Mysore/Mysuru: Members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Mysuru district unit staged a protest at Gandhi Square yesterday, opposing the Karnataka Government’s decision to invite International Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year’s Mysuru Dasara festivities. The protest was driven by two key issues: The selection of Banu Mushtaq over Deepa Bhasthi, the…
Mysore/Mysuru: International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq has refused to comment on the protests erupting in Mysuru over her selection to inaugurate this year’s Dasara festivities. Speaking to Star of Mysore from an undisclosed location abroad, where she is currently travelling, Banu Mushtaq responded briefly when asked about the controversy, saying only: “No comments.” She…
Mysore/Mysuru: Former MP Prathap Simha has accused Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq of making disparaging remarks about Kannada identity, including symbolic references to Goddess Bhuvaneshwari and traditional customs like turmeric and vermilion. Speaking to reporters before his detention during the Chamundi Hill protest, Simha said that the controversy erupted soon after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced…
Mysore/Mysuru: Amid the raging controversy over the selection of International Booker Prize winner, Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq, to inaugurate Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara 2025, former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha has moved High Court (HC) against the State Government’s decision to select Banu Mushtaq. In a writ petition filed today, Simha has made Karnataka Government, Department…
Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration officially invited International Booker Prize winner and Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara at her house in Hassan town yesterday. The Dasara Reception Committee led by Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, who is also the Dasara Special Officer, invited Banu Mushtaq, as per tradition, by honouring her with a…
Mysuru: Joining the chorus of Hindu groups opposing the selection of senior Kannada writer and International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq for Dasara inauguration, the Hindu Rashtra Samanvaya Samiti presented a memorandum to the State Government, at the Deputy Commissioner’s office on Bannur road in Siddarthanagar here yesterday, seeking withdrawal of the decision to selct…
Activist Abdul Razak makes a mention of historical records to defend writer Banu Mushtaq’s selection to inaugurate Dasara-2025 Bengaluru: Amid the raging debate over the selection of International Booker Prize Winner Banu Mushtaq, for the inauguration of Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara-2025 scheduled from Sept. 22 to Oct. 2, with pro-Hindu and BJP leaders, raising voice…
Mysore/Mysuru: Close on the heels of finding no fault in the selection of writer Banu Mushtaq, to inaugurate Dasara, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, has made a U-turn. Yaduveer, speaking to media persons yesterday has said, Banu Mushtaq, should first clarify about her earlier statement on Kannadambe. If not, there is an objection to…
Mysore/Mysuru: MLC A.H. Vishwanath has welcomed the selection of International Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year’s Dasara and suggested the State Government to also invite translator Deepa Bhasthi to Mysuru and felicitate her along with Banu Mushtaq, as a mark of unbiased honour for their achievements. Addressing media persons at Pathrakartara Bhavan…
Mysore/Mysuru: Joining the growing chorus against selection of International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq for Dasara inauguration, the Karnataka Sena Pade staged a protest in front of the Old Deputy Commissioner’s office here this morning, urging the Government to revoke the decision. Addressing the protesters, the Sena Pade President Tejesh Lokesh Gowda maintained that the…
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