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Sonu Nigam shuts down student’s Kannada demand at Bengaluru concert: 'Not even as old as my career'Karnataka faces language-related tensions. Sonu Nigam paused a Bengaluru concert after a demand for Kannada songs. He expressed disappointm...- Bengaluru job posting requiring Tamil, Telugu, and English — but not Kannada — sparks rowA PNB Housing Finance job ad in Bengaluru is causing a stir. The post seeks candidates fluent in Tamil, Telugu, and English. It omits Kanna...
- Road Rage: Siddaramaiah defends Kannadigas, disapproves of IAF officer’s commentsKarnataka's Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condemned attempts to portray a Bengaluru road rage incident involving an IAF officer couple as a l...
- 'Bangalore will collapse soon': Software engineer expresses frustration over Kannada bias after Diljit Dosanjh concertTanisha Sabherwal, a Bengaluru software engineer, reported harassment at a Diljit Dosanjh concert. A woman pushed Sabherwal and demanded sh...
- Hind Swaraj becomes new weapon in hands of anti-saffron culture activistsTheatre activist Prasanna is taking Hind Swaraj as a street play and social movement to highlight the twin problems to Karnataka’s villager...
- Bengaluru theatre festival aims to examine intolerances of all kindsThe most recent challenge came from National School of Drama alumnus Anupam Kher, who used to be called a “right liberal” by the theatre fr...
- Making a rightful case for Sheldon PollockThe petition seeking the ouster of Sheldon Pollock from the Murty Classical Library is entirely without basis, one of India's best-known li...
- Bengaluru-based theatre group Ranga Nirantara puts off festival due to lack of good playsRanga Nirantara was planning its third annual event in January but deferred it to April.
- Some Sahitya Yuva Puraskar awardees 'condemn' intoleranceBadiger is among the writers from 23 languages who were conferred the Yuva Puraskar in a ceremony here on November 18.
- Awards launched: Intolerance to dominate this year's Bangalore Literature FestivalIntroduction of literary awards in three categories -fiction, nonfiction and literary achievement in Kannada -will be the other highlight.
- Why Chetan Bhagat is wrong about Indian liberalsChetan Bhagat has taken a huge swipe at Indian liberals arguing that they usually have “no clue” and “no solutions” about what India should...
- Sahitya Akademi breaks its silence, passes resolution condemning killing of writersAkademi stressed the need to protect India’s plural culture but sidestepped demands from protesters for holding a condolence meet for Kalbu...
- Writers march in protest, submit memorandum to Sahitya AkademiWriters from across the country gathered at Shri Ram Centre near Mandi House and marched towards Sahitya Akademi in the capital, wearing bl...
- Punjabi author Dalip Kaur Tiwana returns Padma Shri, more writers protestTiwana joined the ongoing protest by growing number of artistes by returning her 2004 Padma Shri award over the Dadri lynching and ‘growing...
- Under pressure, Sahitya Akademi calls meeting to discuss issue of writers returning awardsAt least 17 authors have till now returned their awards to protest against the killing of writer Kalburgi and Dadri lynching incident.
- Sahitya Akademi resignations: Fair choice if quitting due to ideology, says Culture Minister Mahesh SharmaSharma felt this was not the right course to take, making the point that there were “other methods” to register a protest.
- Shashi Deshpande resigns from Sahitya Akademi panel in protestShashi Deshpande resigned from the Sahitya Akademi General Council expressing "a sense of strong disappointment" over the literary body's s...
- Hindi writer Uday Prakash returns Akademi award over Kalburgi killingIt was received by the personal secretary to the Sahitya Akademi secretary K Sreenivasarao, who was out of town.
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