Review: The Essential UR Ananthamurthy by N Manu Chakravarthy and Chandan Gowda
Publishing a compilation of everything an author has written is common in many Indian languages, but conspicuously absent in English. While it is the more celebrated authors that get compilations, these generally run into dozens of volumes since they include every writing and utterance — from famous works to diaries, speeches, and fragments. They provide an overview of the author’s trajectory and trivia, which help better contextualise their work. UR Ananthamurthy in a picture dated 30 January 2014. (Aniruddha…