Rāmadāsa

Sondekoppa Ramachandrasastri Ramaswamy (29 October 1937 – 10 April 2026) was an Indian writer, journalist, biographer, social activist and environmentalist. He authored more than 50 books and a thousand articles both in Kannada and English. He was recipient of the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award for the year 1992's best work in social sciences. In 2015, he was honoured by Kannada University, Hampi, with the Nadoja Award. An avid campaigner for environmental issues and people's rights, Ramaswamy …