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D. VENKATA RAMASWAMI
Formerly Principal. Andhra Jateeya Kalasala, Machilipatnam

Among the most scholarly of young men imbued with patriotic zeal who responded to the invitation of Dr. Pattabhi, the famous chronicler of the Indian National Congress, and the live wire of the historic national institution, viz., the Andhra Jateeya Kalasala, founded by Andhra leaders of immortal fame, in the wake of the agitation against the partition of Bengal which roused the entire country to a wonderful consciousness of national unity and integration, the late Ramakotiswara Rau shines as a luminous star on the Indian sky.

I first knew him as a brilliant young man even in his twenties as he happened to marry a cultured young bride from a respectable family of Berhampur, my own native town. There were several occasions when we used to meet together in the 鈥榯wenties鈥� and 鈥榯hirties鈥� of this century. Desodharaka K. Nageswara Rao鈥檚 hospitable mansion 鈥淪ri Bagh鈥� or Andhrakesari T. Prakasam鈥檚 busy Swaraj office used to provide our meeting ground. To meet him and to be with him, even for a brief space, was to love Sri Ramakotiswara n Rau鈥揾e possessed the rare qualities of a candid, open-hearted and cheerful gentleman. Even in the early years of Mahatma Gandhi鈥檚 Satyagraha movement, he made his choice, even as a beaming journalist, to follow the guide lines of the leading Andhra patriots. But his natural love being towards journalism, Sri Ramakotiswara Rau attracted the goodwill and esteem of seniormost leaders and scholars like Desabhakta Konda Venkatappaiah, Dr. Pattabhi, Dr. Radhakrishnan and Sri Ramananda Chatterjee. Some of these scholars even showed their appreciation by contributing their own articles for publication in the Triveni, which made a great impact on the English educated youth of the country. Unlike a few other journals, Triveni was remarkable and outstanding as its devoted Editor saw to it that it was brought in a most artistic and high class fashion, meant to glorify ancient and modern Indian architecture and other fine arts for which our country can justly be proud of. Through his beautiful articles Sri Ramakotiswara Rau used to illumine and encourage Aryan tradition, classical styles in poetry and drama and the immortal Sanskrit love and trends in Aryan tradition, customs and literature.

Believing as he did in the need and superiority of intellectual approach in solving national problems, he pursued the method of intellectual鈥揳nd not merely emotional鈥揳pproach to all human crises that corrode life in India. He used to exhort young men to have due intellectual insight into life in all its aspects鈥搉ational, economic, ethical and all other vital pulsations in our national life and development.

I humbly pray 鈥淢ay his soul rest in the ineffable peace that is God!鈥�

K. BALASUBRAHMANIA IYER, M. L. C.
MADRAS

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Triveni is really the devout offering of heroic self-sacrifice by Sri Ramakotiswara Rau at the altar of the Muses...Ramakotiswara Rau is made of the stuff of heroes and martyrs. With a determined courage and invincible spirit of self-sacrifice, he tried to overcome all obstacles, and financial crises. With a single-minded devotion to the ideal, he has managed to maintain the journal all these years. In spite of the fact that it has had a chequered career, it has done splendid service to the cause of Indian Culture.

鈥揊rom his Presidential Address at聽
the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Triveni in 1954