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Bengaluru: Chennu Mathad, a Delhi-based Kannadiga, has forwarded the following Facebook post: This morning, while I was standing in line at the Chigari bus stand in Vidyanagar, Hubballi, to attend the Dharwad District Kannada Literary Conference being held in Dharwad, I was surprised to see Prof. I. G. Sanadi who had served three terms as a Member of Parliament and also as a member of the Legislative Council with distinction standing right in front of me, buying a ticket like everyone else. Would have travelled in a luxurious car: If it had been any other politician who had held such high positions, they would have travelled in a luxurious car. But he was travelling by bus like an ordinary person, what else could this be if not a symbol of his simplicity? Shared his political journey, experiences...Not only that, since we couldn’t find seats together on the bus, we had to sit separately. However, unable to resist, he requested the person sitting next to me and came to sit beside me. D...

Bengaluru: Ashok Shiramgond is a humble, soft-spoken person known for his down-to-earth manner and a gentleman to the core. He is originally from Babaleshwar in Vijayapura district. His father, who had five brothers and seven sisters, came to Dharwad to do a job in Dharwad in 1956 in the local civic body. Although the family owned an agricultural land holding, however due to some problems; all the brothers were compelled to migrate elsewhere in search of jobs.   Working from PUC onwards: Despite being a friendly person boasting a good number of good friends, Ashok was not very interested in his studies. His father kept on insisting that he concentrate on his studies, which, however, didn't have much positive impact on him. He somehow managed to complete matriculation, but didn't evince much interest in studying further. After completing SSLC or Xth standard, he joined the typing classes, and soon after joining the PUC undergraduate course, he started working as a typist w...

Bengaluru: Long back in the early 1970s, or more than 52 years ago, a teenage student was studying at the Basel Mission High School in Dharwad, Karnataka. He was a smart boy, diligent both in studies and sports activities, like most of his close friends and classmates. No sports were untouched! Apart from being studious & naughty, he was equally, if not more, involved in a variety of sports activities. If his classmates were found playing cricket during the lunch break, he would definitely be found around them. Likewise, the case was similar to that of football and hockey. Apart from the games on the fields, he was also seen keenly playing racquet games, Table Tennis, Badminton and also indoor games, Carom, and Chess. Perhaps, there was no indoor or outdoor game then, which he was not into. But the interesting part was not that, as he wasn't playful just for the heck of it. He was thoroughly immersed in whatever he did, and it was a delight to watch him completely committed t...

Bengaluru: Shivanand K Pattar, veteran artist and Lecturer of the Government Fine Art School Dharwad is holding a solo exhibition at the prestigious Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai. The exhibition is slated to be inaugurated on 04 June and will continue until 10 June. Alumnus of Hampi Kannada University: Shivanand K Pattar is an alumnus of the Hampi Kannada University doing his Masters in Visual Arts. He completed the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Karnataka University, Dharwad, apart from doing the AM, and GD courses from the Shri Vivekanand Kalamandira, Raibag in Belagavi district. A gradual shift from figurative to abstraction: According to Gayatri Desai, senior artist and Varnashilpi Venkatappa awardee-"Shivanand K. Pattar's art practice reflects how the artist has shifted slowly from figurative to abstraction with time. The body of works, mainly abstracts, titled ' Elements' makes the viewer contemplate seriously on the elements of life and the elements of ar...

Basaveshwar Khanavali has been a household name in the whole of North Karnataka region for a long back and in South Karnataka for the last few decades. The food outlet is well-known for its lavish spread of typical rustic delicacies from North Karnataka catering to the taste buds of all those fond of relishing the Jowar Rotti (Bread) meals along with the Holige sweet.   Rottis' done with beating: These days you can find any number of North Karnataka outlets most of them bearing the typical Basaveshwar Khanavali name boards at all possible directions in Bengaluru and these days elsewhere in the state as well. However, all Basaveshwar Khanavalis have nothing connecting one another but for the name. While most of these outlets are run in a 10x12 feet width garage-like premises the original and more than six decades old Basaveshwar Khanavali chain of hotels function from vast premises. Most of the small shops serve Jowar Rottis prepared by rolling just like while making Chapathis but ...