Krishna Rao's novel Sandhyaraga (ಸಂಧ್ಯಾರಾಗ) on a long train journey. Having no formal exposure to Kannada or its literature, Beechi was motivated towards Kannada literature after reading A. He later worked for the CID for a substantial amount of time. He discontinued studies after SSLC and joined a Government office as an attender.
He was also known as Karnataka's George Bernard Shaw.īeechi was born in 1913 in Harapanahalli of then His father was Srinivas Rao and mother was Bharatamma.
He preferred to write his pen name bilingually as ಬೀchi giving first preference to Kannada than English. Rayasam Bheemasena Rao (known by his pen name BeeChi) (1913–1980) was a well-known humorist in the Kannada language.