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The motorboat of author-columnist B. Chandregowda’s publication Kalalamavana Kadedinagalu (Last Days of Kalamava) took the assemblage connected a nostalgic travel done excerpts from his fashionable file ‘Bayaluseeme Kattepurana’, published successful Lankesh Patrike implicit 2 decades.
The column, which appeared successful Lankesh Patrike for implicit 2 decades, remains 1 of Kannada journalism’s astir beloved series. Mr. Chandregowda, a retired serviceman from the Department of Public Libraries, crafted it arsenic a bid of lively conversations among characters — Kalamava, Jummi, Whatisse, Seera, and Ugri — who stitchery astatine a colony canteen successful Mandya territory implicit beverage and snacks.
The quality Whatisse earned his sanction from his distinctive verbal tic of opening remarks with “what I say.”
Sasvehalli Sathish, a lecturer and theatre director, highlighted the column’s enduring appeal. “It earned a devoted readership done its crisp yet accessible commentary connected governmental and societal issues,” helium said. “In galore ways, the expressions of these characters person go portion of our mundane language, which explains however profoundly it has influenced a procreation of readers.”
Mr. Sathish, who played the relation of Whatisse successful signifier adaptations of the file by Shivamogga’s theatre activists, recalled a peculiarly memorable show successful Vijayapura (Bijapura).
“After the show, a elder national stood up and compared our characters to the historical Anubhava Mantapa of the 12th century, drafting parallels betwixt Kalamava and Allama Prabhu. That infinitesimal moved maine greatly,” helium said.
Mr. Chandregowda revealed that helium wrote the publication arsenic a concluding section to the long-running file portion spending six months with his lad successful New Jersey past year. “In solitude, acold from home, I was profoundly troubled by the societal and governmental developments unfolding backmost successful Karnataka. I instinctively returned to my characters and their voices,” helium said.
The publication revolves astir the last days of Kalamava, the elder and morally upright fig successful the colony circle. As his friends sojourn him, they reminisce astir aged times and bespeak connected the rapidly changing satellite astir them.
He besides gave an update connected radical successful his village, who influenced him to make the characters of the columns. Interestingly, a mates of them often took exceptions to utilizing their names successful the column, helium recalled.
Poet Akshatha Humchadakatte, who formally released the book, praised its authentic portrayal of mean people. “The file captures the dependable of the communal idiosyncratic — with each its contradictions, selective loyalties, and guiltless wisdom,” she said. “The characters whitethorn favour politicians from their ain caste, yet they bash not hesitate to criticise them erstwhile they falter. This honorable ambivalence is the people of the author’s originative insight.”
The publication has been published by Prajna Book Gallery, Shivamogga.
