Kalaburagi: The three-day 85th Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana at Kalaburagi, considered the hub of Kalyana Karnataka (Hyderabad-Karnataka region), drew to a close on Friday with the meet passing six resolutions at an open session. The six resolutions included: Imparting education in Kannada medium in Government and Private Schools; Setting right the shortcomings in Article…
Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana dates re-scheduled
November 12, 2018Literary event to take place from Jan.4 to 6 at Dharwad Bengaluru: The Kannada Sahitya Parishat has re-scheduled the dates of the 84th edition of Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held at Dharwad. As per the revised schedule, the three-day event will take place from Jan.4 to 6, 2019. The Parishat had earlier…
Affectionate peck for Chacha Sait at Sammelana !
November 27, 2017Flag-bearers: Two school children from North Karnataka seen planting an affectionate kiss on the cheeks of Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait as other students look on at the concluding day of the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana at Maharaja’s College Grounds here yesterday. Picture below shows the 12 children from Sheshagiri Government…
Over 1,000 people get treatment at makeshift hospital
November 26, 2017Mysuru: Over 1000 people have received treatment over the last two days at the temporary hospital set up behind the main stage of the Kannada Sahitya Sammelana which will conclude today at Maharaja’s College Grounds here. In the context of a huge number of literary buffs arriving at the Sammelana from various parts of the…
Rare display of over 50,000 literary archives
November 26, 2017Mysuru: The ongoing Kannada Literary Meet in city has another attraction – a huge collection of over 50,000 copies of old Kannada newspapers and magazines dating back beyond 50 years. The person behind such a rare collection is M.A. Venkatesh the 7th generation progeny of Narayana Iyengar, a prominent person associated with Mysore Maharajas. The…
‘Dalits should come out with a new culture’
November 26, 2017Mysuru: A seminar on ‘Dalita Drushti’ was organised at Kuvempu Vedike as part of Kannada Sahitya Sammelana here on Friday. Presiding over the seminar, Writer and Police Training School Principal Dr. Dharani Devi Malagati opined that reservation was the constitutional right of dalits which should be extended to private sector too and asked dalits to…
Cultural events regale Kannada Sammelana audience
November 26, 2017Senior Deputy Director of Food and Civil Supplies Department Dr. K. Rameshwarappa and troupe presenting a musical feature at Maharaja’s College Grounds in city last evening. Picture right shows Y.K. Muddukrishna and troupe rendering sugama sangeetha at the literature festival.
83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana Day-2: Spotlight on Women
November 25, 2017Mysuru: Women’s issues dominated Day-2 of the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana at Maharaja’s College Grounds. At the morning session today, speaker after speaker spoke on various issues facing women, with a packed audience listening to them with rapt attention. Professor from Mangalore University Dr. Sabhia Bhoomi Gowda speaking on “Exploitation of women under…
District Kannada Sahitya Bhavana stands forlorn during Sammelana
November 25, 2017Mysuru: With 83rd Kannada Sahitya Sammelana being celebrated in city with a lot of fanfare, it is sad to see District Kannada Sahitya Bhavana at Vijayanagar First Stage lying in a state of total neglect and crying for attention. The Bhavana was inaugurated with a lot of pomp in Sept. 2004 by the then Deputy…
CM says he is committed to Kannada development
November 25, 2017Mysuru: The 83rd edition of Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana began with great fervour at Maharaja’s College Grounds in city yesterday. The Sammelana was inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah in the presence of Sammelana President Prof. Chandrashekar Patil, popular as Champa, Mysuru District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Mayor M.J. Ravikumar, MLA M.K. Somashekar, Kannada…
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