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MOILY SCALES ANOTHER PEAK: The Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh (centre), releasing the fifth volume of Ramayana Mahanveshanam in Bangalore on Sunday. Writers, K. Anantharamu (left), U.R. Ananthamurthy, the Governor, T.N. Chaturvedi, and the former Ch ief Minister, M. Veerappa Moily, are seen. — Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
BANGALORE: It was a day of celebration of every man's Ramayana, and the eternal, enduring relevance of the epic, as the Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh, released the fifth and the last volume of the former Chief Minister M. Veerappa Moily's magnum opus on the Ramayana, "Sri Ramayana Mahanveshanam" here on Sunday. Mr. Dharam Singh spoke fondly of being a neighbour of Mr. Moily, in R.T. Nagar, where, it so happens, two other former Chief Ministers, S.R. Bommai, and the late R. Gundu Rao also chose to build their houses. "I am not well-versed in the Ramayana or any other epic, but I know Mr. Moily very well, and I am sure he is the only politician who has scaled the heights in the literary field as well," Mr. Dharam Singh said. Mr. Dharam Singh, who had to leave the function early as he was due to catch a flight to New Delhi, said Mr. Moily continues to elegantly wear both his hats of politician and of a writer. He would always be an asset to the party and his wise counsel would always be cherished, especially now that he has given a new twist to the Ramayana, making it relevant in politics, in governance, and in ordinary, every day life. It was left to the Jnanpith award-winning litterateur, U.R. Ananthamurthy, to bring out the poetic yet human touch to the interpretation of the Ramayana, which Mr. Moily has achieved in the five-volume work. He said every one has his personal Ramayana, and Rama and Sita belong to every one, and are interpreted in myriad ways. Today, the Ramayana is lending itself to politics too. Dr. Ananthamurthy remembered reading the earlier volumes, and said he found that like all Ramayanas, be it Valmiki or Kuvempu, Mr. Moily's too had no beginning or end. K. Anantharamu, writer and scholar, who edits and gets the first look at Mr. Moily's work, described him as a writer who had scaled the peak of the Sahyadri and drawn everyone into the magic of his poetry. The Governor, T.N. Chaturvedi, who presided over the function, said he had read the Hindi translation of the first volume, and been enthralled. He would keenly await the translation of the other four volumes, he said.
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