Kikkeri Narayana

We left Bangalore with the Shatabdi Express train at 11 A.M. and reached Mysore in exactly two hours time. In accordance with the Indian tradition, we were heartily welcomed at the railway station with flower garlands by Dr. Suresh Patil from the Anthropological Survey of India (ASI), and Dr. Kikkeri Narayana from the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), who had been kind enough to plan for our programme in Mysore. After some hectic weeks mostly spent in big cities…

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*Jenu Nudi Kannada-English Dictionary * <http://indianfolklore.org/shop/product_info.php?cPath=23_30&products_id=67> The Jenu Nudi Dictionary is a language resource for the Jenukuruba Community that gives English approximations for Jenu-Nudi lexicons written in Kannada script. They will enable children from the community to grasp English much better and encourage them to use their ‘home language’ officially, without fearing criticism from those outside the community.The dictionary has been published with a vision to make the education system more sensitive to linguistic differences between students from the marginalized…

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Karnataka Sahitya Academy and Arasi Samskruthi Kendra of Arsikere are jointly organising the three-day Katha Kammata, a workshop on short stories, at Amaragiri Tirupati (Malekal Tirupati) in Arsikere taluk from February 28. Writer G.P. Basavaraj will preside over the workshop. Critic G.H. Nayak will inaugurate the workshop on Saturday. Chairperson of the Academy Malati Pattanashetti and member Rupa Hassan will participate in the inaugural ceremony. Scholars and short story writers who will take part in the workshop include A.M. Shivaswamy,…

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