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The
entire Madikeri (Coorg) town wore a bridal look in view of the three day Kannada
Sahitya Sammelana to be inaugurated tomorrow(Jan.7).
Eminent Kannada writer and
novelist Norbert D'Souza is the President for 80th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana
Mr.
D’Souza is the third person from a minority community to preside over the
sammelan that was first hosted in Bangalore in 1915. The other two were Rev.
Uttangi Channappa in 1949 and K.S. Nissar Ahmed in 2006.
Madikeri
is hosting the event after 31 years. In 1981, Sham.Ba. Joshi, a scholar and
litterateur, had presided over the sammelan.
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