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Bengaluru Woman Throws Ink on Renowned Kannada Author KS Bhagawan, Here s Why
KS Bagawan was confronted by woman in Bengaluru who threw ink on him as punishment | Image credit: Twitter
Bengaluru-based lawyer Meera Raghavendra claimed she threw the ink on the scholar by way of punishment after his book was dropped from list of state library purchases.
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In a disturbing incident, a woman threw ink on rationalist and award-winning Kannada author KS Bhagawan while he was making his way to a court in Bengaluru.
A city-based lawyer Meera Raghavendra claimed she threw the ink on the scholar by way of punishment. The incident occurred after the BJP government in Karnataka removed his latest book, Rama Mandira Yeke Beda from the library list of book purchases. The incident took place on Thursday and has been going viral on social media.
Prof Doddarange Gowda
For more than 40 years, Prof Doddarange Gowda, who was on Friday named president of the 86th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held in Haveri from February 26 through 28, has through the numerous songs he has penned for Kannada films been the source of joy for crores of Kannadigas. Among the most versatile figures of contemporary Kannada literature, Prof Doddarange Gowda, in a freeweheeling chat with TOI, held forth on a broad range of issues from language and culture to the state of the nation. Excerpts:
Where do you stand vis-à-vis imposition of Hindi?
There is no question about our having to give highest priority to learning and promoting Kannada. It is our responsibility to preserve our mother tongue. But I have no objection to learning Hindi as a language, and we must be more favourable towards Hindi than towards English. In our state, it is English that is given most importance but our national language is not regarded as highly. Let me c
Curbs on free speech in Karnataka
An eminent Kannada litterateur is questioned in a rural police station for his criticism against handling of farmers’ agitation.
By M A Siraj| Updated: 25th January 2021 10:08 pm IST
Two incidents seen as curbs on free speech and expression by the BJP Government in the State have drawn criticism from writers, academicians and media in the State. In the first instance, the Public Library Book Selection Committee withdrew its recommendation to purchase the book titled
Rama Mandira Yeke Beda? (Why should there be no Rama Mandira?) by eminent writer K. S. Bhagavan. In the second instance, senior Kannada writer Ham Pa Nagarajaiah was summoned by a
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Following a social media campaign by Hindutva right wing, the Public Library Book Selection Committee has withdrawn its recommendation to purchase writer K.S. Bhagavan’s 2018 book
Rama Mandira Eke Beda? (Why should there be no Rama Mandira?).
The committee, led by Kannada writer Doddarange Gowda, issued a statement to this effect on Tuesday evening. This came close on the heels of Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar directing the committee to review the list. “The government will not buy any book that hurts the sentiments of sections of society,” Mr. Kumar said in a Facebook post on Monday night.