BHAVKALLOL

THESE 15 KANNADA STORIES OF K. SATYANARAYANA, AN IMPORTANT WRITER OF NEW GENERATION, COVERS A WIDE SPECTRUM OF CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCE RANGING FROM INTENSELY PERSONAL TOPICS LIKE DEATH & LOVE TO POLEMICS ON SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL AND SOCIAL QUESTIONS OF OUR TIMES. IN DOING THIS, THE STORIES OVERCOME URBAN- RURAL, MODERN TRADITIONAL DIVIDE BY ADOPTING AN OPENMINDED APPROACH TO ISSUES AND PEOPLE. IN HIS NARRATION, SATYANARAYANA COMBINES AND DEFTLY USES DIFFERENT MODES OF NARRATION BY USING ELEMENTS OF ORAL TRADITION, MODERNIST NARRATION AND SURREALIST REPRESENTATION. THESE STORIES WRITTEN IN LAST TWO DECADES – A DISTURBING PHASE IN OUR NATIONAL LIFE – HAVE BEEN SENSITIVELY TRANSLATED BY PROFESSOR N.I. KADLASKAR.