Oral Mahabharatas and Varnashrama Discourse -Part 3
(3) Janapada Mahabharatha: 6 This narrative, as long as 36,000 lines, is popular among the agricultural communities of Karnataka and chosen parts of it are performed during festivals and on...
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( 4 ) Differences in Characterisation : (a) Draupadi: Whereas in literary-written Bharathas Draupadi belongs to a prestigeous Kshatriya clan, the oral narratives depict her as either an...
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On the basis of the analysis attempted till now of the Bharatha-narratives, both written and oral, the following conclusions could be hazarded:(1) Of the three categories of Bharatha-narratives,...
View ArticleParasangada Gende Thimma -Part 1
‘Avva’ and ‘My Dear Lady’: The Varied Avatars of a Text This paper, a comparative study of a Kannada text, its English translation, and the film based on the text, from...
View ArticleParasangada Gende Thimma -Part 2
The Kannada film based on the novel (with the same title) was produced in 1978. It was directed by Maruti Shivaram and the roles of Gendethimma and Maranki were played by Lokesh and Rita Anchan,...
View ArticleKannada Drama with Particular reference to Chandrashekhar Kambar -Part 1
The history of modern Kannada drama can be divided, roughly, into four periods: a) Professional-popular theatre, b) Elite Theatre of Realism, c) Navya or Modernist Theatre, and d) Navyottara...
View ArticleKannada Drama with Particular reference to Chandrashekhar Kambar -Part 2
II Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara) Biographical:Padmashree Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambar, playwright-poet-novelist-critic, holds a unique place in the field of post-independence Kannada literature; he...
View ArticleKannada Poetry Today: Themes and Concerns -Part 1
First, let me set out the broad contours of my paper. Though I am aware that the history of Kannada poetry –of any poetry for that matter – has scant respect for the artificial periodisation of time...
View ArticleKannada Poetry Today: Themes and Concerns -Part 2
C) Transcending Ideological Frames: The poets in this group (such as Aravinda Malagatti, L. Hanumanthaiah, S. G. Siddaramaiah, Savita Nagabhushana, H. L. Pushpa, Pratibha...
View ArticleWays of reading Poetry
Let me begin with a few general statements. The ‘meaning’ of a poem is not its summary or paraphrasable ideas. Poetry does not convey what can be conveyed...
View ArticleBook review: Nirdiganta by Dr. Veena Shanteshwar
Shanta Imrapur, ed. Nirdiganta; 2Vols. Sindara Pustaka Prakashana, 2009 price= 359 “ A Unique Festschrift” Beginning with...
View ArticleA Critique of Modernity: Kannada Poetry -Part 1
‘Modernity,’ derived from Latin ‘modernus’ to mean ‘recent’ or ‘just now,’ is a slippery term; and unless we specify a particular field and particular context, it does not mean anything. For...
View ArticleA Critique of Modernity: Kannada Poetry -Part 2
In the impressive literary oeuvre of Chandrashekhara Kambara, the poet-playwright-novelist, the constant locale of all his works is ‘Shivapura’ –a fictitious Utopia like the...
View ArticleJNANPITH AWARDEE Chandrashekara Kambar -Part 1
JNANPITH AWARDEE Chandrashekara Kambar : Poet-Playwright: “In Search of Shiva-pura”1 Chandrashekara Kambar, playwright-poet-novelist-critic, holds a unique place in the...
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Drama: At the time when Kambar wrote his first play in 1961, the Kannada theatre had begun to move away slowly from the Theatre of Realism (Kailasam and Sriranga), exploring new concerns and newer...
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“For Reasons of Their Own” -book by Ramachandran C.N.
New book; released on Feb. 6, 2012 “For Reasons of Their Own”: A Study of Authors, Texts and Issues with Particular Reference to Kannada Literature -Ramachandran C.N.Contents:A)...
View Article"Kannada Vishwavidyanilaya Charitre" by Vijay P. Tambanda
Vijay P. Tambanda (Ed.), Kannada Vishwavidyanilaya Charitre, 8 Vols. Prasaranga: Kannada Univ., Hampi, 2010 “Useful Volumes” During the colonial...
View ArticleBhargavi Narayan -Naanu, Bhargavi
Bhargavi Narayan, Naanu, BhargaviAnkita Pustaka, 2012 pp. 415; price: Rs. 250/- “Poignant Tale of a Gutsy Artist” What is it that drives one to the stage and don...
View ArticleBara Andre Ellarigu Ishta, translated by G.N. Mohan
G. N. Mohan, tr. Bara Andre Ellarigu Ishta Bengaluru: Abhinava, 2012 pp. 504; price: 350/- “yahan admi aur bail me kya pharak hai?” People like Medha Patkar,...
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Little reason to restrict the freedom of speech
dR. C. N. RAMACHANDRANTHE HINDU, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 Illustration: Satwik GadeGovernments have ritually abused the latitude granted by the Indian Penal Code and the Constitution to harass, intimidate...
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