bangalore while short stories and poems are occupying a prominent place in kannada literature the novel once a very popular form in kannada has taken a backseat in presentday writing thats because writing a novel calls for a lot of patience and dedication a lot of research has to go into it it takes three to four years to write one and the author should be driven by selflessness said poet jayanth kaikini speakers on the third and final day of the bangalore literature festival pondered over hosa ale the direction kannada literature is taking according to kaikini variety is the character of todays literature and young writers are drawing inspiration from rural as well as urban environs short stories and poetry have become the main media of expression whereas not many novels are coming out since the world is moving at a fast pace even literature is catering to fast consumption writers do not have the patience and time to sit and write a novel that takes years to produce he said the session also dwelt on the role of criticism novelist kum veerabhadrappa observed that the media except for a few newspapers is not publishing book reviews another panelist mamata sagar felt that critics should go beyond categorizing authors as women writers muslim writers and dalit writers according to her genres have become multidimensional and hence categorization becomes absurd