mysuru having tasted success in cinema across the country multilingual actor prakash rai is now making inroads in the world of kannada literature rais passion for literature is well known among his fans and he now appears to be keen on leaving his mark in the realm of letters as wellnoted writer ol nagabhushan swamy who released rais second book avaravara bhavakke here on sunday said that the book spoke about the actors life his many experiences and political ideology prakash advocates living the life of a traveller as against leading one as a tourist a traveller takes everything in stride whereas a tourist plans everything in advance life should not be planned said swamy adding that the actors legion of fans might be interested in learning many interesting snippets about his lifealluding to rais activism swamy added the book avaravara bhavakke is in some ways an autobiography prakash has become popular recently for speaking about his political ideology through the book he also presents his political stancepointing to the multiple references made in the book to poems of da ra bendre gs shivarudrappa and gopalakrishna adiga swamy said these indicate that prakash is an avid reader of poetry he has also discussed his family in the book he has the talent to write a novel going by his use of metaphors one can also see him as a poetacclaimed writer and activist devanooru mahadeva who released rais book said that he would soon publish an essay on avaravara bhavakke the books uniqueness lies in its approach to life and the charm of kannada mahadeva saidrai who forayed into writing by penning columns in the runup to the karnataka assembly elections before taking up the more adventurous task of a book said i feel liberated when i write writing columns have given me a new life karnataka is a land with a rich literary heritage and it is this tradition that has allowed me to pursue writing i also thank my readers who allowed me to be myselfthe ceremony was organised by janamana cultural association along with nele hinnele and sawanna publicationtheatre and film actor mandya ramesh kr sumati and prof c naganna read snippets from the book on the occasion