** Noted Kannada Dalit poet Siddalingaiah passes away

Born in 1953 in Manchanabele, Magadi, Dr. Siddalingaiah was one of the prominent Dalit voices of the State and was one of the co-founders of Dalit Sangharsh Samiti, along with Prof. B. Krishnappa, Devanuru Mahadeva and K.B. Siddaiah in 1974.

He emerged as the fiery voice of the Dalit world in Kannada with his debut poetry collection Hole Madigara Hadu in 1975. His poems Ikrala, odirla .., Yarige bantu, ellige bantu nalavattelara swatantrya?, Ninne dina nanna jana …, have attained cult status and have been anthems of the Dalit movement in Karnataka.

** M.I. Savadatti dead

Rajyotsava awardee and former Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University M.I. Savadatti (89) breathed his last in Dharwad on Wednesday.

Recipient of several awards including Sir M. Visvesvaraya Lifetime Achievement award, Prof. Savadatti served as Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University for two terms.

** Founder-Dean Of CAVA Prof. V.M. Sholapurkar No More

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Prof. Sholapurkar was conferred the Rajyotsava Award in 2008 for his contribution to the field of fine art.

Born in Bijapur, he studied Fine Art at Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay and then taught there for decades. As a much beloved art educationist, he inspired and moulded hundreds of students over the years. His teaching years at JJ brought him national awards for excellence in design for the annual magazines in 1970 -73 -75 -78. He was also a regular art critic for publications like The Times of India, Daily and Free Press Journal.

 

** Ajman: Thumbay Hospital crosses 4 million patient visits from 175 nationalities

Thumbay Hospital, the first academic hospital established by Thumbay Group under its healthcare division, celebrated with joy of crossing treatment of 4 million patient visits from 175 nationalities, Dr Thumbay Moideen, founder president said, “It was a great achievement by our team of healthcare professionals who have put all their efforts to serve the community. We are grateful to Almighty and thank the government and rulers of Ajman for all the support given.”

** Watch: Mangaluru singer Frizzell D’Souza’s latest single ‘Foolish Once Again’, a love ballad

Frizzell D’Souza straddles the worlds of architecture and music. She has been studying the former for the last four years and practising the latter since she was in third grade. She finds a similarity between the two. “It is the process,” she says, “When we work on a design in architecture, we start with a concept. We do a lot of redos and keep going back and forth with it until we get it right. That is a parallel I find in music.”

** Vishnu Ravindran Nair’s upcoming album Stories From A Space Station is inspired from astronauts

The independent musician from Bengaluru likes to link music and science.

His upcoming five-song album is titled Stories From A Space Station. It attempts to convey an astronaut’s perspectives on love, science, history and the future of humankind. “The objective in making an astronaut the protagonist and writing in his character was to attain a vantage point, to where I am removed from the immediate socio-economic, cultural and political climate around me and so be enabled to reassess objectively the subjects that interest me,” explains Vishnu.

** Mangaluru: Rambutan fruit farming proves to be more profitable than arecanut, rubber

Progressive farmer Krishna Shetty of Kadaba taluk of the district took a bold step under these circumstances and started growing Rambutan fruit.

He planted 500 saplings of the fruit during the first lock down and has got overwhelming yield during the second lock down.

He has got a whopping seven tonnes of yield in just one and a half years and expects to get around eight to 10 tonnes this year.