Chiguru Sahitya Balaga Hasyada Payasam Show

A Kannada literary group in Mysuru is staging “Bhimasena-Beechi Rayasam Badisida Hasyada Payasam” on Wednesday, April 23, at 5.30 p.m. in the Suyog Hospital Auditorium in Ramakrishnanagar. (starofmysore.com) Star of Mysore’s event listing says Dr. Helavarahundi Siddappa will inaugurate the programme, with Dr. S.P. Yoganna and spiritual thinker Sumathi Subramanya attending as chief guests. (starofmysore.com) The same listing says Devaraju P. Chikkahalli, principal of a pre-university college in Varakodu, is scheduled to deliver the lecture, and social worker K. Raghuram Vajpayee will preside. (starofmysore.com) The programme centers on BeeChi, the pen name of Rayasam Bheemasena Rao, a Kannada humorist born on April 23, 1913, whose writing made satire and everyday speech central to modern Kannada humor. (wikipedia.org) BeeChi died on December 7, 1980, but his work still circulates widely enough that local groups continue to organize public talks, readings and commemorative events around his birth anniversary. (wikipedia.org; starofmysore.com) The event also reflects how Mysuru’s cultural calendar is often carried by neighborhood literary associations, hospitals, mutts and civic halls rather than by a single city-run arts venue. Star of Mysore’s daily event pages routinely list multiple talks, book programmes and devotional gatherings across the city. (starofmysore.com; starofmysore.com) Dr. Helavarahundi Siddappa is identified in the listing as president of the Mysuru district unit of Akhila Bharata Sharana Sahitya Parishat, linking the evening to the city’s active network of Kannada and Sharana literary organizations. (starofmysore.com; starofmysore.com) For people in Mysuru, the practical detail is simple: the programme is set for 5.30 p.m. on April 23 at Suyog Hospital Auditorium, with BeeChi’s humor and legacy at the center of the evening. (starofmysore.com)