Education
Venkatesh Kularni originated from India, where graduated from university at age 17. Kulkarni graduated with a master"s degree from Osmania University at the age of 19.
Venkatesh Kularni originated from India, where graduated from university at age 17. Kulkarni graduated with a master"s degree from Osmania University at the age of 19.
He was originally scheduled to go to medical school, but the admissions counselors at the institution asked him to come back when he was older. This allowed him to become a professor He undertook further studies at institutions such as Cambridge University, the University of Moscow, the University of Heidelberg, the Sorbonne and Tulane University.
He became a Rotary International fellow and came to the United States.
In the book, Venkatesh describes Deccan, a region of India, as a “landscape lined with stretchmarks of fate masquerading as cart-driven paths deeply embedded in the dark earth”. The story is set in the feudal caste system and has no heroes or villains.
Human beings demonstrate weaknesses and passions. Some demonstrate moral strength and some do not.
Foreign twelve year until his death, Venkatesh taught creative writing at Rice University in Houston.
In 1997, he had a late diagnosis of leukemia and despite prolonged treatment at the Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, died on May 3, 1998. He left two unfinished books, Allah Baksh - The Manitoba Eaten By God, and The Modern American Apollo. Venkatesh Kulkarni"s students included Kathi Appelt, Marjorie Meyer Arsht, Christine Carroll, Linda Jacobs, Stan Marshall, Billy Loran Moore, and Madeline Maxine Westbrook.
A Teaching Prize has been named for him by Rice University.
Instead of a pudgy sheriff we have portly Police Marya, the son of a son of a policeman, who has been intimidating a village in the Deccan desert for generations. Instead of a plucky farm boy hero, we have Thimma, a low-caste Harijan, or untouchable, who succeeds in spite of the odds...This is a good story about India, and utterly unlike anything else you"re likely to find about the subcontinent.
Kulkarni writes with a warm humanity and uplifts his characters even as he laughs at them.
A member of the United States. Cabinet asked Kularni to apply for United States. citizenship.