Belated tributes for #RayasamBheemasenaRao referred as Karnataka& #39;s George Bernard Shaw and highly popular as
#BeeChi on his birth anniversary.

Beechi was born on 23/04/1913 in Harapanahalli , Karnataka.
Even today Beechi is an inspiration for the generations that followed.
He discontinued studies after SSLC and joined a Government office as an attender, Beechi later worked for the CID for a long period of time.
Beechi was married to Seetabai and he kept his personal life so discreet that even after spending more than an hour I couldnt get 1 small
information about his family.
Beechi was motivated towards Kannada literature after reading A. N. Krishna Rao& #39;s novel Sandhyaraga (ಸಂಧ್ಯಾರಾಗ) on a long train journey. He considered A. N. Krishna Rao as his guru. In Beechi& #39;s own words:
"I started reading Sandhyaraga by placing the book inside the folds of the Illustrated Weekly paper. I remember only that I started to read. I don& #39;t know how many times my eyes went moist and how many times my heart skipped beats; but I woke up only after completely reading it"
Beechi& #39;s first novel was Dasakoota, published when he was 32.
His primary character was timma, Beechi released a lot of books with timma in the title. Writing novels at a prolific rate, he wrote around 60 books in his lifetime.
One should learn the art of writing autobiography
from Beechi,
His autobiography, entitled #NannaBhayagraphy
(ನನ್ನ ಭಯಾಗ್ರಫ಼ಿ – the title is a pun on the words biography and the Kannada word Nanna meaning Mine and Bhaya, meaning scary)
Nanna bhayagraphy is perhaps Beechi& #39;s most philosophical work. Detailing his life in necessary,
but not excruciating, detail, it amuses, provokes, depresses and ultimately enlightens the reader.
BeeChi breathed his last on 7 December 1980 at the age of sixty seven. He will forever be remembered as a figurehead of Kannada literature.

Few famous quotes/ one liners of Beechi
1) Prathiyobba Gandasigu mane mattu hendathi irale beku, swanthadaadashtu oLLedu.
(Every Man needs a house and a wife – all the better if they are his own)
2) Bellary district has only two seasons – Summer and Severe Summer
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