Daijiworld News Network - Mangalore (GA)

Mangalore, Sep 19: The journalistic community has received another shock.  In the last 24 hours, these columns have carried the news of demise of two prominent journalists P B Srinivas Achar of “Vijaya Karnataka” and Umesh Mahambre of “The Navhind Times.”  Both were quite young and committed. 

Now the Vijaya Karnataka family has suffered a jolt.  Chief of reporting section of Vijaya Karnataka Taranath Kalladka (38) passed away of jaundice on Tuesday September 19 morning.

For Vijaya Karnataka readers, Taranath was a very familiar face.  An expert in market details, he used to run a daily column of day-to-day market rates.  For his fellow journos, he was a soft-spoken, unassuming and committed journalist who mingled with everyone. 

Hailing from Kalladka in Bantwal taluk, he had started his journalistic career 15 years ago with Hosa Diganta.  Later he shifted himself to "Jana Ee Dina", daily published from Puttur.  For the last 4 years he worked for leading Kannada daily Vijaya Karnataka, Mangalore edition.

Other than being a well-known journalist, he was also a renowned yoga exponent and he had staged several yoga shows in various places.

He had married barely three months ago.  It was a few days ago that he was affected by jaundice.  He was admitted to a private hospital in Puttur for treatment three days ago.  But on Tuesday morning, his health condition deteriorated further and doctors advised him to be shifted to a speciality hospital in the city.  While he was being rushed to Mangalore, he breathed his last on the way.

He is survived by wife, mother, brother and two sisters.  The local journalistic community has expressed their shock over the sudden demise of Taranath Kalladka.