ಪೂರ್ವ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ [poorva pashchima]

by M.R. Dattathri

Small write-ups from the author about life, books, movies etc. in India (East) and Bay Area (West).

ಎಂ.ಆರ್. ದತ್ತಾತ್ರಿಯವರು ಅಮೆರಿಕಾದಲ್ಲಿರುವಾಗ, ಭಾರತ ಮತ್ತು ಅಮೆರಿಕಾವೆರಡನ್ನೂ ಗಮನಿಸುತ್ತಾ ಬರೆದ ವಿಶೇಷ ಲೇಖನಗಳಿವು.

166 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2006

About the author

M. R. Dattathri is a bilingual novelist, poet, translator, and columnist from Bengaluru, India.
After spending three decades as a senior IT professional in India and the US, he transitioned full-time to literature, publishing in both Kannada and English.
His fiction blends incisive social observation with a global outlook shaped by years spent on two continents. Dattathri’s novels have earned many of Karnataka’s highest honours, including the Masti Prashasti (2019), Book Brahma Novel of the Year (2023), Vardhamana Prashasti (2023), and the Sunanda Belgaokar Award (2024). Two of his books have appeared in Telugu, and his latest English book—What’s Your Price, Mr Shivaswamy?—was released by Penguin Random House India in April 2025.
In addition to five novels, he has published a poetry collection, several volumes of essays, and an acclaimed English edition of poems by Dr H. S. Venkateshamurthy, which he edited. Dattathri lives in Bengaluru, where he advocates for cross-cultural literary exchange.
More information is available at www.dattathri.in.

Reviews

[Guruprasad · Rating 5 out of 5]

ದತ್ತಾತ್ರಿ ಅವರು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಕಾರ ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲ , ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಪ್ರಬಂಧಗಳ ಲೇಖಕರು ಹೌದು ಎಂದು ಈ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಓದಿದ ನಂತರ ತಿಳಿಯಿತು . ಘನವಾದ ಓದು .

[Amar Tumballi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read. Considering I too walked in similar path of the author (born in malnad, learnt engineering, stayed in USA for sometime), could relate to many articles very very personally.