A collection of poems by Chennaveera Kanavi was released in 16 volumes by poet G.S. Shivarudrappa here on Thursday evening. On the occasion, Mr. Shivarudrappa said, “These volumes comprise the works of Mr. Kanavi over the past 60 years, which are unique in nature. His poems, particularly sonnets and romantic poems, appeal to those of all ages.” The volumes are published by Talukina Venkaniah Smaraka...
|
Aditi Machado, the first Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize winner’s poems are short but leave you with a long lingering experienceFor such expressive joy and pain, here is one for whom we could really thank the internet!As it happens, if you have it in you, you become desperate for readers. So searching, at 15, she meandered through and found them aplenty on the teeming tracks of the ‘web’. People who...
|
Poet S. Manjunath was conferred the Karki Literary Award for 2009 by veteran journalist Patil Puttappa at a function here on Sunday.Dr. D.S. Karki Sahitya Vedike organised the function at Sawai Gandharva Hall to mark the birth anniversary of poet D.S. Karki.Responding to the honour, Mr. Manjunath said that a poem should always be soothing and [it] should not create displeasure among readers.“There...
|
leading lifestyle bookstore Crossword today hosted the launch and reading of ''Tum Kabhi Boodhi Mat Hona'', a book of Hindi poems written by city-based poet Mukesh Anand.The book was released by eminent screenwriter-director Anurag Kashyap at Juhu Crossword here.The poetries are an ecletic mix of sentiments, emotions, anxiety, love, hope, observation and a host of other thoughts that have come together...
|
national song 'Vande Matram', which came under attack Tuesday at the Darul Uloom Deoband seminary, evolved from being just a poem into a cry for freedom from British rule.According to historian Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, the Sanskrit poem was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the early 1870s. It was included in Chatterjee's novel "Anandmath" in 1881.Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore sang it before...
|
Melissa Katsoulis's entertaining account of literary hoaxes from the ancient world to the present day covers all three main kinds of hoax: the "genuine" hoax, that is to say the hoax that was never intended to be discovered (the Hitler diaries, the Ossian poems); the mock hoax, where a writer adopts a persona to create a new literary voice, such as James Norman Hall's invention of the 10-year-old poet...
|
Srinagar, Oct 25 /--/ A run was organised on the banks of Dal Lake today to raise awareness about the need to protect the world famous water body from the onslaught of pollution which is threatening its existence. Accompanied by their parents and teachers, young students of a private educational institute carried placards which read 'Save our lakes, save our heritage, stop pollution'. Prior to the...
|
number of literary works translated from Malayalam to Hindi were released at a function organised by the Bhasha Samanwaya Vedi at the Alakapuri Auditorium here on Thursday.Writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair released a translation of Mahakavi Akkitham’s select collection of poems by U.K.S Chauhan, IAS. Calicut University Vice-Chancellor Anwar Jahan Zuberi performed the honours for a translation of short stories...
|
its annual theatre festival this year, Prithvi will embrace both the indigenous and the avant-garde under its vast theme Theatres of India.Party to the latter is Theatre Roots and Wings, a relatively new theatre troupe from Kerala that has, in three years, chosen to push the boundaries of performance art.The troupe will present in Mumbai Sahyande Makan — The Elephant Project, a labour of love that...
|
Amitabh Bachchan will be throwing a party to commemorate his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan's 101st birth anniversary, which falls on November 28.One of the most renowned Hindi poets of his time, the senior Bachchan has greatly influenced Amitabh, a fact reiterated by Bachchan always quoting from his father's most popular collection, Madhushala. The most oft quoted by him is, 'To further show his respect...
|
