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Prakash Rai's first book out, says he's exploring unknown

DHNS
February 5, 2018

Bengaluru, Feb 5: Actor Prakash Rai, who has of late taken on the prime minister and the BJP, launched his first book 'Iruvudellava Bittu' on Sunday. He said he had set off on a journey that is "nothing but a process of getting naked".

"I have set off on a journey to discover and learn something which remains unknown. In a way, the journey is a process of getting naked. It's not the process of learning, but the process of forgetting whatever I've learned, that makes me happy," he said at the book launch organised by Sawanna Prakashana.

He continued: "Many people entered my life and I moved ahead with their help and support. Life looked most beautiful because of them. Some people always accompanied me, stood by me. The book records my conversations with such people."

Actor Sudeep compared Rai's book to a film teaser. "The book is just a teaser of Rai's life and character," he said. "It's possible to understand Rai as a character and come in close contact with him. Rai's acting and conversations triggered curiosity in me."

Poet H S Venkatesha Murthy welcomed Rai to the world of Kannada literature: "In the tinsel world, actors deliver dialogues written by someone else. They can't speak whatever hits their mind. They lend voice to somebody else's dialogues. Few actors, however, speak out. Rai is one of them."

Kannada lyricist Jayanth Kaikini said: "Rai is a good writer. He paved the way for us to write as he wasn't actively writing. Literature should take its birth out of life. Rai should write his autobiography."

Kannada writer Vijayamma said: "It's not the environment, but conversations that are most polluted today. Rai is in the process of cleaning the pollution-hit conversations. A section of society is opposed to his ideas. I strongly feel society is not yet mature enough to receive and understand Rai and his ideas."

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June 2,2020

Kasaragod, Jun 2: Kumbala police on Tuesday arrested 20 persons on charges of misbehaving and obstructing a medical team who were on official duty for Covid-19.

Police sources said the incident occurred at Kumbala beach near here on Monday evening when a group of locals misbehaved and obstructed an eight-member medical team, comprising of doctors and health workers, from carrying out a survey to asertain whether there has been a community spread of Covid-19 in that locality.

The health team was on a mission to gather data of people who had interacted with expatriates after they had returned to hometown recently.

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January 26,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 26: BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel has been served with a court notice asking him to personally appear before the special court for people’s representatives on February 24, in connection with a defamation suit filed by Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad.

Rizwan had lodged the defamation suit against Kateel and state BJP social media chief after the party, in a tweet during the 2019 Lok Sabha election, alleged Rizwan’s involvement in the manufacture of fake voter identity cards.

Apart from Kateel, head of the party’s social media unit has also been asked to appear in person at the above court on February 24.

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May 2,2020

Mangaluru, May 2: Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal, a prominent Muslim religeous leader in coastal Karnataka has urged the Dakshina Kannada district administration not to end the covid-19 lockdown before the end of the blessed month of Ramadan. 

The appeal comes in the wake of reports that the state government may allow opening of clothe shops during the month of Ramadan to felicitate Muslims for Eid shopping.

"Muslims in the district have completely cooperated with the district administration in making the lockdown sucessfull. They have refrained from going to mosque even for Juma and Taraveeh during Ramadan. Such a lockdown is necessary to contain the pandemic," said Musliyar, who is also the Khazi of Udupi and Chikkamagaluru.

If the district administration withdraws lockdwon or relaxes it, people in large numbers may storm cloth shops wherein it physical distancing will be difficult, Musliyar warned.

He said that Muslims in the region have decided to observe Eid ul Fitr, a festival which marks the end of the blessed month, in a simple way maintaining physical distance. Hence the lockdown should be relaxed only after the festival, he suggested.

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