuvempu. Tejaswi in his own right has carved himself a corner in modern Kannada literature. He loved nature and adventurous forest life from a very early age and wanted to be different from the highly educated, city-bred youngsters who saught cushy jobs in cities with all civic amenities. Rajeshwari and Tejaswi fell in love when they were post graduate students at the University of Mysore.

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