BJP MPs oppose Karnataka CM's invite to Booker Prize recipient Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Mysuru DasaraKannada writer Banu Mushtaq's invitation to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara has faced opposition. BJP leaders Yaduveer Wadiyar and Tejasvi Surya h...
25 Aug, 2025, 08.34 PM IST
- 'Award Rejected as a Mark of Respect for Constitution'
Although Karnataka is ruled by the Congress government, the social and academic laws of the state is governerd by right-wing forces, Rajash...
13 Jan, 2017, 12.16 PM IST
Amazon now pitted against writers and Kannada groupsThe two organisations are gathering details to decide on its next move to get Amazon to respond to the request of writers to introduce Kann...
15 Aug, 2016, 09.48 AM IST
Writer's block: The evolution of Kannada cinemaNot long ago, no youngster in Bengaluru would admit to watching a Kannada film over the weekend but times are changing.
10 Jun, 2016, 12.11 PM IST
B'lore Lit Fest: How language, class and ideology have come in way of liberal expressionHistorian Ramachandra Guha, who came forward to support the BLF, says that in today's day and age, politics and ideologies are inescapable
04 Dec, 2015, 11.46 AM IST
- Writer and literary critic OL Nagabhushana Swamy joins BLF boycott fray
After Kannada poet Arif Raja and writer TK Dayanand, senior writer and literary critic OL Nagabhushana Swamy withdrew from the Bangalore Li...
01 Dec, 2015, 07.03 PM IST
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.
19 Nov, 2015, 05.05 PM IST
Karnataka CM meets Rajnath SinghKarnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah today called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him various issues concerning ...
28 Oct, 2015, 11.42 PM IST
Kannada writer Prof Rahamat Tarikeri returns Akademi awardKannada writer Prof Rahamat Tarikeri has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the killing of scholar M M Kalburgi.
13 Oct, 2015, 01.28 PM IST
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.
13 Oct, 2015, 06.31 AM IST
Rushdie backs authors, 7 more return Sahitya Akademi awards"The Sahitya Akademi remains silent about the Kalburgi murder so many dangers our democracy is facing, the very fabric of democracy is unde...
12 Oct, 2015, 04.12 PM IST
- Writers hurt by Sahitya Akademi's silence on killings: Giriraj Kishore
Noted Hindi writer Giriraj Kishore today registered his protest over the killing of Kannada writer Professor M M Kalburgi and said the comm...
08 Oct, 2015, 07.41 PM IST
FIR against Kannada writer KS Bhagawan for 'speaking ill about Hindu Gods'Police said the FIR was filed at a police station in Dakshina Kannada district based on a complaint against the writer.
24 Sep, 2015, 10.48 AM IST
Writer forced out of state government event for dissentThe 83-year old writer, along with former leg islator Pramila Nesargi and others, were forced out of the banquet hall of Vidhana Soudha.
26 Mar, 2015, 10.10 AM IST
Under Attack, Siddaramaiah renews his love for KannadaThe Karnataka government has for long been a strong votary of supporting the local language, particularly because of the movements on the i...
31 Jan, 2015, 01.03 PM IST
Kannada writers, BJP cross swords on Narendra ModiTouching the raw nerve of BJP, celebrated writers U R Ananthamurthy and Girish Karnad have come out with guns blazing on Modi.
06 Apr, 2014, 11.58 AM IST
I wouldn't want to live in India if Narendra Modi becomes PM, author Ananthamurthy saysJnanpith awardee and acclaimed Kannada writer Dr UR Ananthamurthy has said he will not live in a country with Narendra Modi as the Prime Mi...
19 Sep, 2013, 10.27 PM IST