Kannada

Publishing a compilation of everything an author has written is common in many Indian languages, but conspicuously absent in English. While it is the more celebrated authors that get compilations, these generally run into dozens of volumes since they include every writing and utterance — from famous works to diaries, speeches, and fragments. They provide an overview of the author’s trajectory and trivia, which help better contextualise their work. UR Ananthamurthy in a picture dated 30 January 2014. (Aniruddha…

Vivek Shanbagh’s terrific new novel Sakina’s Kiss (translated into English from Kannada by Srinath Perur) is an intimate portrait of a middle-class, middle-aged man bewildered and isolated by the changes of modern life, which he painstakingly built for himself and his family over the years. The unknowable lives of ordinary people. (Tim Graham/Getty Images) Slowly, over four days, Venkat reveals — more like confesses to — his life’s story: his aspirations, accomplishments, self-consciousness, and shame. Wrap up…

Aggarwal, thus, joins the growing ranks of Indian companies that are building large language models (LLMs) trained on Indian languages. The companies include Bhashini–a unit of the national language translation mission by the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity); Tech Mahindra’s Indus project; AI4Bharat at IIT-Madras; Project Vaani–part of the Bhasha AI project of ARTPARK and the Indian Institute of Science’s pan-India language initiatives; Sarvam AI’s OpenHathi series; and…

The Karnataka Department of Pre-University Education has requested…

There are many actors in the Indian film industry who are enthusiastic about cars and bikes. We have featured some of these actors on our website in the past. One such actor from South India is Darshan Thoogudeepa, a well-known Kannada actor who also owns a variety of exotic cars. Recently, he was spotted driving a customized Jeep Wrangler, which he uses for off-roading. We have a video where actor Darshan is seen off-roading in his Jeep Wrangler with his friends. The video has been uploaded by D Company on their…

What made you take on the responsibility of chairing the 2023 Jury for the JCB Prize for Literature? Srinath Perur (Apeejay Kolkata Literature Festival) I guess being part of the jury for a prize like this is one way of connecting, of sharing one’s sensibility with the world. It also seemed like it might be fun and illuminating to read a large cross-section of recently published books to get a sense for what’s going on out there. The 2022 shortlist comprised entirely of translations. As a translator, did the…

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Movie stars are some of the highest-paid professionals in the world, and for this reason, they often spend a fortune on their lifestyles. One of the most prominent elements of their luxurious lifestyles is the cars they drive. While many celebrities opt for fancy sports cars and SUVs, some of the most respected actors in the industry choose the most comfortable MPVs that money can buy, such as Toyota’s flagship MPV, the Vellfire. Recently, one of Kannada movie industry’s biggest actors – Kichcha Sudeep – got his Toyota…

Generative AI platforms have been the rage since the second half of last year with Microsoft and Google pushing these programs into their existing services. Even the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), on 3 February, said it is “cognizant" of the emergence and proliferation of generative AI and noted that AI can be a “kinetic enabler" for growth in India. However, researchers at institutes underline a host of challenges for generative AI projects in…

Interality has announced the release of a Kannada movie gets launched on the Metaverse Kannada movie launched on the Metaverse: Interality, an engine for mixed reality (AR & VR) worlds, has announced the release of ‘Made in Bengaluru’, a Kannada movie gets launched on the Metaverse. “Made in Bengaluru” is written and directed by Pradeep Sastry. The cast includes Madhusudan Govind in the lead role, and Anant Nag, Saikumar and Prakash Belawadi in pivotal roles. The story follows the journey of three dreamy-eyed middle…