Mangaluru Student pens longest Tulu poem with 2,241 words, enters World Book of Records
Mangaluru: A student of the Sahyadri College of Engineering has entered the World Book of Records, London, by writing the longest Tulu poem which he wrote on a 21-foot-long paper.
Pranesh, who is a resident of Kulashekar in the city, is a second-year student of Mechanical Engineering. He has written a poem called 'Tulunada Aisiri' which describes the Tulu language and culture in 108 stanzas of 432 lines. With the poem containing more than 2,241 Tulu words, Pranesh has used 30 pages of A4 size to write it.
The poem describes the celebration of festivals in Tulunadu, worship of deities, snake worship, religious places, folk and popular sports as well as a request for the inclusion of Tulu language in the 8th Section of the Constitution.
Pranesh, who is interested in literature, is a poet and a scriptwriter. He has indulged in his passions along with his study.
“I had sent a copy of the poem that I had written in August 2019 and January 2020 for entry into the World Book of Records. But I had to resend it in February as it had not reached them. It has been accepted and certified now,” said the student.
“The culture of Tulunadu is a land of religious centers with interesting rituals of worship. I don’t have much knowledge of such things, but I have written whatever I have seen and heard, in the poem,” Pranesh told the Vartha Bharathi.
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Bengal: On way to PM's rally, 3 mowed down by train amid dense fog
Kolkata (PTI): Three persons died and three others were injured after being hit by a train amid dense fog on Saturday, while travelling to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Taherpur in West Bengal's Nadia district, a senior official said.
The incident occurred between Taherpur and Badkulla railway stations under the Sealdah-Krishnanagar section of Eastern Railway, he said.
Modi, whose helicopter could not land at Taherpur due to dense fog and low visibility, condoled the death of the “BJP workers” in his virtual address from Kolkata airport.
“I have come to know that some BJP workers, while travelling to the rally, lost their lives in a rail accident. My condolences are with the families of those who have lost their loved ones, and I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Modi said.
The Eastern Railway official told PTI that the incident occurred in the morning when these people, who were travelling by a bus, had stopped the vehicle and walked to the railway tracks to answer nature's call.
"While three persons died on the spot, two others with injuries were admitted to a local hospital," he said.
Another person with minor injuries was released after having been administered first aid, the official said.
The deceased have been identified as Ramprasad Ghosh (74), Shaktipada Sutradhar (55) and Gopinath Das (38).
Meanwhile, Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar constituency in Nadia district, alleged that the BJP ignored the incident and went ahead with the rally.
"Terrible tragedy hushed up at altar of @narendramodi ego. @BJP4India supporters brought from far Murshidabad for PM rally in Ranaghat today," she said in a post on X.
"4 went to answer nature's call and were killed by 31814 down local train near Taherpur. BJP ignored, blacked out & went ahead with rally," Moitra claimed.
Reacting to her remarks, the West Bengal BJP, in a post on X, asserted that the TMC "has always been adept at milking tragedies", and was being "disrespectful to the unfortunate victims of this tragedy".
The TMC alleged that BJP leaders have not shown "neither concern nor compassion" over the mishap.
"The loss of three lives in Taherpur should have united everyone in grief. But @BJP4India leaders showed neither concern nor compassion," it said in another post on X.
"At this painful moment, Smt @MamataOfficial and Shri @abhishekaitc put humanity above party lines and stood beside the families of the deceased," the party said.
TMC’s on-ground leaders promptly reached out to the grieving family members, ensuring them of help and assistance, it said.
"While Delhi’s rulers chase Bengal with arrogance, our leadership chose empathy. This is the difference between politics of power and politics of people!" the TMC added.
