Poetry of India 53/100: D.R. Bendre and the Music of Kannada Words
Part 53 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through Indian poetry. Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, widely known as Da.Ra. Bendre, is one of the great modern Kannada poets. His writing is admired for musical language, folk influences, layered symbolism and a deep engagement with the rhythms of ordinary life. His poems often reward reading aloud because sound is not merely decoration; it helps ca…
