Koppal district administration, in a bid to cultivate reading and critical thinking among children in particular, launched an initiative called ‘Manvantara’. Enthused by the response, it has now launched a second edition of the programme called ‘Manvantara 2’.
The programme is a competition for writing reviews of books selected by the administration. Meant for people from the district, the competition is divided into two categories: children and general.
Four books, two each in Kannada and English, have been selected for the childrens’ category: Chidambara Rahasya (K.P. Purnachandra Tejaswi) and Marali Mannige (Shivaram Karanth) in Kannada and Becoming – Adopted for Younger Readers (Michelle Obama) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (J.K. Rowling) in English have been chosen. For the general category, the chosen books are: Malegalalli Madumagalu (Kuvempu) and Grahabhanga (S.L. Bhyrappa) in Kannada, and The Glass Palace (Amitav Ghosh) and Ikigai: Japanese Art of staying Young... While Growing Old (Keira Miki) in English.
