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• 'Soorya Shikarige Munna' goes on line

Mangalore, May 1: Kannada's first collection of e-poetry, 'Soorya Shikarige Munna' was launched by well-known poet-columnist Aravinda Chokkadi at the Moodbidri Cyber Place on Sunday, April 30. Journalist Shekar Ajekar has penned the poems.

Poetry is the silence between the two lines, according to Chokkady. While pointing out the plus-points and limitations of a poetry collection, he had high praise for the effort and said the signs of a budding poet were very much present in the collection.

Aravinda Chokkadi launches the e-poetry collection

Tulu movie artiste of 'Koti Chennaya' fame Subhaschandra Padival, who presided over the function, said that Shekar's first collection showed that whatever could not be expressed in prose in some cirumstances could be best conveyed in poety form.

Udayavani correspondent Dhananjaya Moodbidri as chief guest decribed this as a rare case were the technology and poetry had a fusion.

Chokkadi speaks, as Subhaschandra Padival, Dhananjaya Moodbidri and Shekar Ajekar are also seen

Moodbidri Working Journalists' Association president Yathiraj Shetty, Ivan and other journalists were present on the occasion. Poet Shekar Ajekar welcomed the gathering.

The poetry collction has been designed by Vantage Infotech and Vinod Nazareth, with art by Prakash Kabettu.

Specialities of this collection:

• This poem collection cannot be pirated, since it is published direct only on the Net.
• A variety of poems can be found in them.
• The collection on the Net has already been well appreciated.
• It is dedicated to all persons who made the presence of Kannada possible on teh Net.
• Can be viewed at www.ajekar.com