This is a belated reply to this topic since I was hoping to find some relevant material. I remember reading perhaps in one of the tributes that G said to someone that if God could give him sometime he would try and complete the Gita. So it would appear that G was lucky to complete the poject, undoubtedly the greatest achievement of his career. Someone could confirm/refute this. G never really was alive to see the formal launch of the Gita volumes. Those days it was two LPs. My recollection is that NTR released it in a formal occasion in Vijayawada, some 10 months after his death. Best wishes M Chandrashekar At 12.54 1998-05-04 +0000, Aditya Putcha wrote: >> to selectively pick out the verses in such a way that the audience would >> get the main idea of each chapter. Therefore, one will notice that the >> verses are reflective of the theme of each chapter. > > That's why it would be interesting to know if it was GhanTaSala who >chose them (there is no doubt he was fully capable of that) or if >somebody else had a say in it. > >Putcha Annapurna > > M Chandrashekar P.hD. Consultant in Plant Health and Quarantine 314 Inner Circle, White Field, SYMBIOUN AUSTRALIA Bangalore 50066 INDIA 158 Collins St Hobart, Ph/Fax: +91 80 845 3812 Tasmania 7000 Australia E-mail: mchandr@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in Ph/fax: + 61 3 224 877 http//www.tassynergy.com.au/ symbioun.html