Book release — Retired English Professor Dr. D.A. Shankar’s ‘Vaagartha’, ‘Sharanara Sutta’ and ‘Ajja Pratyaksha’ — by Karnataka Sahitya Academy President Dr. B.V. Vasanthakumar, retd. KIKS Director Dr. N.M. Talawar speaks about the book, Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Maddikere Gopal presides, writer Dr. D.A. Shankar, Kannada Sahitya Kalakoota President M. Chandrashekar and Publisher and Printers D.N. Lokappa of Sri Rajendra Printers and Publishers, Mysuru, will be present, Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Bhavan, JSS Hospital premises, 6 pm.