Mysore/Mysuru: The following books will be released during the inauguration of the 7th edition of Mysuru Literature Festival at Hotel Southern Star in city on July 1 at 2 pm: 1. Life and Times authored by K.B. Ganapathy; 2. Relationship Ragas — An Anthology of Short Stories by The Writers Collective, Bangalore; 3. Ela’s Unfinished…
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka made his mark on the international literary scene with his first novel ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’ way back in 2011, winning the DSC Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and a host of other accolades. Last year he won the Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,’…
Mysore/Mysuru: The seventh edition of Mysuru Literature Festival, organised by Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs-2015, is scheduled on July 1 and 2 at Hotel Southern Star in city. Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust Managing Trustee Shubha Sanjay Urs told media at Pathrakartara Bhavan this morning, “Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of Mysore royal…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Seventh Edition of Mysuru Literature Festival-2023 will be held on July 1 and 2 at Hotel Southern Star in city. Each year, Mysuru Literature Festival reaches far and wide to bring its audience a wide range and vast array of literary personalities and their talented work. This year, award-winning authors of national and…
Like raindrops that keep falling through the foliage hours after the rain has stopped, I am coming back to an episode in the recently held (July 23-24) Mysuru Literature Festival. That was about the conversation that Ravi Joshi moderated with two journalists in their avatar as authors, nay biographers. They were Sagarika Ghose who wrote…
[Continued from yesterday] Later during the tea break I met Geetan- jali Shree at the writers’ lounge. I asked her what exactly the title of the book meant or suggested. Yes, she was queried about the title at the session and she had answered in English but interspersing it with Hindi. I did not really…
I love myself and I have complete freedom to flap my wings and I do not need anyone’s permission to do so: Dr. Akkai Padmashali Mysore/Mysuru: Inclusivity is still a far cry for the queer community. Bengaluru-based transgender activist and author Dr. Akkai Padmashali gave a rights-oriented perspective on the transgender struggle for equality and…
Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Agnipath’ scheme — a radical recruitment policy for the armed forces under which ‘Agniveers’ are hired on four-year contract for the three defence services — will help in character building and will empower the nation’s youth with military prowess, said Dr. Krishna Rau, paediatric haematologist and oncologist from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. He…
Mysore/Mysuru: Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda (HDD) is the leader of mass leaders, said journalist and writer Sugata Srinivasaraju. He was speaking at a session on ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ along with journalists Sagarika Ghose and Ravi Joshi. “Although Deve Gowda has spent most of his years in Karnataka, his diverse national imagination and sincerity…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that education in our country nowadays is limited to just teaching lessons, noted educationist and Orator Dr. Gururaj Karajagi regretted that our education had failed in teaching culture and human values. He was speaking on the topic ‘Shikshana – Dhanatmaka Chinthanegalu, Manaviya Moulyagalu’ on the concluding day of the 6th Mysuru Literature Festival…
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