Karnataka

Mangalore, July 8: It is not possible to define poetry mathematically and scientifically. Poetry has got to do more with the 'feel', said Gulzar, veteran poet and lyricist. He was delivering a lecture on poetry at a programme organized by Kavita Trust in Mangalore on Sunday. Poetry is not bound by regulations such as rhymes, rhythm, meter, musical sense and so on. It cannot be confined to

Mangalore, July 8: Atrocities against Dalits were in existence during the British Raj too, said Dr. Madhava Peraje, Lecturer, Hampi Kannada University. He was speaking at a seminar on 'Life of Dalits in Independent India', organized by Karnataka Dalitha Sangharsha Samithi (DSS Bhimavada) in Mangalore on Sunday. Records mentioning British men carrying atrocities on Dalit women in 1700s are

Mangalore, July 8: The nature of fine arts is such that they overlap each other. One can find painting in poetry and poetry in paintings, said Gulzar, legendary poet and lyricist. He was expressing his thoughts after inaugurating a painting exhibition of artist Wilson J P D'Souza at Orchid Art Gallery in Mangalore. Mr. Gulzar said that he agreed to inaugurate the exhibition because he likes

Mangalore, July 8: About 15 people were injured after a mini bus toppled down near Kuntikar here on Sunday. The bus was carrying people to a marriage function on the Kuntikar- Kottara Chowki road when the incident happened. Eye witnesses said that the driver was responsible for the mishap as he was over speeding the vehicle. The injured have been admitted to AJ Hospital in the city. Three

Mangalore, July 9: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Dakshina Kannada, the home district of Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, have remained silent spectators to the development within the party leading to the replacement of Mr. Gowda with Jagadish Shettar as the Chief Minister. The BJP bastion of the coastal belt, has elected four MLAs to the Assembly in the last election and had laid

Mangalore, July 8: A beedi branch staff was waylaid by a motorcycle-borne miscreant near Ullal and robbed of Rs. 1.14 lakh, according to a complaint registered at the local police station. Siddik, a resident of Alekal, was heading to Bharath Beedi branch on an autorickshaw on Saturday with Rs. 2.62 lakh stashed in a suitcase. The amount was meant to be deposited at the branch. When the

Mangalore, July 8: The tradition of worshiping daivas has enriched the Tulu culture, said folklore expert Ganesh Amin Sankamar. He was speaking at the Tulu Academy's monthly 'chavadi' on the topic “The contribution of Daivaradhane in the development of the language ” here on Saturday. “A language does not develop only through reading and writing. The tradition of worshiping daivas is at the base

Mangalore, July 8: “Vondondu nadigu vondondu kathe” a book authored by Tharanatha Varkady was released at a function in SDM college auditorium here on Saturday. Speaking after releasing the book scholar Dr. Kabbinale Vasntha Bharadwaj said the new title would be very helpful for those who want to undertake further research on rivers. Writer Bhuvaneshwari Hegde introduced the book. Dr. N Narayana

Bantwal, July 7: In a heart-wrenching tragedy a 6-year-old son of a Nonresident Indian lost his life after he drowned in the overflowing Netravati River here on Saturday. Police have identified the victim as Abdul Shamit, a Class 1 student of a private school in Bantwal Lower Town. His father Abdul Jabbar is working abroad. As usually the boy had left his home in Nandavar early in the morning

Mangalore, July 7: The quality of discussion and values of democracy have deteriorated over a period of time in the last 60 years of Karnataka Legislative Assembly's history and voters too are partly responsible for this, said Siddharamaiah, Leader of Opposition, Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He was delivering a talk at the valedictory programme of a seminar on 'Sixty years of Karnataka