Thousands of children from across Maharashtra participated in 'Bal Sahitya Sammelan', the first of its kind in the world, organised here.The literary meet was organised yesterday for the children and the speakers in the event said the young literatus should not be underestimated as they were also equally competent.A procession, with the portraits of Sant Dnyaneshwar and Dnyaneshwari, was taken out...
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Thousands of children from across Maharashtra participated in 'Bal Sahitya Sammelan', the first of its kind in the world, organised here.The literary meet was organised yesterday for the children and the speakers in the event said the young literatus should not be underestimated as they were also equally competent.A procession, with the portraits of Sant Dnyaneshwar and Dnyaneshwari, was taken out...
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The second Akhila Karnataka Dalita Sahitya Sammelan has been re-scheduled to November 21 and 22 at Rangamandir in Bidar city. The sammelanna is organised by members of Dalita Sahitya Parishat. Addressing presspersons here on Sunday, State president of Dalita Sahitya Parsihat Arjun Golasangi said earlier the sammelan was fixed on October 24 and 25 in Bidar but owing to floods in several districts of...
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Bidar district unit of Kannada Sahitya Parishat will be organising the 10th Zilla Kannada Sahitya Sammelan from January 19 and 20, 2010 at the Rangamandira here.A decision in this regard was taken at an executive committee meeting of the sahitya parsihat.A press release from Sanjivkumar Atiwal, honorary secretary of the parishat, said that the meeting had decided to constitute a reception committee,...
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D’Silva of the Infant Jesus Church inaugurating the second district-level Sharana Sahitya Sammelan in Shimoga on Friday.SHIMOGA: President of the second district-level Sharana Sahitya Sammelan A.S. Venugopal Rao said on Friday that people should drive away ignorance in them.He was delivering the keynote address after at the second district-level Sharana Sahitya Sammelan organised by the district Sharana...
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Madhu Mangesh Karnik, founder of Konkan Marathi Sahitya Parishat inaugurating the two-day 12th Konkan Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Belgaum on Saturday.Belgaum: Bhalchandra Mungekar, the former Vice-Chancellor and member of the Planning Commission at New Delhi, has appealed to the Karnataka Government not to make the border dispute a “prestige issue”.Mr. Mungekar, who was unanimously elected as president...
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Sahitya Akademi awardee Y. Lakshmi Prasad and others staging a protest near Gurajada Apparao statue on Tuesday.VISAKHAPATNAM: The insult heaped on a couple of young children of the St. Joseph’s School at Mydukuru in Kadapa district for speaking in Telugu on the school premises, evoked a strong protest from the people here.The school administration hung boards around the necks of the two pupils with...
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Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy has chosen three persons for its honorary award for 2008 in three categories. They are: Ibrahim Tannirbavi, playwright; U.A. Kasim Ullal, columnist and poet; and Mohammed Kulai, writer.Announcing the award at a press conference here on Tuesday, president of the academy M.B. Abdul Rahman said that it would be presented to them at a function at the Town Hall here on November...
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the State government’s highest literary honour.Culture Minister M.A. Baby said here on Friday that Sugathakumari was chosen for the award in view of her outstanding contribution to Malayalam literature.She was selected by a committee headed by poet O.N.V. Kurup and comprising Kerala Sahitya Akademi president M. Mukundan, Dr. D. Benjamin and Prof. Sreedevi.Named after father of Malayalam literature...
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Mayor Yallappa Kurbar paying tributes to saint poet Kanakadasa on the occasion of Kanaka Jayanti in Belgaum on Thursday.Delivering a lecture on the occasion, writer Jyoti Hosur said that Kanakadasa was not only a great saint, but also a poet who gave a philosophical dimension to his “Dasa Sahitya”.Kanakadasa, who was well-versed with contemporary literature, stood against injustices and added a new...
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