but her paternal grandfather was GS Shivarudrappa (GSS), one of only three Kannada poets, and the most recent, after Kuvempu and Govinda Pai, to be honoured with the prestigious title of Rashtrakavi.

In an interview with Frontline, the Dalit poet and thinker Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy discusses Buddha, Basava, and Ambedkar’s ...