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The Edge of Time, translated from M. Veerappa Moily's acclaimed Kannada Novel Tembare, examines a complex cultural practice of coastal Karnataka, called Bhutaradhane, or the worship of hero-spirits. The Pambada community, a marginalised Dalit community, has, as its hereditary profession, spirit impersonation during elaborate rituals. The novelist explores two responses to this traditional and exploitative profession through two Pambada brothers: one who rebels ...
This book portrays the multifaceted genius of Dr. Karanth, who enriched modern Kannada literature with his travelogues, plays, autobiographies, encyclopedia, dictionaries and critical works. Kota Shivarama Karanth (1902-97) was born in a small village called Kota in Kundapur Taluk of coastal Karnataka. Karanth’s literary output spanning over eight decades is truly prodigious and multifaceted: both in Kannada and English, he has written, in all 417 works in ...