Anuradha Ananthamurthy, daughter of writer U.R. Ananthamurthy, expressed anguish over hate mail the family still receives even weeks after the death of her father. Some of these letters are from Dakshina Kannada, she said. “Such attacks are not new to my father. Earlier, the attacks were on his thoughts, now it is different,” she said, […]
Mangalore : Few academicians and scholars who witnessed the Hindutva activists indulging in bursting crackers and celebrating the death of Jnanapith awardee U R Ananthamurthy on August 23, Friday expressed their displeasure over activities through social networking sites. Condemning the act, Dakshina Kannada units of Congress committee, Youth Congress and National Students Union of India […]
Bangalore : The city’s garbage may not be reaching the landfills, but it certainly reached the Bangalore Literature Festival. Garbage on the city’s roads was a recurring topic during the discussion on “Bangalore/ Bengaluru: Multiple City?” at the literature festival here on Sunday. Author and columnist Shobhaa De, who was one of the panellists, even […]
Mangalore: Media must support the moderate voices in the society which however are very few in number, said eminent film maker Mahesh Bhatt. Inaugurating the readers’ convention of Vartha Bharathi Kannada Daily as part of its decennial celebrations in Mangalore on September 14, Friday, he said media should never act puppets at the hands of […]
