← U.R. AnanthamurthySamskaraby U.R. AnanthamurthyA Brahmin grapples with tradition and modernity when a man's death disrupts ritual certaintiesFind on Amazon↗About the authorU.R. AnanthamurthyKannada novelist and intellectual whose novel Samskara caused a nationwide controversy for its searing critique of Brahmin orthodoxy. A founder of the Navya movement in Kannada literature, he helped shape the modern literary scene in Karnataka.More by U.R. AnanthamurthyBharathipura→Avasthe→Ghatashraddha→