“What we shared was more than a teacher-student relationship. We were partners in social activism and took part in many movements through the 1970s and 1980s. And Siddalingaiah’s flair for language
Noted poet Dr. Siddalingaiah, who passed away on Friday, was in the 1970s known for his fiery poetry that inspired a generation of not just Dalit activists, but also all those speaking up against the
My Avva Shantadevi Kanavi, a Writer of Substance
Leading Kannada short story writer s son remembers his mother on the first anniversary of his death
Shantadevi Kanavi (Jan 12, 1933-May 22, 2020) was a leading short story writer in Kannada. Photo: Special Arrangement
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Shantadevi Kanavi was a leading short story writer in Kannada whose work has been translated into Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi and English. ‘Onagabaradu odala chilume’,
edited by Shanta Imrapur and K R Siddhagangamma, is a collection of 56 critical essays and analyses of her short stories by noted literary critics. She was honoured for her lifetime literary contribution with the Karnataka Saahitya Akademi Award.
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With over 24,000 new covid cases, India s tally crosses 1.14 crore
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March 16, 2021
New Delhi, Mar 16: India recorded 24,492 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the country s infection tally to 1,14,09,831, according to Union health ministry data.
The death toll due to the disease increased to 1,58,856 with 131 more fatalities being recorded in a day, the data updated at 9 am showed.
Registering an upward trend for five days in a row, the total active caseload has gone up to 2,23,432 which is 1.93 per cent of the total infections in the country, while the recovery rate has dropped to 96.68 per cent, the data stated.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,10,27,543, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.39 per cent, according to the data.