Bengaluru: Noted playback singer Dr. B.K. Sumitra and renowned vocalist Prof. T.N. Padma have been selected for K. Mohandev Alva and Dr. M.K. Shailaja Alva endowment awards given by Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP) for the year 2021. Noted writer Dr. Akka Gangambika Patil has been selected for T. Girija Literary Endowment Award. They were selected…
Kannada Sahitya Parishat polls: Writer demands appointment of Administrative Officer
April 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Writer Bannur K. Raju has urged the State Government to appoint an administrator for Kannada Sahitya Parishat ahead of the polls scheduled to take place on May 9. Addressing a press meet here on Thursday, Raju said it is legally wrong to hold elections in the absence of an administrator. Taking objection to the…
Own buildings for Kannada Sahitya Parishat in all 11 Assembly segments
February 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Reiterating his Government’s commitment for the growth of Kannada, District-In-Charge Minister S.T.Somashekar said he will strive to provide own buildings for Kannada Sahitya Parishat in all 11 Assembly Constituencies of Mysuru district. Speaking after inaugurating District Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in H.D.Kote town this morning, he said a demand has been put forth to provide…
CPK to release three books of Dr. S. Shivarajappa
December 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District Kannada Sahitya Parishat in association with Tara Publications has organised a book release function at Parishat auditorium in Vijayanagar here on Dec. 31 at 10.30 am. Noted writer Prof. C.P. Krishnakumar (CPK) will be releasing three books — Sahitya Samvedane, Sahitya Vimarshe and Raja Tarangini of Kalhana — penned by Director of Oriental…
Government to sanction more funds for Mysuru development after January: District Minister
December 16, 2020District Kannada Sahitya Parishat presents Rajyotsava awards Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar said that the Government will release more funds for Mysuru development as well as for the activities of District Kannada Sahitya Parishat after January. He was speaking at the District Kannada Rajyotsava Award conferment ceremony organised by Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Parishat at…
Selected for Honorary Membership of Kannada Sahitya Parishat
December 15, 2020Bengaluru: Writer Veena Shantheshwara, folk scholar Go.Ru. Channabasappa, veteran scholar Ham. Pa. Nagarajaiah, well-known poet Doddarangegowda and writer Mallepuram G. Venkatesh have been given Honorary Membership of Kannada Sahitya Parishat. The Parishat has also announced an honorarium of Rs. 1 lakh each for the awardees. Disclosing this at a press meet recently, Kannada Sahitya Parishat…
Translated versions of books on Yenagi Balappa released
August 20, 2019Mysuru: District Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Kannada Sahitya Kalakoota and Samvahana Prakashana together had organised a programme at JSS Women’s College in Saraswathipuram here on Sunday in memory of late Yenagi Balappa for the release of the English and Marathi version of books originally written by Journalist Ganesh Amingad. The book is translated to English by…
‘Kannada Sahitya Parishat is like a University’
May 7, 2019Parishat celebrates 105th Foundation Day Mysuru: Maintaining that the Kannada Sahitya Parishat is itself like an University, with its President as the VC, author and Kannada Sahitya Academy Chairman Aravind Malagatti said that independence is key to preserving the integrity of an institution like the Parishat. He was speaking after inaugurating the 105th Foundation Day…
Appointed as Hunsur Taluk Kannada Sahitya Parishat President
September 16, 2018Mysuru: Vasanth Manjunath, residing at ‘Gurukrupa’, 1st cross, Kirijaji Road, Hunsur, has been appointed as the President of Hunsur Taluk Kannada Sahitya Parishat, according to a press release from District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna.
‘Kannada Novels have earned popularity across nation’
February 3, 2018Mysuru: District Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Jnanavardhini Education Trust and Karnataka Vichara Vedike had organised a function at Maneyangala in Kalamandira premises here recently for the release of the novel ‘Mahabhikshuki’ written by Prasanna Hegde together with a ‘Kavigoshti.’ Speaking on the occasion, columnist Dr. Gubbigudu Ramesh expressed happiness that Kannada books had earned popularity across…
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