DHARWAD: KN Kalyan Kumar, a teacher from Venkatagirikote in Chikkaballapura district, exhibited his selection of 8,000 newspapers at the Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, much to the pride of curious visitors.
Kalyan Kumar mentioned he has accumulated over 6,000 Kannada newspapers and 2,000 of alternative languages. He was appointed a number one school teacher in 1995.
“There had been no smartphones or other units like now. I used to learn newspapers throughout my day-to-day bus adventure to the place of work. This inspired me to collect newspapers from the state and somewhere else on this planet.”
When he began his assortment, many of his pals, their pals and some strangers too despatched him copies of newspapers.
A rare assortment
“I have previous Kannada papers like Sadhvi, Veerakesari, Taayi Naadu, Vruttanta Patrike, Bhakta Bandhu, Jeevana Shikshana, Sadbhoda Chandrike, Artha Sadhaka, Sampadabhyudaya, Rasthramata, Navabharata and lots of extra. Some date back to 1937. I’ve been amassing papers, regardless of their periodicity, published at the taluk, district and state level,” he mentioned.
Kumar additionally collects stamps of India and other international locations and sells them to interested buyers. “I’ve accumulated papers of alternative languages. I choose papers in broadsheet or tabloid dimension as they are convenient to store in wrappers. Many researchers using them for reference. The journalism department of University of Mysore has scanned all my copies in order that their scholars can use them,” he added.
Kalyan Kumar mentioned he has accumulated over 6,000 Kannada newspapers and 2,000 of alternative languages. He was appointed a number one school teacher in 1995.
“There had been no smartphones or other units like now. I used to learn newspapers throughout my day-to-day bus adventure to the place of work. This inspired me to collect newspapers from the state and somewhere else on this planet.”
When he began his assortment, many of his pals, their pals and some strangers too despatched him copies of newspapers.
A rare assortment
“I have previous Kannada papers like Sadhvi, Veerakesari, Taayi Naadu, Vruttanta Patrike, Bhakta Bandhu, Jeevana Shikshana, Sadbhoda Chandrike, Artha Sadhaka, Sampadabhyudaya, Rasthramata, Navabharata and lots of extra. Some date back to 1937. I’ve been amassing papers, regardless of their periodicity, published at the taluk, district and state level,” he mentioned.
Kumar additionally collects stamps of India and other international locations and sells them to interested buyers. “I’ve accumulated papers of alternative languages. I choose papers in broadsheet or tabloid dimension as they are convenient to store in wrappers. Many researchers using them for reference. The journalism department of University of Mysore has scanned all my copies in order that their scholars can use them,” he added.
Teacher has collected 8,000 newspapers from all over
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