Saturday, May 18, 2013
08:00 am – 09:30 am: REGISTRATION and BREAKFAST
8:00 – 09:30 Breakfast (Foyer) Registration (Lobby)
9:30 First Bell/Announcement
9-35 Second Bell/Announcement/Guests are escorted to the stage.
09:40 am – 12:30 pm: INAUGURAL SESSION
09:40 – 9:50 Welcome Songs
Group Music by Texas Kannada Kootas
Coordinator: Neela Chakravarthy
09:50 – 10:00 Welcome and Recognition of Invitees and Special Guests by HKV President Vatsa Kumar and KSR President M.S. Nataraja
10:00 – 10:05 Welcome by KSR Board of Trustees Chair H.Y. Rajagopal and Introduction of The Honorable Consul General of India
10:05 – 10:15 Inauguration of Conference- Lamp Lighting and Message of Good Wishes by The Honorable Parvathaneni Harish, Consul General of India
10:15 – 10:20 Introduction of Chief Guest Prof. K.V. Tirumalesh
H.Y. Rajagopal
10:20 – 10:50 Release of KSR Publication – ‘bEru sUru’
Coordinators: Guru Prasad Kaginele, Triveni Shreenivasa Rao and Jyothi Mahadev (Editors) , Release – Prof. K.V. Tirumalesh
10:50 – 10:55 Introduction of Special Guest Prof. S.N. Sridhar : Jyothi Mahadev
10:55 – 11:10 Release of Raja Rao’s Kannada novel “naareegeeta”
Coordinators: Subby Subramayam, M.S. Nataraja and C.N. Srinath
Book Release: Prof. S.N. Sridhar
Remarks : Susan Raja Rao
11:10 – 11:15 Introduction of Special Guest Prof. Sripati Tantri : Triveni Shreenivasa Rao
11:15 – 11-25 Other Books Received for Release
Coordinators: Jyothi Mahadev and Triveni Shreenivasa Rao
Book Release: Prof. Tantri
1. ‘Aha’ – (amerikannaDa haasya) – Bala V. Manyam
2. ‘bhaaSheyiMda bhaaShege’ (Selected English poems in Kannada) – M.S. Nataraja
3. ‘Beyond Words’ (Selected Kannada poems in English) – M.S. Nataraja
11:25 – 11:30 Remembering HKV Bhagavata project and presentation of complimentary copies to the Chief and Special Guests Holalkere Chandrashekhar
11:30 – 12:30 pm Keynote Address by Prof. K.V. Tirumalesh on ‘Development of Kannada – Challenges and Opportunities’
12:30 pm – 01:30 pm: MYSORE LUNCH
01:30 pm – 04:30 pm: LITERARY SESSION – I
01:30 – 03:00 sAhitya gOShThi (Literary Seminar)
Conducted by Nalini Maiya (KSR) and Nataraja Kallur (HKV)
Participants: Mohan Ram (poem), Jyothi Mahadev (poem), Purnima Subramanya (poem), P.S. Maiya (essay), Triveni Shreenivasa Rao (poem), Srivatsa Kundalgarki (poem), Naga Aithal (poem), Vaishali Hegde (essay), Vallisha Shastry (essay), Nalini Maiya (poem), Vimala Rajagopal (essay), and H.V. Rangachar (poem – Recorded)
03:00 – 03:15 oMdu iMdina dina
(Kannada translation of Richard Blanco’s poem read on Obama’s second inaugural ceremony) M.S. Nataraja
03:15 – 04:00 ‘nirvaaNa’ Drama Reading (Adaptation of Vivek Shanabhag’s Story by Guruprasad Kaginele) Coordinators: Guruprasad Kaginele and Meera, P.R.
Participants: Guruprasad Kaginele, Vallisha Shastri, Ram Mohan, Meera P.R.
04:00 – 04:20 Slide Show –“A Decade in Pages” – Ten years of KSR
Presented by Vallish Shastry and H.Y. Rajagopal
04:20 – 04:30 Announcements
Book sales – Sweta Jagadeesh
Banquet – Nataraja Rao
04:30 pm – 05:30 pm: BREAK – COFFEE, TEA AND SNACKS (FOYER)
VISIT TO BOOK STORE/EXHIBITION/ SALES (LOBBY)
Please encourage our authors by buying their books!
05:30 pm – 08:00 pm: CULTURAL PROGRAM BY TEXAS KANNADIGAS Presented by Mangala Prasad
Invocatory Dance by Indrani Parthasarathy and Troupe
‘Hamsa’ – Based on the Ballet ‘SwanLake’ with Narration in Kannada
Produced by: Dr. Rajam Ramamurthy, San Antonio
Kannada Yakshagana – “Shamantakopaakhyaana’ Presented by “Yakshagana Kalavrinda – USA”
“Swaatantrya Purvottara” – Choreographed and Directed by Rashmi Shashi, with participants from Houston, Dallas and Austin Kannada Kootas
08:00 pm – 10:00 pm Banquet at the Grand Hall in the Student Center
Sunday, May 19, 2013
08:00 am – 09:00 am Karnataka Breakfast (Lobby) and Group Photo of HKV and KSR Committee Members
09:00 – 09:10 Kannada GeetegaLu
Rajeshwari Bhat and Students
09:10 – 09:15 Announcements
09:15 am – 11:15 am: LITERARY SESSION II
09:15 – 10:30 namma hemmeya barahagAraru (‘Writers We are Proud of’)
Presented by: Meera P.R. and Guruprasad Kaginele
Naga Aithal – ‘talemaarina sele’ (novel) – Guruprasaad Kaginele
H.Y. Rajagopal – ‘gaaMdhiyugakke kannadi’ – Meera R. R.
M.S. Nataraja – ‘bhaasheyiMda bhaaShege’ (Selected English poems in Kannada) and ‘Beyond Words’ ( Selected Kannada poems in English) – Triveni shreenivasa Rao
Bala V. Manyam ‘Aha’ (collection of humorous writings) – Meera P.R.
Krisnaraju Tonse – Stories and Novel – Guruprasad Kaginele
Jyothi Mahadev – “bhaava lOka’ (collection of stories and essays) and ‘bhaava yaana’ (collection of poems) – Meera P.R.
Triveni Shreenivasa Rao – ‘tiLi neeli pennu’ (collection of poems) – Guruprasad Kaginele
Vaishali Hegde – ‘odde hima, uppu gaaLi’ (collection of columns) – Meera P.R.
10:30 – 11:15 Tribute to Raja Rao
Presented by Subby Subramanyam and Samhita Prasannamurthy
Raja Rao’s Contribution to World Literature
Samhita Prasannamurthy, RiceUniversity ‘naareegeeta’ Re-creation Overview M.S. Nataraja, ‘naareegeeta’ Translation from ‘Song of Woman’ Manuscript, Challenges Faced C.N. Srinath, ‘naareegeeta,’ the novel Prof. S.N. Sridhar, Common Themes of ‘nareegeeta,’ ‘Kanthapura’ and ‘Serpent and the Rope’ Sim Murthy
Closing (Samhita/Subby)
11:15 am – 11:30 am: COFFEE BREAK
11:30 am – 12:30 pm: LITERARY SESSION III
saMvAda – Q &A Session with Prof. Tirumalesh, Prof. S.N. Sridhar, and Prof. Tantri , Moderator: Vallish Shastry
12:30 pm – 01:30 pm: Lunch Break (Tex-Mex Lunch)
1:30 pm – 02:45 pm: LITERARY SESSION IV
01:30 – 02:15 paScima karAvaLiya BAshegaLu mattu saMskRuti (Languages and Culture of West Coast of Karnataka)
Lecture by Special Guest, Prof. Tantri
Presented by: H.Y. Rajagopal
02:15 – 3:00 “kannaDa kali” – Discussion and performance by: Texas Kannada students and organizers
Presentation of gifts (books) to Kannada students
Conducted by: Nataraja Kallur
3:00 pm – 03:45 pm: CLOSING SESSION
Coordinator: Vatsa Kumar
Recognition of Artists (Paintings) Rashmi Murthy
Closing Remarks by Chairs of Texas Kannada Kootas
Recognition of Volunteers and Closing Remarks : Vatsa Kumar
Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks : M.S. Nataraja
‘naaDageete’ Songs Rendered by: Participants from Texas Kannada Kootas
Coordinator: Neela Chakravarthy)
03:30 pm COFFEE & SNACKS, LEAVE TAKING
(Note: Program may be subject to minor modifications.)
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