This is an informal, special interest group to promote pure literary interests in Kannada, one of the richest and oldest Indian languages. The charter of this group is also to promote public speaking and writing skills. This group meets regularly in or near San Jose, CA, and spend quality time dicussing about various aspects of Kannada literature. Typically there will be lectures on some topics in Kannada which will be followed by group discussion. For the inaugural program on November 11 2001, we had organized two lectures:
1) "Jannana YashODhara charithe - omdhu vimarshAthmaka parichaya" by Sri. Vishvanath Hulikal
2) "kAvyadhalli kriyAshIlathe" by Dr. KRS Murthy.

Programs held so far:
Program 2:
Sunday January 6, 2002
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cupertino Library, Cupertino
Lectures in Kannada:
1) 'kAvyadhalli anuvAdhakana samasyegaLu'
by Sri. Dattathri Ramanna.
2) 'bEmdhreyavara nI hImga nOdabyAda nanna - kavanadha
bagge omdhu vimarshe' by Smt. Jyothi Mahadeva.

Program 3:
Sunday February 10, 2002
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Cupertino Library, Cupertino
1. Sri. M V Nagaraja Rao: 'Adhunika druShtiyalli
rAmAyaNa'
2. Sri. Kadur Ramasawamy: 'nAnEke saNNA kaThe
baryththEne?'

Program 4:
Sunday March 10, 2002
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Wildwood Manor Apts. Sunnyvale
1. 'mamkutimmana kaggadalli kaggadalli mAnavIya moulyagaLu' by Sri. Padmanabha Rao Melanahalli.
2. 'adigara kAvyadhalli rAjakIya vidambane' by Sri.
Prakash Naik.

Program 5:
Sunday April 14, 2002
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Remington Grove Apts. Sunnyvale
1. Panel Discussion by Padmanabha Rao, Prakash Naik,
Dattathri Ramanna and Kusuma Bhat
2. Group Discussion by everyone.
Moderator: Dr. KRS Murthy.
Theme: kaLedha shatamaanadha kavana saahithya.

Program 6:
Sunday May 5, 2002
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cupertino Library, Cupertino
1. "sAhityadalli bhASheya mahatva/prayoga" by Sri. Mahabala Sastry.
2. "anamtamUrtiyavara kelavu shrEShTha saNNa kathegaLu" by Sri. Vishvanath Hulikal.