JOIN USUdupi taluk literary meet on Jan 18
The one-day 12th Udupi Taluk Sahitya Sammelana will be held at Lions Bhavan in Brahmagiri on January 18.
Udupi Taluk Sahitya Parishat President Vasanti Shetty Brahmvar said folk scholar and writer Gananath Yekkar will preside over the convention.
MLA Raghupathi Bhat will inaugurate the Sammelana.
Public Library Department, Bengaluru Director Sathish Kumar Hosamani will inaugurate the bookstalls on the occasion.
Udupi District Kannada Sahitya Parishad president Neelavara Surendra Adiga will be the guest of honour on the occasion.
A seminar on the topic, ‘Declining Interest in Literature and the Measures to be taken up to Conserve the Literature.’
The organiser will felicitate people who have made significant contributions in various fields. They are Immanuel Suchit Kunder (Postman), Thonse Jayant Kumar (Yakshagana), Isaac Saheb (Driver), Arunakala (Sports), U N Ramesh Kumar (Music), Kudi Srinivas Bhat (Agriculture), Venkatagiri Kadekar (Literature), Kiran Manjanbailu (Journalism), Pradeepchandra Kutpadi (Theatre), Nityananad Olakadu (Social Service) and Tulukoota (Organisation).