Mysore :

Deputy Director of Karnataka Police Academy Dr. Dharanidevi Malagatti has come out with her epic ‘Elabharatham’ focussing on Mahabharatha viewed from a different angle by women.

Her epic has been published by Kannada Sahitya Parishat and will be released on Oct. 30 at 10. 30 am at Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies in Manasagangotri here.

Speaking to the press here recently Dr. Dharanidevi said that it took 10 years to come out with the epic. She added that the epic was written in a different perspective which would be welcomed by literary lovers.

Dharanidevi has obtained Ph.D. in Management Science after. She has also done M.A. (Kannada) through distance education. Her grand father Ramaiah Nayaka and father Dhoomanna Rai too have literary prowess. Her grandmother Lakshmi Alva reads Bhagavatha even now. She is ably supported by her littérateur husband Dr. Aravind Malagatti.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Sunday,  October 26th, 2014