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Bannur’s man of letters
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Jenab Adeel Akthar runs a footwear shop at Bannur, and works on his Kannada writings during after-hours. He has to his credit two novels and over 30 short stories. Which is no mean achievement, considering that Mr Akhtar wasn’t even familiar with Kannada script a decade ago. His earlier writi...
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Philomena’s prof. for Singapore
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Prof. M Krishna Gowda, of St. Philomena’s Kannada dept., has been invited to the Singapore Kannadigara Sahitya Sammelan (Nov.13). The invitation is in recognition of Prof. Gowda’s contribution to Kannada literature.
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Lions award for Mysore writers
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Lions Club, Mysore South, has instituted an award for celebrating outstanding Kannada writings by authors resident in Mysore district. Dakshina Kesari Kannada Sahitya Award, 2005 would consider works published in 2004. Eligible entrants would facilitate the selection panel by sending three...
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A Mysore newsman’s debut book
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A snag with self-publishing is that you don’t have anyone to blame, if things don’t go your way. There may be reasons for a writer to publish own work. The obvious one is that many who feel they have a book in them find no one in the publishing world sharing their enthusiasm. An odd publisher who eventuall...
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Anthology on Mysore, anyone?
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I don’t know if Penguin is planning an anthology on Mysore, like those they have brought out on Delhi, Mumbai, and, now, Lahore – ‘City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore’. The publishers have commissioned one on Kolkata, says editor of the Lahore anthology Bapsi Sidwa, who is better known for ‘...
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Tribute to CDN
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My intriguing closeness with the Closepet man
WHAT was there in place of the Chamundeswari Temple before the Chamundi Hills acquired the name after the Goddess? There was no temple. But, when was there ever no temple? To a Mysorean, the hill without the temple is unthinkable. One c...
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O'Neill of Danville
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Eugene O'Neill is remembered through an annual festival by residents of Danville CA, the US town where the playwright created some of his memorable works. Danville, to O'Neill, was what Mysore was to R K Narayan. But it hasn't occurred to us to celebrate the man who put Mysore on the global&nbs...
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Governor At Geetha Bookhouse
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It's a landmark at Mysore's Krishnarajendra Circle; it stocks books in Sanskrit, Kannada besides English. Yoga books are a speciality and the bookstore attracts enthusiasts, notably foreigners who come to Mysore to learn yoga. Book lovers looking for works unavailable elsewhere and browsers f...
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A Book She Didn't Intend Publishing
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Malathi Rao wasn't initially keen on getting her 'Disorderly Women' published. " I had kept this book to read it myself and it was only recently, after constant changes in the way it read, that I cut it into a contemporary frame," says Rao, quoted in Deccan Herald write-up by Pooja Kumar. 'Disorderly W...
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He Doesn't know His Own Worth
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T S Elliot said of Dr V Ramakrishna that he didn't know his own worth, like a flower that is not aware of its own fragrance. Dr Radhakrishnan was full of admiration and very impressed by his profound modesty, and the depth of his learning. Somerset Maugham, who wanted to shape a character in his book afte...
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Satyan's Alive 'n' Clicking
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'Alive and Clicking: A Memoir' by T.S. Satyan, published by Penguin India. At a book release function, organised by Karnataka Photo News, Bangalore (May 14, 2005), former Karnataka Additional Chief Secretary and author's long-time admirer Charanjeev Singh observed: "The book is an album of mem...
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The Man Who Invented Malgudi
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(We carry excerpts, in short takes, from an essay - 'The Life of R K Narayan' - by Florida-based writer Nandan Datta published in the California Literary Review.Full text at www.calitreview.com )
His diligent dislike for studies
Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer Narayanswamy stood shortened t...
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A meaning in reading
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There is no meaning in merely reading books, says writerYaudamoori Virendranath. It is only when the thoughts of a writer are imbibed and brought into practice by the reader it can be said that the efforts of both are rewarded. - 'The Hindu' (May 9, 2005)
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Tribute to CDN
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Prof. C D Narasimhaiah, scholar, author, mentor, and a teachers' teacher, died in Bangalroe, at 85 (April 12, 2005)
Was Mysore University English professor (1950-79); Principal, Maharaja's College (1957-62); Founder, 'Dhvanyalok' and the Literary Criterion; and author of numerous works,...
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BOOKCHAT
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'The Invisible CEO' by A G Krishnamurthy sounds interesting. It's the story of someone who started an ad. agency with Rs.35,000 and one client. It is also the Mudra story. AGK believes there are two types of CEOs. The second is the high-profile partying type that is quite removed from his com...
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Fiction
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Robin Cook:Chromosone 6
Coma
The Great Gatsby by E Scott Fitzgerald
Irving Wallace: The Guest of Honor
The Almighty
James A. Michener: Space
Robert Ludlum:Apocalypse Watch
The Icarus Agenda
The Bourne Ultimatum
Matarese Countdown
The List by Steve Martini
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Non-fiction
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The Greening of America by Charles A Reich
New Passages by Gail Sheehy
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
American Capitalism by J. K. Galbraith
Ambassador's Journal by John Galbraith
Fadeout - final days of MGM - Peter Bart
Guilty Land by Patrick van Rensburg
The Missiles of Octob...
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On Book People
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Max Perkins: Editor of genius by A Scott Berg
The Best of Mikes by George Mikes
The Essential Lenny Bruce edited by John Cohen
Beloved Infidel By Sheilah Graham and Gerold Frank
Confessions of a Story-teller by Paul Gallico
Making It by Norman Podhoretz
Writing in America edited by John...
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Of Politics and Politicians
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Inside Number10 by Marcia Williams
The Ends of Power by H.R.Haldeman
Breach of Faith - the fall of Nixon - by Theodore H White
The Agenda - inside the Clinton White House by Bob Woodward
Between Hope and History by Bill Clinton
Unlimited Access - FBI agent inside White House - Gary Aldrich
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Biography and Celebrity Writings
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David Niven's 'Bring on the Empty Horse'
David Niven : The Moon's a Balloon
Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly
Richard Burton biography by John Cottrell Fergus Cashin
Groucho Marx: Memoirs of a Mangy Lover
George Burns - All My Best Friends.
Dustin Hoffman - Hollywood's Antihero, by Jeff Len...
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Media-related Books and those by Media People
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Thinking Big - L A Times story - Robert Gottlieb and Irene Wolf
The Papers - Battle over Pentagon Papers, Sanford J Ungar
The Powers That Be - Time, CBS, Post, Times - David Halberstam
The Establishment Is Alive and Well in Washington by Art Buchwald
The Press by A J Liebling
The Final Days by B...
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Spy, Crime and Other Thrillers
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Len Deighton:Spy Hook
Spy Sinker
The Evening News by Arthur Hailey
The People's Choice by Jeff Greenfield
The Triumph by J K Gailnraith
The Fifth Horseman by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
The Flypaper War by Richard Starnes
Perfect Justice by William Bernhardt
The Last Ch...
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Self-Help Books
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Self-Help Books
Pulling Your Own Strings by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
The Complete Plain Words aids to English
Making the Most of Your Life - Reader's Digest guide
Know Your Body - RD guide
Management Thoughts - Promod Batra
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