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[[Image:KalkiPhotograph.png|thumb|"Kalki" R Krishnamurthy]]

'''Kalki''' ({{lang-ta|கல்கி}}) was the pen name of '''Krishnamurthy''' ({{lang-ta|கிருஷ்ணமூர்தி}}) ([[September 9]] [[1899]]–[[December 5]], [[1954]]), an [[India]]n [[freedom fighter]], [[novel]]ist, short-story writer, [[journalist]], [[satirist]], travel writer, script-writer, poet, critic, and [[connoisseur]] of the arts. 

== Life ==
Krishnamurthy was born at Puttamangalam in the [[Thanjavur]] district in an orthodox, large Brahmin family with limited means. After primary education in the village, Krishnamurthy joined the National  High School at [[Tiruchi]], about 100 [[kilometre]]s away.

When [[Mahatma Gandhi]] launched his [[non-cooperation movement]] in 1921, thousands of students gave up their studies to participate; Krishnamurthy was among them. Inspired by Gandhi's speech at a public meeting in Tiruchi, and despite the Secondary School Leaving Certificate examination being just three months away, he left school and joined the [[Indian National Congress]]. 

In 1922, he was given a one-year prison sentence for participating in the independence struggle. It was during this period that Krishnamurthy came into contact with two people who were to play a major role throughout his life: veteran Congress leader [[C. Rajagopalachari]], and [[T.  Sadasivam]], who was to become a life-long friend and partner in journalistic ventures.

Krishnamurthy's first attempt at writing fiction also came during that period. In 1923 he became a sub-editor on ''Navasakthi'', a Tamil periodical edited by Tamil scholar and freedom fighter [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], known as "Thiru Vi. Ka". Krishnamurthy's first book was published in 1927.

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