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Posted on 23 May 2020 by churumuri
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In the end, words are all that will survive. And, after six decades of writing, Shantadevi Kanavi’s thoughts live on in six languages.


Shantadevi Kanavi, the Kannada short story writer, has passed away in Belgaum due to age-related issues. She was 87. In a six-decade life in words, Ms Kanavi had eight collections: …

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Posted on 10 June 2019 by churumuri
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‘Fire and the Rain’: 13 pages of the last scene from ‘Agni Mattu Male’ which Girish Karnad translated


When Girish Karnad was named as World Theatre Ambassador of UNESCO’s international theatre institute in 2008, he bemoaned the lack of good translators. “I may write in Kannada but the …

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Posted on 2 February 2019 by churumuri
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‘A Kannada writer is blessed to be writing in a language in which epics were written much before the English language was born’


The acclaimed Kannada poet, lyricist and writer Jayant Kaikini has just won a massive prize for his collection of short stories ‘No Presents Please‘, translated into English by Tejaswini Niranjana. …

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Posted on 30 January 2019 by churumuri
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Kannada University postpones silver jubilee event after students and teachers object to the ‘consistent misogyny’ of an invitee: a right-wing newspaper Editor


The valedictory function of the silver jubilee of Kannada University—a University set up in Hampi in Karnataka 25 years agoto celebrate the state’s language—has been abruptly postponed following protests over the participation …

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Posted on 5 September 2018 by churumuri
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A tale of two houses in two cities: Mysore, Madras, and the magnificent mansions of Dr S. Radhakrishnan


Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the former vice-president of India, taught philosophy at the Maharaja’s College in Mysore. The expansive bungalow in which he lived in the City, a couple of roads …

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Posted on 12 August 2018 by churumuri
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Delhi’s best-read chaiwala tells Narendra Modi: “Those who voted against you are also the citizens of India. Act with dignity, be large-hearted and open-minded.”


As Narendra Modi prepares to stand up at Red Fort for the final time of his term, V. Kumara Swamy of The Telegraph newspaper sits down to chat with a chaiwala. Not just any old chaiwala, …

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Posted on 10 June 2018 by churumuri
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An IAS officer writes a first-class review of ‘Kaala’ without using the stupid phrase “punch dialogues”


By P. MANIVANNAN The Rajinikanth starrer Kaala, like the earlier Kabali, is a movie whose time has come. Indeed, it’s a trite late, but has come from the most expected …

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Posted on 9 April 2018 by churumuri
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Everything you about ‘AHINDA’ from your TV anchor and newspaper expert is wrong


As elections to the legislative assembly in #Karnataka veer into view, it is common to find anchors and analysts belt out words like ‘AHINDA’ to explain what is happening. ‘AHINDA’ …

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Posted on 10 March 2018 by churumuri
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Has Shashi Tharoor come up with the best definition (so far) for ‘Achhe Din’?


Shashi Tharoor‘s felicity with the English language is, frankly, തുരക്കല്‍. So, Akash Banerjee, the AB of the six-inch screen, flips the switch and asks the Thiruvananthapuram MP, who dreams in highly accented English, the …

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Posted on 29 January 2018 by churumuri
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All of us want a ‘Good Death’, but how many of us get the perfect one?


A “good death” would sound like a proper oxymoron, much like “good taliban” or “good terrorist”, if only it didn’t offer a commentary on its inherent fatalism. But it is …

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Posted on 7 January 2018 by churumuri
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Jaipur lit-pests: 5 stunning stories of S.L. Bhyrappa, even if you have read all his books, or none


As the 2017 calendar ran out of dates and 2018 rolled in—as urban India prepared to “party into the new year”—a small village called Santheshivara in Hassan district of Karnataka …

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Posted on 16 November 2017 by churumuri
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Strange, a lit-fest with ‘Champa’ presiding doesn’t have ‘Champakali’ on the menu


The 83rd Kannada sahitya sammelana will be held in Mysore from November 24 to 26, and the most important literatary document for the gabfest has been unveiled: the menu. Strangely, for …

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Posted on 3 November 2017 by churumuri
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What the great Shivaram Karanth said when he saw an earth mover & other stories


Bangalore’s English newspapers carry the usual dumb-ass features to mark Karnataka Rajyotsava, the state’s formation day. Deepa Ganesh breaks the monotony in today’s Hindu with a well-deserved salute to Nagesh …

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Posted on 8 October 2017 by churumuri
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The wisdom of a 90-year-old woman: Why every true Hindu should oppose Hindutva


At 90, Nayantara Sahgal remains a shining light on India’s intellectual firmament: clear, cogent, strong, resolute and fiercely independent. In 2014, Sahgal—Vijayalakshmi Pandit‘s daughter and Jawaharlal Nehru‘s niece—returned the Sahitya Akademi award …

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Posted on 4 October 2017 by churumuri
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‘In last three years, you can’t speak against the government and hope to reach home alive’


As manufacturing consent becomes the sole objective of mainstream media, it is left to artists and artistes to become the Republic’s conscience-keepers. On Monday, it was the actor Prakash Raj …

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Posted on 19 September 2017 by churumuri
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“To kill me or hang me as they do in the Middle East”: a ‘fatwa’ on Kancha Ilaiah for a book chapter


Exactly 15 days ago, Gauri Lankesh perished at her door step. Her killers shot her at pointblank range and vanished into the darkness that India is beginning to revel in. …

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Posted on 11 September 2017 by churumuri
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#IAmGauri: March and convention to protest #GauriLankesh killing on Tuesday


I Am Gauri. March and convention to protest the dastardly killing of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, in Bangalore, on Tuesday, September 12. Procession begins from Bangalore railway station at …

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Posted on 30 August 2017 by churumuri
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Journalism in the time of Fascism: ‘Indian media is now a kar sevak; a trojan horse of BJP-RSS’


Three days before India’s 71st Independence Day, Sashi Kumar—the civil face of Indian television (when Doordarshan was the channel around) and the man who started India’s first private news channel Asianet—made an …

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Posted on 20 August 2017 by churumuri
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Why Sundar Pichai finds his conscience in America, but Google searches for it in India


The stand-out aspect of the ongoing bigotry and hatred of the white supremacists in America is the response of its thought leaders: in the arts and in business in particular, …

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Posted on 13 June 2017 by churumuri
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An FDC that confirms the very worst you have heard about Mysore University


It would be an understatement of Chamundi Hill proportions to say that the University of Mysore, once the cradle of the country’s best and brightest, is plumbing the depths of …

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Posted on 24 May 2017 by churumuri
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How a new train was named ‘Vishwa Manava’ in these insular times


Fifteen years ago I wrote my obituary—all right, the first draft of my obituary. I wrote it, not after I received an intimation of impending mortality, but after I read …

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Posted on 24 May 2017 by churumuri
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Once upon a time, when a traffic offender said he was JNU professor…


The economist Prabhat Patnaik has a fine piece in The Telegraph, Calcutta, on the growing anti-intellectualism in the world. There was a time in Delhi when an absent-minded professor, like …

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Posted on 17 May 2017 by churumuri
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Wikipedia and the clash of civilisations sparked by a quiz master from Madurai


There’s nothing quite like a nice literary spat, especially if it involves a global internet brand, two ancient civilisations, an irritated diplomat, and a newspaper column. Last month, The Hindu …

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Posted on 31 March 2017 by churumuri
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Shashi Tharoor’s superb response on whether Congress deserves to survive


The former diplomat, writer and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has featured in a Deutsche Welle TV interview with Tim Sebastian, the bulldog who hosted Hard Talk on BBC. After facing a …

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Posted on 18 February 2017 by churumuri
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How the old boys from Bishop Cotton’s school built Bangalore as we know it


The documentation of local culture in India is a vanishing art, especially in the English language. There are few go-to resources to get the real feel of the sights, sounds and smells of …

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