Pragatishila ( kn, ಪ್ರಗತಿಶೀಲ is a form of literature in

Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native sp ...

. It is one of the five forms of modern

Kannada literature Kannada literature is the Text corpus, corpus of written forms of the Kannada language, a member of the Dravidian language, Dravidian Language family, family spoken mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka and written in the Kannada script. A ...

, the other four being ''Navodaya'', ''Navya'', ''Dalita'' and ''Bandaya''. ''Pragatishila'' which literally means ''Progressive'', is a simplistic form of fiction literature meant for the common man. It gained the popularity for a short period of time.

Prominent writers

Some of the important writers in this form of literature were A.N. Krishna Rao (''A.Na.Kru''),

Basavaraj Kattimani Basavaraj Kattimani (1919-1989) was a progressive writer, novelist, journalist and was also a member of Karnataka Legislative Council from Karnataka. He was also known as Kundara Naadina Kanda. Literary works * Maji Manthri * Maadi Madidavaru ...

, T.R. Subba Rao (''Ta Ra Su'') and

Chaduranga Subramanyaraje Urs (1916 – 19 October 1998), known by his pseudonym Chaduranga, was an Indian writer in Kannada language. He wrote four novels—''Sarvamangala'', ''Uyyale'', ''Vaishakha'', and ''Hejjala''—and a few other short storie ...

Chaduranga
and Niranjana Kulakanda Shivaraya.

References

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