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S L Bhyrappa Special On SHARP By Swarajya

Anmol Jain

Sep 28, 2025, 09:02 AM | Updated 12:01 PM IST


A Life Etched In Truth

SL Bhyrappa (1936-2025)
SL Bhyrappa (1936-2025)

Dear Reader,

This weekend, you may want to check out 'Sharp by Swarajya'.

At Swarajya, we bring you long-form, detailed, and well-researched pieces every day. At Sharp, the goal is to bring you these insights with brevity in a clutter-free and sharp (duh!) format.

Check and subscribe to Sharp by Swarajya here. It's free!

And to start off, check out our tribute to S L Bhyrappa's monumental legacy on Swarajya Sharp.

His passing at 94 left India mourning. A voice that dared to disturb, provoke, and enlighten in equal measure.

From Parva, which stripped the Mahabharata of divine crutches, to Aavarana, which forced a nation to confront buried histories, Bhyrappa never wrote for comfort, only for truth.

24 novels, 15+ translations, millions of copies sold, and readers across generations remind us that literature is more about courage than about stories.

Anmol N Jain is a writer, lawyer, and commentator. He posts on X at @teanmol.


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