He was the very personification of gentlemanly behaviour, of genteel manners and warm affection. A gifted poet, an accomplished writer, a voracious reader, sharp but well meaning critic, able editor and translator, — V. Seetharamaiah was all of these and more. A generation of students who came under his wings remember him as a literary colossus in his own right — a sentiment shared by readers to this day. D.V. Gundappa described him as Goodness itself. Here is a small tribute to this gentle giant of Kannada literature V. Seetharamaiah. —Ed
By Dr. S.N. Bhagirath
