The article, “The writer’s building” (Friday Review, July 14), on how the R.K. Narayan memorial in Mysuru can be the perfect venue for literary activities, presents an idea worth pursuing. I would like to add that the childhood home of Kuvempu (Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa) at Kuppalli, a remote village in Teerthahalli taluk, Shimoga district, Karnataka, has been converted into a museum by the Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Pratishtana, a trust dedicated to Kuvempu.
Kota Shivaram Karanth, described as the “finest novelist-activist of modern India”, has also not been forgotten. His house, ‘Balavana’, in Puttur, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka is now a memorial maintained by the government. A part of it has been made an educational institute for local children.
I also understand that the building, in Dharwad, Karnataka, where D.R. Bendre, Jnanpith awardee in Kannada, and his friends used to meet is also a memorial.
K.C. Kalkura,
Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
