• Radha Jayasimha
• Dr. V. Srividhya

Indian Writing in English has quite a long history. This dates back to the eighteenth century. But the list of writers and their literature that we are familiar with, is inadequate and incomplete. Scholars seem to assume that if anybody has written they should have been known to us by their publications. But unfortunately this is not true. There have been several good Indian writers in English during the twentieth century who have not become famous, or even familiar to the readers and critics. Though they are very familiar and prolific writers in their local languages, they are not reputed as Indian writers in English. This paper focuses on such an Indian writer in English of the past. This unsung poet of the twentieth century, Surprisingly, is a well established writer in Kannada, but his abilities in English writing remains unknown to the scholars of Indian writers in English. The paper makes a close reading of one of his poems to prove that he is at par with his established contemporaries and deserve to be taken into the mainstream, academically. The fame and success of this writer in Kannada has eclipsed his writings in English.

Indian Writing in English has quite a long history. This dates back to the eighteenth century. But the list of writers and their literature that we are familiar with, is inadequate and incomplete. Scholars seem to assume that if anybody has written they should have been known to us by their publications. But unfortunately this is not true. There have been several good Indian writers in English during the twentieth century who have not become famous, or even familiar to the readers and critics. Though they are very familiar and prolific writers in their local languages, they are not reputed as Indian writers in English. This paper focuses on such an Indian writer in English of the past. This unsung poet of the twentieth century, Surprisingly, is a well established writer in Kannada, but his abilities in English writing remains unknown to the scholars of Indian writers in English. The paper makes a close reading of one of his poems to prove that he is at par with his established contemporaries and deserve to be taken into the mainstream, academically. The fame and success of this writer in Kannada has eclipsed his writings in English.

"Unexplored Terrains of the Literary Past", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.947-952, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06196.pdf

"Unexplored Terrains of the Literary Past", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp947-952, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06196.pdf