India, Oct. 6 -- By S. Narendra

The demise of Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa (SLB) at 94 brings back fond memories of our family interactions with the Kannada literary magician, when we were in Mysuru.

This was during 1980s. Dr. Bhyrappa used to visit our home 'Deepti' in Gangothri HUDCO Layout in Mysuru, at least once in a fortnight while on his return from Regional College of Education (RCE) where he was teaching Logic and Philosophy.

He used to love the 'strong' coffee which my mother Sharada Rao used to prepare and serve at intermittent intervals and discuss or share what's going on in his mind with my late father Prof. H.G. Suryanarayana Rao, an English Professor and Editor, Prasaranga, University of Mysore.

As children, we were very fortunat...