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Noted Kannada Poet Siddalingaiah Passes Away

Noted Kannada poet, playwright and Dalit activist, Siddalingaiah has passed away, due to Covid-19 related ailments. He was one of Karnataka’s first prominent Dalit poets, and was popularly known as “Dalita Kavi”. He is credited with launching the Dalit-Bandaya literary movement in Kannada and starting the genre of Dalit writing. He was also one of the founders of the Dalita Sangharsh Samiti in the state.

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