Mysore/Mysuru: The first ever Kannada Literary Meet of Chamaraja Assembly Constituency is being organised in the city and former VC of Kuvempu University, Shivamogga Dr. K. Chidananda Gowda, who has been selected as the Chairman of the Meet, was extended a formal invitation by Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Parishat on Saturday. Office-bearers of Kannada Sahitya…
Kannada Literary Meet concludes
January 7, 2019Dharwad: Curtains fell on the three-day 84th Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana on Sunday with scholars, writers and activists strongly opposing the Government’s move to introduce English as a medium of instruction in Government Primary Schools. The Literary Meet provided an opportunity for the speakers to rip apart the State Government for its neglect of…
CM defends Champa’s remarks at Kannada Literary Meet
November 29, 2017Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday defended writer Prof. Chandrashekar Patil who is in the eye of a storm for making political statements during the recently concluded 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in Mysuru. Patil, who is popularly known as Champa, had appealed to the audience to vote for secular parties in the coming elections….
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…
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