Mangalore: 3 writers of Janapada literatures and traditions in Karnataka, Dr. Norbert D’Souza of Shimogga, Sharanappa Kanchani and Eleyara Geleya Muliya were honored at Alva’s Nudisiri-Virasat convention of 2013 on Dec.20 with a citation, mementos and Rs.25000 each at the end of a Janapada session held at Vidyagiri. Dr. B A Vivek Rai the common […]
Kolkata : Bengali actress Rupa Ganguly, known to rest of the world as ‘Draupadi’ of the hit television series ‘Mahabharat’, today surprised everybody including herself by bagging the National Film Award in the best playback singer category. “I am happy but I am more surprised. When I heard the news the first thing which came to […]
Moodabidri: A Chennai group, Shiva Fusion, created a thunder of music, raising public excitement and generous applause, when a programme of fusion music (West and East) was presented on Day 2 at Alva’s Virasat. The fusion had started with sitar maestro Ravishankar and Ali Akbar Khan on Sarod with Western musicians, decades ago blending Indian […]
Mangalore: Dr. Michael Lobo’s two books on Music were released at St. Aloysius’ High School on Monday. They dealt with Popular music with a historical and Thematic Analysis and a thousand of Pages of Music with historical analysis. Fr. Joseph Rodrigues, rector, Fr. Swebert D’silva, principal of St. Aloysius’ college, apart from Veronica and Baron […]
Pune: Death occurred to Dr. Bhimsen Joshi, Bharat Ratna and world renowned Indian Classical Uttaradi musician, here in Pune at his residence. He was 89, a veteran vocalist, a bhajan singer and a classicist from Karnataka settled in Pune. Pandit Joshi was born in Gadag in 1922. He got trained in Kirana Gharana, under the […]
“Kanasemba Kudureyaneri” is unusual (a Kannada film) It is an unusual film, directed by able veteran Girish Kasarvalli, who also wrote the screenplay, along with Perla Gopalkrishna Pai, with a narration in a different and novel way. Both secured national awards. The split techniques of screenplay leaves viewers on 3 layers while they sit glued […]
Gadaga / Koppal: For those vacant posts of Teachers in primary and secondary schools to be duly filled up, necessary steps are being taken. Upgraded primary schools will have graduate (B Ed) teachers soon, according to Vishwashwara hegde kageri Minister for Primary and secondary education in the state. He was speaking to newsmen on Monday […]
Director, Bhansali takes to Music in ‘Guzaariah’ (Hindi). Mumbai: With Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai and others in the cast, Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s new film “Guzaarish” will hit the screen on Nov.19 all over India. A preview was held at a press meet in Mumbai on Friday (today). Bhansali said that the film was about […]
