Mysuru, Nov. 11 -- Stating that the works of veteran writer and former CM Dr. M. Veerappa Moily have won admirers across the world, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said Moily had demonstrated that the pen was mightier than the sword and speeches.

He was speaking after releasing the fourth volume of Moily's work, 'Vishwasamskrutiya Mahayaana', a prose epic (Gadya Mahakavya), at a programme jointly organised by JSS Mahavidyapeetha, Sapna Book House and the city's Vidya Vikas Educational Trust at the Golden Jubilee Auditorium of JSS College on Ooty Road this afternoon.

Recalling the initiatives taken by Moily during his tenure as CM in the 1990s, Shivakumar said, "Moily is a unique politician who has authored several works. The book release...