Vellala Sathyam was a Kannada writer and poet based in Bangalore.
He has written many novels in Kannada, one of them being Mahaatyaagi, based on Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
In addition he has indianized many Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries.
Vellala Sathyam had an ability to Indianize the western novels.
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