Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara selected as 84th Kannada Sahitya Sammelan President
September 27: Jnanpith awardee, senior writer Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara was selected as the President of the Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelan to be held at Dharwad in December.
In a Kannada Sahitya Parishad executive committee and office-bearers meeting held at Gadag on Thursday, Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar was selected unanimously. Names of writers G.S. Amura, Gurulinga Kapase, Siddalinga Pattanashetty, Veena Shanteshwara, Dr. Chennanna Valikara, Panchakshari Hiremath and H.S. Venkateshmurthy were discussed in a KSP office-bearers meeting held earlier in Dharwad. Finally, the name of Dr. Kambara was selected. It was decided in November 2016 to conduct the Sammelan in Dharwad on December 7, 8 and 9, it is said.
Sahitya Sammelan was held earlier in Dharwad in 1918, 1940 and 1947. In 1918, R. Narasimhachar was the President, while Y. Chandrashekar Shastry in 1940 and Kuvempu was the President in 1957.
Chandrashekara Kambara was born on January 2, 1937 to Basavanneppa and Channamma Kambara of Ghodageri in Belagavi district. He has completed his B.A in Lingaraj College in Belagavi, M.A and PhD from the Karnataka University and served as the professor in Bengaluru University. He also served as the Janapada Academy President, National School of Drama Director, and the first Vice Chancellor of the Hampi Kannada university.
Dr. Chandrashekara Kambara had made his own works Karimayi, Sangeeta and Kaadu Kudure novels as films. He has got Kannada Rajyotsava award, Kendra Sahitya Academy award for Siri Sampige drama, Padma Shri in 2001, Nadoja award from Kannada University in 2004, Kumaran Asan award from Kerala, Tagore Award and prestigious Jnanpith award in 2010. Now, Prof Kambar was selected as the President of the 84th Sahitya Sammelan, announced KSP state President Dr. Manu Baligar at Gadag.
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10-year-old boy stuck in borewell in MP's Guna, rescue operation on
Bhopal, Dec 28: A 10-year-old boy fell into an open borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district on Saturday evening and a rescue operation was underway, officials said.
The incident took place in Raghogarh area.
Sumit Meena, the boy, slipped into the open shaft of the borewell at Pipliya village, about 50 km from Guna district headquarters, about 5 pm.
He was trapped at a depth of around 39 feet, Raghogarh Congress MLA Jaivardhan Singh told PTI from the spot.
A parallel pit has been dug to rescue him, he said.
While police started the rescue operation immediately, a team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) had also arrived from Bhopal, the MLA said.
Oxygen was being pumped into the borewell, he said.
