The Hindu Report on Nudisiri

Nudisiri draws college students
Staff Correspondent
Leading publishing houses offer discount on books
Many stalls intended to ‘fight globalisation’
MANGALORE: Book lovers are thronging the book stalls in the three-day festival of literature that got off to a start at Moodbidri near here on Friday.
These stalls were giving good discounts on account of the festival.
Interestingly, there were more college students among the crowds in the book exhibition and many bookstalls were selling the kurtas.
Popular publishing houses such as Navakarnataka and Ankita are displaying more of their own publications but still have given space for books from other publishing houses.
Navakarnataka is giving a discount of 10 per cent, Ankita 10 to 15 per cent and Lankesh Publishing House 20 per cent.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has published a new series of translated works from Sanskrit.
These introductory books to Sanskrit literature and philosophy are available for Rs. 30.
Books published by different universities of Karnataka – namely Mysore, Mangalore and Hampi are on sale with discount being 50 per cent.
Sanatana Samstha, Ramakrishna Mission and Shanthi Prakashana are selling books that are religious and spiritual in nature.
And All India Democratic Youth Organisation from Bangalore is exhibiting and selling political books ranging from Rs. 20 to Rs. 200.
Other than books, cotton handlooms are kept in different stalls for exhibition and sale.
Desi Samskruti from Shimoga has cotton saris for Rs. 480 to Rs. 640, Kurtas for Rs. 180 to Rs. 250 and shirts for Rs. 160 to Rs. 180. This organisation, in its banner, says, it’s a fight against globalisation.
Arive from Heggodu is selling Kurtas ranging from Rs. 190 to Rs. 230 and cotton bags ranging from Rs. 75 to Rs. 80.
Namma Bhoomi from Kanyana, Kundapura has also put up a stall of khadi and cotton dresses and other local artefacts made by the children of Namma Bhoomi.
Other than the cotton and khadi, one can also find a stall by Samaja Sevakara Samithi of Bangalore, which is selling T-shirts with Kannada poems imprinted on them. Benefit for schools
The money generated from sale of T-shirts with messages in Kannada will go to schools in Kolar, according to stall keeper H. Rajkumar.
The messages are taken from the works of Kuvempu, D.V. Gundappa and Rajaratnam.
Amidst all this, one can find stamp and coin exhibition by Rayi Rajkumar of Moodbidri and exhibition of Kannada greeting cards produced by Chitte Greetings of Bangalore. www.thehindu.com