NEWS

Kannada writer and activist Chandrashekhar Patil, popular as Champa, passed away.

ABOUT

• Indian poet, playwright and public intellectual writing in Kannada
• Considered one of the foremost voices of the progressive literary Bandaya movement
• Retired as professor of English from Karnataka University
• Served as the President of Kannada Sahitya Parishat and as the Chairman of Kannada Development Authority
• Was the recipient of Pampa Award, the highest literary honour of the state in 2011. He returned the award in 2015 protesting against the assassination of M.M. Kalburgi, writer
• Started a magazine ‘Sankrama’ along with Giraddi Govindaraj and Siddalinga Pattanashetti