
Darshan Puttannaiah would have been sitting on the other side of the globe in Denver, US. Instead, he is traversing the length and breadth of Melkote constituency in Mandya district, contesting this Karnataka election as the candidate of Swaraj India.
The demise of his father, KS Puttannaiah, a highly respected farmer leader in this Cauvery delta region, this February meant the 40-year-old had to reboot his life’s goals. The software engineer pursuing the great American dream was bit by the homeland virus.