Kannada medium students in border schools of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, adjacent to Raichur district, study in groups using old text books, since they have not received textbooks of all subjects this year. Raichur: More than a month after schools reopened, over 10,000 Kannada medium primary and high school students in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and…
Deepa Bhasthi will speak on ‘Thinking as Dissent: Some Thoughts on Language and the World in Mangaluru on Tuesday Mangaluru: Booker Prize–winning translator and writer Deepa Bhasthi, an alumna of Mangalore University, will return to the university’s public platform for the first time since receiving the award, when she delivers a special lecture in Mangaluru…
Belagavi: The silence of the district unit of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat and several prominent literary figures over the demand of passing a resolution in Belagavi City Corporation (BCC) declaring ‘Belagavi as an integral part of Karnataka’ has drawn criticism fromKannada organisations, which have been staging protests for over two months on the issue.Kannada activists…
Bengaluru: Glass facades replacing vintage homes is a story told many times. Here’s a counter-narrative: The two-storey house of HV Nanjundayya, a towering intellectual of the erstwhile Mysore kingdom and founding president of Kannada Sahitya Parishat, has been restored to its former glory in a six-year-long exercise.The restoration of the landmark building on Malleswaram 13th…
