Profile: Basavaraj Naikar

The novel depicts the life and mission of Sharif Saheb of Shishunal in South India who successfully combined the philosophical doctrines of Virasaivism, Brahmanism and Islam and preached a synthesized philosophy of life to the people around him. Although ....

Rayanna, the Patriot and Other Novellas contains four novellas dealing with the lives and achievements of Jakkanacharya, the great architect, Kanakadasa, an ardent devotee of Lord Adikeshava, Raja Mallasarja, the heroic king of Kittur kingdom and Rayanna ....

The novel deals with the life of Rani Chennamma, the second wife of Raja Mallasarja of Kittur kingdom in South India and her struggle with the Peshwa kings the authorities of the East India Company around 1624. She succeeds in killing the Political Agent ....

The Rebellious Rani of Belavadi and Other Stories presents essential and significant aspects of contemporary South Indian society written in a lucid and unpretentious style. It deals with the broad spectrum of his thoughts and perceptions ranging from the....

The Sun Behind The Cloud delineates the microscopic history of the colonial encounter between Bhaskararao Bhave of Peshwa dynasty of Naragund Kingdom in South India and the authorities of East India Company around 1857.Exasperated by the Political Agent o....