Ramana Maharshi

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Ramana Maharshi is a Sage who in our time taught and exemplified jnana marga, the path of knowledge pointed out earlier by Buddha and Sankara. In this inspiring biography of a man of love, peace and humility, the author has brought out effectively the Sage's preoccupation with the quest for self-knowledge: by no means an obsolete way of life, perhaps even an answer to the troubled mind of modern man.

The late Professor K. Swaminathan or 'K.S.' as he is affectionately known to his many students and admirers was educated at Presidency College and Law College, Madras and Christ Church, Oxford. For Over twenty years he was a distinguished teacher of English at Annamalai University and Presidency College, Madras. Appointed Principal, Government Muslim College, in 1948, he helped in its expansion into the Government Arts College, Madras. Retiring from the Madras Education Service in 1953, he joined The Indian Express as Associate Editor He was the Chief Editor of the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, a Government of India project. He has written profusely both in English and Tamil, anonymously and under various pen-names, and has also done much translation work, for example, Vinoba's Talks on the Gita and Rajaji's Ramayana. Between 1940 and 1950, he spent many week-ends and vacations at Sri Ramanasramam and is eminently qualified to write on the Maharshi. In 1963, Professor Swaminathan helped to found Ramana Kendra, Delhi. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1972.