Theme song sets tone for Mysore varsity's centenary celebrations
Heralding the centenary celebrations of University of Mysore (UoM), Chief Minister Siddaramaiah released the theme song at Open Air Theatre, Manasagangotri, here on Sunday. The song was released as a...
View ArticleCM launches UoM theme song
MYSURU: Chief minister Siddaramaiah launched 'Uge Uge, Manasa Gange Uge Uge', the four-stanza four-minute theme song of University of Mysore(UoM) at its Open Air Theatre on Sunday. The song was written...
View ArticleCM hails De Ja Gow as 'Kannada Strongman'
Centenarian writer felicitated in a colourful ceremony Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday lauded veteran writer and former vice-chancellor of University of Mysore D Javare Gowda (Popularly known as...
View ArticleIt is better to die than wasting time doing nothing: Dejagow
MYSURU: "Time is precious. It is better to die than wasting time doing nothing. Nobody should waste time and this is my philosophy," said writer and former University of Mysore vice-chancellor...
View ArticleLegacy of a karma yogi
TIMELESS APPEAL In the 19th century, India was in a state of ferment in the realm of ideas. This was particularly the case in Bengal where the English impact had been the longest. Initially, some among...
View ArticleFriends seek award for De Ja Gow as he is laid to rest
Mysuru: A titan of the Kannada literary world, Dr De Javare Gowda, or De Ja Gow as he was popularly known, who passed away Monday evening, was laid to rest in the grounds of his Sri Kuvempu...
View ArticleThousands pay tribute to writer and ex-VC DeJaGow
MYSURU: D Javare Gowda, noted litterateur and former vice-chancellor of the University of Mysore, was laid to rest with state honours on the sprawling campus of the Kuvempu Vidyavardhaka Trust, managed...
View ArticleThousands pay tribute to DeJaGow in Mysuru
Mysuru: D Javare Gowda, noted litterateur and former vice-chancellor of the University of Mysore, was laid to rest with state honours on the sprawling campus of the Kuvempu Vidyavardhaka Trust, managed...
View ArticleKuvempu, Dejagow were role models: Writer Malali
Mysuru: Writers De Javare Gowda (Dejagow) and K V Puttappa (Kuvempu) were role models for everyone, said writer Malali Vasanth Kumar on Monday. Paying tributes to Dejagow at an event organized at...
View ArticleDe Ja Gow was an ardent disciple of Kuvempu
He was instrumental in Kannada getting Classical Language status Writer De Jaware Gowda, popularly known as ‘De Ja Gow’, was not just known for his tomes in Kannada literary world. He was recognised...
View ArticleMagnum opus on Dalits set for release
Mysuru: A six-volume mammoth book, with over 5,000 pages and titled 'Seematheetha Kannada Sahitya Charithe', will be released by revenue minister Srinivas Prasad on Monday. The book, edited by Kuvempu...
View ArticleDejagow laid to rest
The last rites of noted Kannada writer D. Javare Gowda, popularly known as Dejagow, were held at...
View ArticleLooking at Kuvempu in his own space
Yugadarshana, an anthology of articles on Ramakrishna-Vivekananda by Kuvempu Edited by H.N. Muralidhara Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysore, Rs.75 Perhaps no other writer has been as fortunate as Kuvempu,...
View ArticleSwami Vivekananda, ‘youngster from India won over the world’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed a students’ convention to mark the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago address and Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya centenary celebrations....
View ArticlePresident Ram Nath Kovind Visits Ramakrishna Mission to Mark 150th Birth...
New Delhi, Oct 29: President Ram Nath Kovind visited the Ramakrishna Mission on Saturday to mark the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Sister Nivedita. Addressing the crowd, Kovind said although...
View ArticleRs 8 crore released for Kannada Sahitya Sammelana
MYSURU: As the countdown to the 83rd Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, which begins on November 24, begins, district in-charge minister HC Mahadevappa on Sunday announced that the state government had...
View ArticleActivists slam seer's remark on Constitution
MYSURU/MANGALURU: Condemning Pejawar pontiff Vishwesha Theertha's alleged remarks against the Constitution, writers and activists staged a demonstration against the seer on the concluding day of the...
View ArticlePro-Kannada activists stage protest seeking action against CIIL director
MYSURU: Members of Vivekananda Trust and Kannada Sahitya Parishat staged a protest demanding that chief minister Siddaramaiah take legal action against Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL)...
View ArticleGovt committed to aid Rangayana: CM
MYSURU: Assuring support to the employees at Rangayana, chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that the Kannada and culture department will lend a helping hand in developing the repertory....
View ArticleCentre of excellence for classical Kannada studies in limbo
The issue of whether or not Karnataka should have a ‘State flag’ may be the all-consuming debate at the moment, but one of the core issues concerning language — of studying Kannada’s antiquity and...
View ArticleNation celebrates Swami Vivekananda birth anniversary; President Ram Nath...
The Nation is observing the 155th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, one of the greatest spiritual leaders of India, on Friday. Swami Vivekananda had introduced Indian philosophies of Vedanta and...
View ArticleMahila Samskriti Utsav in Chikkamagaluru
Kannada and Culture Department Director Dayanand said Mysuru divisional-level Mahila Samskriti Utsav wil be organised at Kuvempu Kalamandira in town from April 22 to 24. Speaking to mediapersons here...
View ArticlePM Modi emphasizes again on clean India on 125th anniversary of Swami...
[India], Sept 11 (ANI): Addressing students on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda's famous address at World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...
View ArticleI have passed recognition test: Nrupatunga awardee
Mysuru: Professor TV Venkatachala Sastry, the latest awardee of the Nrupatunga award instituted by the Kannada Sahitya Parishat for excellence in Kannada Literature, is known for his groundbreaking...
View ArticleDe Ja Gow laid to rest, sans rituals
The mortal remains of writer De Jaware Gowda (De Ja Gow) who passed away on Monday, was laid to rest, sans any rituals, but with state honours on the premises of Kuvempu Vidyavardaka Trust at...
View ArticleKannada writer Javare Gowda laid to rest
The last rites of noted Kannada writer D. Javare Gowda, popularly known as De. Ja. Gow., were performed at Kuvempu Trust in Mysuru on Tuesday. The body was kept for...
View ArticleDe. Ja. Gow. laid to rest
The last rites of noted Kannada writer D. Javare Gowda, popularly known as De. Ja. Gow., were performed at Kuvempu Trust in Mysuru on Tuesday. The body was kept for...
View ArticleSeventeen-year-old girl’s excellence gets PM’s appreciation
SHIVAMOGGA: Seventeen-year-old Rishpa has received a rather belated congratulatory note for her excellent performance in Kannada and Sanskrit — scoring centum in both — in her class 10 exams last year....
View ArticleOn my Pinboard
Vinaya Prasad Actor Vinaya Prasad has acted in almost all the South Indian languages. She made her entry into the Kannada film industry in a big way in 1990 with 'Ganeshana Maduve'. She has since then...
View ArticleCFTRI told to ensure pro-Kannada atmosphere
Allow functioning of Kannada Sahrudaya Balaga: KDA chief Kannada Development Authority Chairman S G Siddaramaiah has asked the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) Director Ram...
View ArticleKarnataka: State of diverse cultures, but language is the binding factor
Poet Nrupatunga in Kavirajamarga, the earliest available work in Kannada dating back to 9th century, defined the geographical location of the Kannada land as the one that stretches between the Cauvery...
View ArticleMysuru Sammelana keeps it short, just 2 resolutions this year
Meet for implementing KDA wishlist, getting back recognition for KSOU courses Women buy artificial jewels from a make-shift shop, during the 83rd Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahithya Sammelana, near the...
View ArticleIt is time to pick up a book
Even as speakers debated key subjects on Day 2 of the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana on Saturday, literary enthusiasts thronged the book exhibition. Representatives of educational...
View ArticleKannada activists striving for developing language: Nisar Ahmed
Writers Dr D P Krishankumar and Prof. K S Nisar Ahamad were felicitated at the felicitation function on the occasion of the 62nd Kannada Rajotsava Celebration organised by Mysuru District Kannada...
View ArticleKannada literature from the subaltern perspective
For the first time, a huge body of work – Seemateeta Kannada Sahitya Charitre (Beyond Frames: History of Kannada literature) – which looks at Kannada literature from the perspective of subaltern...
View ArticleA century of familiarity
Time has stood still in the free dispensary of the famous Mylapore math. Everything looks as it used to, many decades ago, when I would tag along with my grandfather, Capt. Seshadrinathan, who came to...
View ArticleKannada writer wants indigenous names for State's regions
Researcher M Chidanandamurthy on Sunday suggested that the Mumbai Karnataka and Hyderabad Karnataka regions in the State could be referred to by indigenous names. India should also be called as...
View ArticleFrom Vedas to Vivekananda, India’s culture is rich: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that from Vedas to Swami Vivekananda, India has a rich cultural history and that the sage is the soul of the India. “From the Vedas to Vivekananda, India’s...
View ArticleSiddarameshwara Jayanti celebrated with fervour
Mysuru: Just celebrating Sri Shivayogi Siddarameshwara Jayanti will not serve any purpose, we should follow his principles and inculcate them in our life, said K R Mohan Kumar, chairman of Mysore Urban...
View ArticleTipu's policies worth emulating: Lalitha Naik
Former minister B T Laitha Naik has said that Tipu’s policies in politics were worthy to be emulated and hence the present day politicians should study his biographies. She was speaking after releasing...
View ArticleThe Bengali bond
By the time this article is published, Navaratri will be in full swing. The city’s Bengalis will be organising Durga Puja at various centres. Chief among these is the one at Besant Nagar, hosted by the...
View ArticleFrom Vedas to Vivekananda, India's culture is rich: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that from Vedas to Swami Vivekananda, India has a rich cultural history and that the sage is the soul of the India. "From the Vedas to Vivekananda, India's...
View ArticleKDA sets 15-day deadline for CFTRI to undo “anti-Kannada” actions
The Kannada Development Authority (KDA) has set a 15-day deadline for Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) Director Ram Rajasekharan to take necessary steps to reserve the...
View ArticleMiscellany-A guru to the Maharaja and monks
Mysore (now Mysuru) under the Wadiyars, particularly after 1800, saw many scholars and intellectuals prosper, with the support and benevolence of the kings. They contributed to the richness of the then...
View ArticleMinister rures prevalence of untouchability
Mysuru: Revenue minister V Srinivas Prasad released the six-volume magnum opus 'Seematheetha Kannada Sahitya Charithe' edited by Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies professor and noted Dalit writer...
View ArticleKuvempu award for writer Devanur
SHIVAMOGGA/MYSURU: The coveted Viswamaanva Award, instituted by Kuvempu Pratisthana, will be conferred on writer and thinker Devanur Mahadeva during the 112th birth anniversary celebrations of Jnanpith...
View ArticleKuvempu was a cultural leader: Hampa Nagarajaiah
Prof Hampa Nagarajaiah, president of Kuppalli Kuvempu Pratishthana, said Kuvempu was not just a great poet, but also a cultural leader. He was speaking after inaugurating a seminar ‘Kuvempu’s...
View ArticleNation celebrates Swami Vivekananda Jayanti today
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): The Nation is observing the 155th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, one of the greatest spiritual leaders of India, on Friday. Swami Vivekananda had introduced...
View ArticleSwami Vivekananda Jayanti 2018: Best and Most Famous Quotes to Inspire and...
Swami Vivekananda was a well-known Indian Hindu monk and the chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Swami Vivekananda’s real name was Narendranath Datta and he was...
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