Sahitya Akademi winning Kannada writer Geetha Nagabhushan passes away at 78
- Renowned Kannada writer Geetha Nagabhushan has passed away due to cardiac arrest. She was 78.
- Nagabhushan was the first woman writer in Kannada literature to bag the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award, Nadoja award of Karnataka govt, as well as serve as the chairperson of Karnataka Sahitya Academy.
- She has authored 27 novels, 50 short stories, 12 plays and two collections of poetry.