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Curtains to Sammelana- Honours galore

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By Team Mangalorean
Pics: Rajesh Shetty

MANGALORE, March 17, 2010: The three day 16th Dakshina Kannada District Kannada Sahitya Sammelana today concluded with a big thanks to the people of Dakshina Kannada, as mark of appreciation. About 8 litterateurs belonging to Dakshina Kannada were honoured on this occasion. It included Muslims, Christians, Konkanis, backward classes, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, Brahmins, youth and women.

HH Raghaveshwara Swamiji of Ramachandrapura Mut belonging to the Havyaka Brahmin sect presided. Speaking on this occasion the swamiji said the literature did not know the boundaries of caste creed and religion or sex it depended purely on concern for the society and love for literature. He said Dakshina Kannada district had a unique tradition of literature right from Rathnakara Varni to Gopalakrishna Adiga, Panje Mangesh Rao, Manjeshwar Govinda Pan and the recent crop of litterateurs and poets who have all followed the path of true literature.

Professor Ananthkrishna Bhat senior teacher in the Canara Group of institutions was honoured on this occasion and in reply Prof. Bhat said that Dakshina Kannada was the only district where Kannada was given its full glory and respect. If at all Kannada gets the classical tag it is due to people like those in Dakshina Kannada living all over the state.

Several others who replied to the felicitations given to them on this occasion also aired their expression and praised the love of Kannada of the Dakshina Kannada people.

President of the Dakshina Kannada District Kannada Sahitya Parishat Mr. Pradeep Kumar Kalkura on this occasion thanked the people of Dakshina Kannada for their unconditional support to hold the Sammelana.

The Treasurer of District Kannada Sahitya Parishat Mr Bhuvanabhirama Udupa presented nine resolutions on the occasion including demand for carving out Mangalore railway sector from Palghat division and include in north-east division. In an another resolution sammelana demanded the government to sanction Sahitya Bhavans in every talukas.

In a third resolution the sammelana urged the government to drop the "anti-environmental", and "anti-people" Netravathi river diversion project while the fourth resolution demanded for uniform education system by eliminating the differences between the aided and unaided Kannada medium schools and to fill the vacancies in Kannada medium schools.

Another resolution also demanded for making Kannada as a compulsory subject in English medium schools and to conduct the exams for the subject. It also stated that same system should be followed in the institutions of higher education.

In the ninth resolution the sammelana demanded for road connectivity between Chikmagalur and Dharmasthala via Shishila and Arasinamakki, and the one connecting Subrahmanya and Madikeri via Koojumale.

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Brigit D'Souza, USA

Mar 18, 2010

"bharata jananiya tanujathe, jai he kantaka mathe"

Nice pictures, good work by Mangalorean.com.

I thank the president and organizers of Dakshina Kannada District Kannada Sahithya Sammelana, keep the Kannada language, kannada culture and literature alive, at the same time Tulu language should also be promoted, i miss those days school when we learn Kannada poems, kavithes, all though i now live in USA, i still make sure i get books sent to me from India- the books such as Sudha, Tharanga, Chndana, and also read kannada news papers online.

Jai Kannada mathe, Jai Karnataka. god bless all who live in this beautiful Kannada Nadu.

Rajesh Shetty, UAE

Mar 18, 2010

"Kannada Kuladevi Kappaadu baa\"

Good pictures by Mangalorean.com, love your work, we are so proud to be born in Karnataka, the Tulu Nadu, we speak both Tulu & Kannada, Tulu language doesn't have script and most of our words are inheritated from Old Kannada, its can be said its daughter of Kannada language, Tulu language should also be promoted.

I love Kannada language and wrote my BA exam papers in Kannada, as i'm so poor in English.

Jai Karnataka, Jai Tulu Nadu

Abdul Aziz, Bahrain

Mar 18, 2010

"entha soundarya nodu, namma ye karunada beedu --"

Nice pictures, my hearty congratulations to all the organizers of such lovely Kannada sahitya Sammelana in Dakshina Kannada District, good to see couple of resolution taken during the conclusion of this sammelana

(1)urging the government to drop the "anti-environmental", and "anti-people" Netravathi river diversion project

(2)resolution demanded for uniform education system by eliminating the differences between the aided and unaided Kannada medium schools and to fill the vacancies in Kannada medium schools.

(3)demand for carving out Mangalore railway sector from Palghat division and include in north-east division. In an another resolution sammelana demanded the government to sanction Sahitya Bhavans in every talukas.

(4) making Kannada as a compulsory subject in English medium schools and to conduct the exams for the subject. It also stated that same system should be followed in the institutions of higher education.

Just passing a resolution won't work, we have fight hard, put pressure on present BJP govt, and the UPA govt. we have 4 union ministers representing Karnataka at Centre.

After fighting hard we have finally secured Classical Language status for Kannada language

To keep the language, literature, culture and heritage alive all Kannadigas should co-operate.

I speak Urdu at home, but educated in Kannada school and done literature in Kannada at Mysore University, i have also done deep studies in Tulu language & culture, i read Koran in Kannada language. My birth Place is Ullal (Dakishna Kannada District). Let Allaha Bless this beautiful Kannada Nadu.

Jai Karnataka.

Your Muslim Kannadiga brother

Abdul R. Aziz



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