Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will launch the facility on Sunday

Henceforth Kannada bookworms need not keep heavy books for reference. They can just download NewsHunt App on their cell phones and access over 30 classic works of Kannada for free, thanks to the Department of Kannada and Culture that signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NewsHunt, for making available its publication to the mobile phone readers.

Cell phone users can browse, download and read the largest collection of works brought out by the Department of Kannada and Culture in the recent years, including; Kaviraja Marga Mattu Kannada Jagattu by K.V. Subbanna, Uttara Karnatakada Janapada Kathegalu, Kanakadasara Kavya, Aramane by Kum. Veerabhradappa and Shataka Samputa .

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will dedicate the facility on Sunday, besides re-launching the website onVachana and Dasa literature. According to the Director of Kannada and Culture K.A. Dayananda, the attempt is aimed at making volumes of Kannada classics available to younger generation, who don’t have time to refer to hard volumes, but can browse and read on their mobile during their leisure time. Similarly e-readers can access 26,000 Vachanas besides over 13,000 Dasa keerthanas. They can also listen to Vachanas and Keerthanas in musical form by visiting kannadasiri.in website.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Muralidhara Khajane / Bengaluru – March 01st, 2015