Amma's Column: Of Kings and Scholars is a fascinating blog entry connecting Chandragupta Maurya (an emperor), Chanakya (a great scholar), R.Shamasastry (a great scholar who discovered Chanakya's lost works) and a prince of Mysore. It ends with a beautiful subhashita
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Full text of Shamasastry's English Translation of Arthashastra (thanks to patron Ravi Shekhar for correction) Nitishastra. 
Deccan Herald on Kamat
Today's Deccan Herald newspaper has a profile of K.L.Kamat in its supplement Spectrum. See online version Versatile Talent
