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A. N. Prahlada Rao (born 24 July 1953) is an Indian author and Kannada-language crossword compiler. ==Career== A. N. Prahlada Rao was born at Abbani in the Kolar district of Karnataka, India. He started his career as a journalist and was the founder editor of ''Honnudi''. Rao's involvement in crossword compilation is a hobby that developed from an interest in solving both Kannada and English crosswords while a student in the mid-1970s, both in Kannada and English. He joined the Karnataka Information Department in 1983 in a public relations role and it was at that time he began to compile seriously. He now works as Public Relations Officer for Bangalore Mahanagara Palike and compiles at least 15 puzzles a week, sometimes with assistance from his wife. He specialises in themed puzzles and has a particular fondness for cinema. They have appeared in daily, weekly and fortnightly publications such as ''Prajavani'', ''Samyukta Karnataka'', ''Shakthi'', ''Mangala'', ''Vijaya Karnataka'' and ''Ee Sanje''. He does not make a great deal of money from his efforts: in 2001, by which time he had written over 7,000 puzzles in Kannada, he said that he received around 50 rupees per puzzle, which was about 10 per cent of what he would get if he compiled English language versions. By the end of 2014 December he has composed 38,000 Crosswords and quiz puzzeles. Compilation initially took him around two hours but he had reduced that to no more than 20 minutes. Aside from producing crosswords, Rao also sets quizzes for several publications, drawing on the same trivia and reference books that he has amassed for his compilation efforts. The front wall of his house includes a crossword grid of black and white tiles.〔〔 He has contributed his crosswords to more than 40 Kannada periodicals in last 25 years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A. N. Prahlada Rao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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