<p>Writer, theatre artiste and president of Adima cultural NGO Kotiganahalli Ramaiah will chair the fest, he added.<br /><br />The first district Kannada literary fest was organised in Bangarpet in 1970 and presided over by litterateur A Na Kru. “Now, 41 years later, Bangarpet has the privilege of hosting the fest,” Rao said. The process, however, would begin only after May 15, “as the Election Code of Conduct is still on.”<br /><br />A memoir would be released on the occasion. J G Nagaraj, member of the Sahitya Parishat district working committee, will be the editor of the memoir, he informed.<br /><br />Members of the district unit A Ashwath Reddy, J G Nagaraj, K R Jayashri, Nagaraj and others were present at the press conference.</p>
<p>Writer, theatre artiste and president of Adima cultural NGO Kotiganahalli Ramaiah will chair the fest, he added.<br /><br />The first district Kannada literary fest was organised in Bangarpet in 1970 and presided over by litterateur A Na Kru. “Now, 41 years later, Bangarpet has the privilege of hosting the fest,” Rao said. The process, however, would begin only after May 15, “as the Election Code of Conduct is still on.”<br /><br />A memoir would be released on the occasion. J G Nagaraj, member of the Sahitya Parishat district working committee, will be the editor of the memoir, he informed.<br /><br />Members of the district unit A Ashwath Reddy, J G Nagaraj, K R Jayashri, Nagaraj and others were present at the press conference.</p>
