Jnanapeetha Awardee Chandrashekara Kambara (left) and Amrut Someshwara, during Kendra Sahitya Academy’s ‘Tulu Bhasha Samman Award’ presentation ceremony, at Kshema Hospital, in Mangaluru on 14/09/2017. Manjunathmore-inIt was an emotional day as scholar Amrith Someshwar received the Bhasha Samman of the Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, at a hospital where he is undergoing treatment, here on Thursday. Compiling his worksSpeaking on the occasion, Mr. Kambar said there was a need to compile the works of Mr. Someshwara as volumes and publish them. He said some of the translated works of Mr. Someshwara from Tulu to Kannada and vice-versa were worth mentioning. Sitting on a wheelchair and speaking after receiving the award, Mr. Someshwara said he intends to contribute more to Tulu and Kannada.

Source: The Hindu September 15, 2017 04:18 UTC