City-based Backbone Foundation presented ‘Kamala Shankara-2020’ award for achievers in different fields of society at a function held at a private hotel recently. The awardees (sitting from left) Shivananda Rao (Social activist), Nagendra (Artist), Suma Rajkumar (ventriloquist) and Honnalagere Rajendraprasad (Lecturer) are seen with (standing from left) D. Amithraj, Srilakshmi, Umashankar, D. Darshan, Backbone President…
Kalyatanda W. Somayya (Somanna), son of late Lt. Col. Kalyatanda B. Uthappa, died of heart attack at Salem, Tamil Nadu, in the wee hours of yesterday. He was 37. Somayya was a Sr. Manager (Research & Development) at HAL, Bengaluru. He leaves behind his mother Padma, wife Rani, one son and a host of relatives…
S.B. Basavaraju (82), a retired Head Master and a resident of Housing Board Colony in Nanjangud town, passed away here yesterday. A native of Suttur in the taluk, he leaves behind three sons, two daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed today.
Staging of Dharamvir Bharati’s play ‘Andha Yuga’ (translated to Kannada by Siddalinga Pattanashetty and Thippeswamy, directed by Mandya Ramesh), School premises, Ramakrishnanagar, 6.30 pm.
‘Yuva Sangeetha Sambhrama’ online concert series, Violin Duet dedicated to legendary violinist M.S. Gopalakrishnan, on the occasion of his 7th death anniversary, by Vidu. Prithvi Bhaskar and Vidu. C.V. Shruthi, accompanied by Vid. Nandan Kashyap (mridanga) and Vid. Shamith S. Gowda (ghata), Sabha’s YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5duKEUSvk8XXBra6TWQnSA], 5 pm.
Inauguration of theatre training camp for women (2020-21), National Drama School-Bengaluru Director C. Basavaiah, Police Training School-Mysuru Principal and cultural thinker Dr. Dharanidevi Malagatti, Government Teachers Training Institute Principal Manjula, Rangayana Mysuru Joint Director V.N. Mallikarjunaswamy, Kannada and Culture Asst. Director H. Channappa and ‘Drama Juniors’ & ‘Comedy Kiladigalu’ Director T. Sharanya will be present,…
Book release — Dr. B.V. Vasanthkumar’s ‘Aaradigol (Sahityaavalokana)’ — by retd. Sanskrit University VC Prof. Mallepuram G. Venkatesh, Kannada Book Authority Chairman Prof. Nandish Hanche speaks about the book, senior scholar Dr. C.P. Krishna Kumar presides, Karnataka Sahitya Academy Chairman Dr. B.V. Vasanthkumar, publisher T.S. Chayapati and Kannada Sahitya Kalakoota Mysuru President M. Chandrashekar will…
Staging of play ‘Samrat Suyodhana,’ Kalamandira, 11 am.
Conferring of Dr. H.K.R. Theatre Award on five theatre personalities — B.R. Ravish (Theatre Music), B.M. Ramachandra (Costume Design), D. Ashwath Kadamba (Make-up), H.S. Suresh Babu (Organisation) and Ramesh Babu (Stage Management) — by Folk Scholar Prof. Kalegowda Nagawara, former Rangayana Director H. Janardhan, Dr. H.K. Ramnath, Vijaya Sindhuvalli and Prof. C.V. Sridhar Murthy guests…
Special Handloom Expo and Gujarat Handicrafts Utsav, JSS Mysore Urban Haat, Ring Road, Hebbal Industrial Area, 10 am to 9 pm.
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