A profoundly moving episode of the last days of Sri C. Vasudevaiah’s sister-in-law shows what the Hindu society has really lost. Channapattana Vasudevaiah was once a household name in Karnataka, affectionately renowned for his elementary schoolbooks teaching the basics of Kannada grammar and composition to children. Titled “Kannaḍa bāla bōdhe” (a rough translation is “Kannada…