THE EDITOR’S NOTE Dr H.S. Venkateshamurthy, as we affectionately call him HSV, is a significant poet of modern Kannada literature.  His contribution to the Kannada literary and visual art fields is vast in terms of quality and quantity. Though HSV is most famous for his work on poetry, he is also a playwright, essayist, novelist, critic, children’s literature creator, scriptwriter, and moviemaker. He taught Kannada literature as a professor in a college in Bangalore, but that never limited him to mentor new writers. Most of us, contemporary Kannada writers, stay within the circle of his influence and have our stories personally associated with him. HSV is a Bhava Kavi. The term, which is common in the Indian languages, can be loosely translated as – the poet of emotions. Though we may argue that the function of every art is nothing but the reflection of human emotions, poetry is champion of […]