‘Bhame’ (a Kannada novel) and ‘Sanna Kathegalu’ (compilation of short stories), authored by P.M. Manoj (Dheviputhran), will be released at a programme organised at Institution of Engineers-India (IEI) on JLB Road in city on May 1 at 11 am.
Bharadwaj K. Anandatheertha, writer from Kanive, Kodagu, will inaugurate the event and release the books.
Writer & Journalist Poorigali Maradeshamurthy and Shashidhar of Tara Printers, Mysuru, will be the chief guests. Voracious reader H.S. Tejas will compere the programme.
Manoj’s first novel ‘Casanova’ will be available for purchase at 25% discount during the book release event.
For details, contact Mob: 90080-73499.
About the author:
An alumnus of Maharaja’s College in Mysuru, P.M. Manoj, known by his pen name Dheviputhran, is a native of Thithimathi in Virajpet taluk of Kodagu. Son of P.C. Saroja (a retd. teacher) and late P.V. Mohan, Manoj has two other books — ‘Casanova’ (novel) and ‘Pathanga’ (compilation of short stories) — and many short stories to his credit.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / April 25th, 2022
The annual general body meeting of Kabbachira family was held at its Ainmane recently.
Also, a family tree (ancestral lineage) book was released on the occasion.
Family’s Pattedara presided. Ajjinikanda Mahesh Nachaiah, Poomale Daily Editor, family members, daughters born in Kabbachira family and their families and Arji village heads were present.
The book is written by Kubbachira Jeya Uttappa and Banu Uttappa.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Photo News / April 24th, 2022
In Part I of our photo essay on the Adipaaya art exhibition, we feature creative highlights along with curator insights. Read, enjoy, share!
Launched in 2014,PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 600 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon festival, cartoon gallery, world music festival, telecom expo, millets fair, climate change expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, Diwali wildlife conference, startup festival, , Diwali rangoli and jazz festival.
While the region of Kodagu (Coorg) in South India is known for its rich natural resources as well as achievers in sports and defence, Kodava artists are not as well known.
The current exhibition at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, titled Adipaaya (‘foundation’ in the Kodava language), shines the spotlight on the regional art.
Kodava art
“In December of 2021, I made an open call on the Kodava WhatsApp group about my interest to curate an All Kodava Visual Arts Exhibition,” explains award-winning artist-curator SmithaCariappa,in a chat with YourStory.
She received an overwhelming response to her open call. “I had a one-on-one telephonic conversation to find out more from each artist. I got to know the majority are self-taughtand skilled painters,” she recalls.
After the pandemic lockdowns and restrictions, she reconnected with artists and art lovers in Kodagu, and conducted research into its artistic heritage.
The exhibited artworks span painting, drawing, portraits, sculpture, installation, illustration, caricature, photography, textiles, and mixed media. Elements of daily life in Kodagu and festivals of Kodava culture are some of the themes of the artworks.
Art and creativity
“Art is the best language that I can apply to communicate my concerns, anxieties and inquiries. My concepts evolve around current socio-political concerns,” Smitha explains.
“Art is also an attitude towards life,and the inner self-reflection of the immediate environment and surroundings,” she adds. “With empathy to the concerns around, a certain kind of activism comes about,” she suggests.
As a curator, she sees success in completing a curatorial project and bridging the gap between artist and audience.
“Success would be to involve the audience inconversation with the artwork and the artist. If I have touched the people and they are able to get closer to better aesthetic ideas, that is success for me,” she affirms.
Messages and impact
“I am trying to take the Kodava art project to Kodagu in the form of workshops, talks and exchanges. Reverse migration during the pandemic has taken us to our roots and our native places,” Smitha explains.
source: http://www.yourstory.com / YourStory.com / Home> Arts & Culture / by Madanmohan Rao / April 23rd, 2022
A new entry fee rule has come into force at Talacauvery Temple in Kodagu, the birthplace of River Cauvery where visitors are charged Rs. 20 and a receipt of ‘Vishesha Seve’ (Special Offering) is given after the payment.
Though the ticket is issued for ‘Vishesha Seve’, people who come there do not perform any rituals. They just enter the Temple to pray and leave. The Temple comes under the State Muzrai Department and is governed by its rules and regulations.
Interestingly, the entry fee is levied in a sly manner and whoever questions the new system are let inside without the ticket. Normally, local residents who know that there was no entry fee till now are not ready to pay and are bound to question the person who issues the ‘Vishesha Seve’ tickets. But tourists and other people who come from outside the district meekly pay up.
Barricade for fee collection
Earlier, one could enter the Temple through the main arch gates and there was no such ticket counter and no one would stop entry. However, now all devotees who come to the Temple are made to enter through a barricaded entry point — to the right of the arch gates — and the security guards force each and everyone to take that particular line.
Moreover, there are no sign boards indicating that an entry fee has to be paid. Rs. 20 ticket is issued to one group. As there are no clear-cut guidelines and rules, many Temple goers are objecting to the practice.
The rule has been enforced recently as thousands of tourists are visiting Kodagu for the holiday season. As there are no signboards or any Government Order to indicate the Rs. 20 entry fee, it is an ‘unofficial’ arrangement to collect money.
As generally tourists will be in a hurry, no one questions the rule of entry tickets while no other major temples have an entry fee. Only the special rituals and prasadam have tickets of various denominations. But if any devotee questions the entry ticket collection, they are told that tickets are not mandatory.
Not mandatory: Temple EO
Krishnappa, Executive Officer of Talacauvery-Bhagamandala Temple Committee said that the collected money is being used to maintain the Temple staff. “We get bare minimum funds from the Government for the maintenance of the staff. Anyway the tickets are not mandatory. Those who have the tickets will get three special mangalarathis at the Brahma Kundike, Agastheshwara and Mahaganapathi Temples,” he said.
On the barricades erected near the arch gate, he said that it is to ensure that the visitors are not skimpily clad. “75 percent of the visitors who come here are tourists and many of them are scantily dressed. This is a holy place and body showing is unacceptable,” he added.
President of Talacauvery – Bhagamandala Temple Committee Kodi Motaiah said that there are 11 employees including priests at Talacauvery and 16 at Bhagamandala. “The Muzrai Department pays just Rs. 7,500 as salary and that too they are paid once in two or three months. We are paying them from whatever little money collected from the entry ticket,” he added.
source: http://www.starofmysore.come / Star of Mysore / Home> News> Top Stories / April 19th, 2022
Rashmika Mandanna opened up on how she dealt with body shaming, here read to know
The Pushpa actress Rashmika Mandanna, known as the nation’s crush has given us career goals with her back-to-back successful movies in the row. However, while the actress definitely rules our hearts, it’s been quite times when she got severely trolled by netizens on social media, for her body and career choices.
Talking to Bollywood Bubble, Rashmika Mandanna opened up on how she struggled over the years with body-shaming, and how she felt about it. She said, “It hit me like a bloody tsunami. I didn’t see it coming.” Adding further she said, “To one point, I was body shamed, they were talking about my personality, my character, my family, my school, my upbringing and all of that.”
The actress further added, “I started losing myself into all of these. I started shelving myself…it was bad.” The diva also said that how the constant trolls made her doubt herself and her career choices too.
On the work front, the actress recently earned pan-Indian recognition with her work in the film Pushpa along with Allu Arjun. She is also set to make her Bollywood debut with Sidharth Malhotra in the film Mission Majnu, followed by Goodbye and more.
source: http://www.iwmbuzzi.com / IMWBUZZ.com / Home> Movies> Snippets / by Team IWMbUZZ / April 16th, 2022
The artist’s debut solo show opens at Hyderabad’s State Art Gallery on April 15.
The excitement is palpable in artist Bhavani G S’ voice. “This is my first solo show in Hyderabad and I have not been able to sleep for the past few days due to the thrill of coming to the city. I am glad I could come early,” she says ahead of her multi-disciplinary exhibition, Fragmented Memories, that opens at the State Art Gallery on April 15. The show consisting of paintings and video art brings memories to the fore connecting the past to the present and vice versa.
Besides a few short videos, around 35 works done in acrylics and watercolours promise to give artlovers an uncanny sense of being in the woods. The works done two years ago were to be displayed at Jehangir Art Gallery in March 2020 but got postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19 (she displayed at Jehangir Art Gallery two months ago). “Our lives changed in two years of the pandemic; My works also changed,” she shares.
Talakaveri by Bhavani G S
Bond with Cauvery
Hailing from the mountain ranges of Kodagu in Karnataka surrounded by coffee plantations, Bhavani’s works represent the deep connection she shares with her native land and the river Cauvery. In fact, the artist has been working on a decade-long sustained project on Cauvery and has shot a few videos on water issues. This is part of a research-based work on her journeys that started in 2012 when she travelled (around 65 kilometres) along the river from TalaCauvery (in Coorg district where Cauvery originates) reaching the Bay of Bengal in Poompuhar and observing the changing shores of the confluence of the river.
Poompuhar by Bhavani G S
Her journey started as a probe into water issues like pollution, ended up forging a bond with the river. “I fell in love with Cauvery and wanted to travel with it. Hence a bit of the river will always be there in my works.” Memories evolved as COVID-19 triggered uncertainties and took her back to her home town that was witness to unscientific man-made changes leading to disasters.
“Television and the internet kept us connected but our relationships had changed and we were disconnected from each other. The pandemic taught us the value of many things, especially freedom,” she points out. She connected images emanating from her childhood memories to her current stay in Bengaluru. The migration issue made her ponder her life when she migrated to Bengaluru. The elephant corridor has disappeared as people have moved in. I am responsible in a way for that disappearance.”
Milestone 3A Talakaveri by Bhavani GS
The anxieties also took her back to her childhood when she recollected the solace she got as a child by hearing the howling of Western Ghats fox and the jackal. “The Western Ghats fox is on the verge of extinction,” she says. The various images that touched her mind and soul have found a place on her canvas.
Fragmented Memories by Bhavani G S will be at the State Art Gallery till April 24
source: http://www.newsazi.com / News Azi / Home> Entertainment / by Anindita Das / April 15th, 2022
Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa’s son, family visitPark, War Memorials; recall warm ties
Madikeri :
The Cariappa Park at Baramulla in Kashmir, named after India’s first Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa has been renovated at a cost of Rs. 3 crore.
Baramulla is located on the banks of River Jhelum, downstream of Srinagar.
It is a matter of pride for Kodagu and Karnataka that India’s legendary Armyman is being commemorated at Baramulla, a place that was once a hotbed of militants.
The winds of change began blowing through the Kashmir Valley after the Narendra Modi Government revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir by revoking Article 370 in August 2019 and took steps to change how the region will be governed.
Though records are not available on when the Cariappa Park was created, its renovation began in 2020 and now it stands as a beautiful park. On Apr. 10, 2022 the family of Field Marshal Cariappa including his son Air Marshal (Retd.) K.C. Nanda Cariappa visited the park and paid respects.
The family was warmly received by officers and they also visited a Sikh War Memorial, Dagger War Memorial and the Cariappa Park in Baramulla.
Nanda Cariappa and the family appreciated the work of the Indian Defence Forces, especially the Indian Army for maintaining peace and tranquillity in Jammu and Kashmir which has won many hearts.
The Cariappa Park has been set up by the Baramulla City Municipal Council along with a hi-tech digital library and the funding of Rs. 3 crore has been obtained from the Jammu and Kashmir Government and Rajaram Mohan Roy Library, Kolkata.
Nanda Cariappa recalled his father’s association with the people of Baramulla and said that the people had a special place in the Field Marshal’s heart.
The family visited Baramulla following an invitation from the heads of Baramulla Park Trust.
Nanda Cariappa signed the Visitor’s Book at the War Memorial and spoke to the media about Field Marshal Cariappa, Kodagu and Karnataka.
The family also visited the digital library that has state-of-the-art services and equipped with all the facilities considering the needs of users in the modern digital era. The library is linked with the National Digital Library of India to facilitate user access to around 3.5 crore academic resources including e-books, audio-books, lecture materials, thesis, reports, articles, journals, and question papers.
The Field Marshal’s family members K. Rohit, Sanjitha Cariappa, sons-in-law A.K. Devaiah and Saurabh Gupta, granddaughter Arushi Anand and daughter Gayatri Gupta were present.
Cariappa was close to people’s hearts
The Cariappa Park is one of the oldest parks in Baramulla and it was lying in a state of neglect. Senior citizens and political leaders in Baramulla narrate the stories of the ‘Kipper’ (as Cariappa was fondly called) and how he is still close to the people there.
(Left) Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa. Picture right: Cariappa’s son Air Marshal (Retd.) K.C. Nanda Cariappa recalling his father’s association with the people of Baramulla.
Once, after chasing the raiders from across the border beyond Uri, Cariappa, who was travelling in a military jeep, was stopped by a group of people including women and children at Baramulla and was told that they had suffered a lot due to the absence of food supplies, including salt.
It was a puzzling task for Cariappa, a General then, as no stocks were available with the Army so that they could be distributed among hungry residents. But he fulfilled his assurance the next day when he visited the old town and distributed flour, rice and salt to the needy families.
Cariappa followed this gesture in many ways in various parts of Kashmir. His noble act was appreciated by the Government those days. K.S. Thimayya (who rose to be General later), whom Cariappa had put in command of the 19th Infantry Division at Baramulla, followed Cariappa’s gesture and continued the support to the local population. Grateful Baramullians named the park after Cariappa.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / April 12th, 2022
Stand Up Rahul is a romantic comedy entertainer drama which is directed By Santo Mohan Veeranki. Raj Tarun and Varsha Bollamma are playing the lead roles whereas Vennela Kishore, Murali Sharma, and many others are seen in supporting roles. Aha Video confirmed that Stand Up Rahul is streaming now on Aha!
The film Stand Up Rahul which was released on 18 March 2022 in theaters, is now premiering on aha from 8th April 2022. It is a romantic comedy about a reluctant start up employee who does not stand up for anything in the life, finally finding true love and learning to stand up for his parents, for his passion for stand-up comedy and for his love.
The film has the music by Sweekar Agasthi while cinematography is handled by Sreeraj Raveendran and editing by Ravi Teja Girijalla. Stand Up Rahul is produced by Nandkumar Abbineni and Bharath Maguluri under the banner of Dream Town Productions and High Five Pictures.
The streaming platform Aha Video recent releases were DJ Tillu, Telugu Indian Idol, Sebastian, Hey Jude, The American Dream, Qubool Hai?, Bheemla Nayak, Most Eligible Bachelor, Chef Mantra, Alludu Garu Bhamakalapam, Anubhavinchu Raja, Arjuna Phalguna, Lakshya, Senapathi, 3 Roses, Manchi Rojuloachaie, Romantic, Sarkaar, , and Christmas Thatha.
source: http://www.tollywood.net / Tollywood.net / Home> News / by Tollywood Desk / April 08th, 2022
A government high school in Virajpet, started way back in 1887, has continued to impart education to children.
Thousands of students had pursued their education in the school in the past. At present, 125 students are pursuing their studies.
The school was started during the British era and it is the second high school to be set up in the Kodagu district.
Well-known writer and novelist S R Narayana Rao who wrote under the pen name Bharathisutha, had served as a Kannada teacher in the school in 1956.
Bharathisutha’s novels ‘Edakallu Guddada Mele’, ‘Huli Halina Mevu’ and ‘Bayalu Dari’ have been made into films. It was he who started a library in the school for the first time.
Two old students of the school, who are now settled in Mysuru, K Ramesh and Dr S Sudha, a couple, have donated free tablets to 44 class 10 students recently, to help them to pursue their studies.
Children from villages situated in and around Virajpet were admitted to the school. However, the school is witnessing a decrease in the number of students, over a period of time.
The starting of high schools in all the villages may be one of the reasons for the decline in the number of students enrolling in Government High School in Virajpet, said the school teachers.
The school used to have 500 students seven to eight years ago. Now, the strength of students has come down to 125.
The students are excelling in SSLC exams in the schools for the last 10 years. In 2012, the school had secured 93% in SSLC, while in 2013, it was 94%.
A PU college was started right beside the high school in 1972. The PU college will observe golden jubilee celebrations next year.
The PU college is offering arts, commerce and science streams and a total of 323 students are pursuing their studies now.
The school has a good playground and has produced athletes in the past. There is a need to construct a retaining wall around the ground so that the public property is protected, said the teachers.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Mangaluru / by DHNS, Virajpet / April 10th, 2021
The Management of Kodava Samaja, Mysuru, celebrated the 116th birth anniversary of late General K.S. Thimayya at the Samaja premises in Vijayanagar this morning.
Picture : (L to R) Mechanda M. Shashi Ponnappa, Samaja President; Malachira M. Ponnappa, Samaja Vice-President; Kuttimada D. Muthappa, President of Kodava Samaja Cultural and Sports Club and Machimada P. Nanaiah, Samaja Hon. Treasurer, offering floral tributes to the portrait of the late General. Ponjanda Lovely Appaiah, President of Shri Kaveri Kodagu Mahila Sangha, Appanderanda Tara Somaiah, Samaja Joint Secretary, Mukkatira B. Jeevan, Samaja Hon. Secretary and others were present.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Photo News / March 31st, 2022
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