Mangalore:  ‘Kavi Sangama’ at Orchid Art Gallery Sees Kannada, Konkani Poets
Pics: Dayananda Kukkaje 
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RS/CN)  

Mangalore, Apr 5: “When a poets tries to write in a new manner, it becomes a great poem”, said H Dundiraj, well-known Kannada poet, at the ‘Kavi Sangama’ held at Orchid Art Gallery at Balmatta on Saturday April 4. 

“The poets who chose a new way and wrote in a new style, have given good poems to our world of literature”, said, Dundiraj in his presidential address at the function organized by Kavita Trust and Kallachchu Prakashana. 

Dundiraj inaugurated the event by scattering flower petals on a flower pot. He also read some of his poems on the occasion.  

Five poets from Kannada and five from Konkani read out their poems. The Kannada poets had written poems about Ugadi. 

Andrew D’Cunha, C G S Taccode, Catherine Rodrigues, Dimple Fernandes, and Alwy Carmelite were the five Konkani poets while Sudha Nagesh, Geetha Konkody, Shivananda Karkera, B Krishna Pai, and Mahesh R Nayak were from Kannada.   

The programme at Orchid Art Gallery had an artistic touch and the guests and poets mentioned a new idea for reading out the poems. Concepta Fernades and Titus Noronha compered the programme. Melvyn Rodrigues of the Kavita Trust was also present.