Karnataka Literature

For the third time in a row, a woman candidate has topped the Civil Services Examination the results of which was declared by public service recruiter Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday evening. "I always wanted to be an IAS officer," said a jubilant Nandini KR from Karnataka in her first reaction.

He was born before the First World War started - and spent many of his 103 years working on a definitive Kannada dictionary. Professor G Venkatasubbaiah has been chosen for the Padma Shri this year for Literature and Education.

Do young people today still actually read? For Bengaluru at least, the answer is a "Yes". When Bengaluru-based Under 25 Club organised a literature festival earlier this month especially for those under 25, all tickets sold out and a horde of people thronged to the venue. The organisers believe it was the first of its kind in the country.

A towering figure in the world of letters, Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, who died on Friday, was modern in his sensibilities and intellectual underpinnings in his literary works questioned many deeply-held beliefs.

For the third time in a row, a woman candidate has topped the Civil Services Examination the results of which was declared by public service recruiter Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday evening. "I always wanted to be an IAS officer," said a jubilant Nandini KR from Karnataka in her first reaction.

He was born before the First World War started - and spent many of his 103 years working on a definitive Kannada dictionary. Professor G Venkatasubbaiah has been chosen for the Padma Shri this year for Literature and Education.

Do young people today still actually read? For Bengaluru at least, the answer is a "Yes". When Bengaluru-based Under 25 Club organised a literature festival earlier this month especially for those under 25, all tickets sold out and a horde of people thronged to the venue. The organisers believe it was the first of its kind in the country.

A towering figure in the world of letters, Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, who died on Friday, was modern in his sensibilities and intellectual underpinnings in his literary works questioned many deeply-held beliefs.