Mangaluru: Kanhaiya Kumar, Amarjeet Kaur among scholars to attend B V Kakkilaya birth centenary
The two-day event will be held on Aug 10-11
Mangaluru: The centenary birth anniversary celebrations of former MP and CPI leader BV Kakkilaya will be held at Bishop Jathanna Auditorim, Sahodaya in Balmatta here in Mangaluru on August 10 and 11, wherein Dr. Kanhaiya Kumar is also expected to address the event.
The two-day event will be inaugurated by Amarjeet Kaur at 10.am on August 10. Kaur will also address the inaugural event 'Indian Freedom Struggle and role of the movements of the working classes in nation building'.
Popular scholar and youth leader Dr. Kanhaiya Kumar who contested the Lok Sabha Election from Begusarai in Bihar will also attend the event on first day and will speak on ‘Indian Youth in Crossroads’. Kanhaiya’s address is scheduled to begin at 11.am, soon after Kaur’s inaugural address.
Kalale Parthasarathy and Dinesh Amin Mattu would also address the event later in the day on ‘National Democratic Revolution’ followed by Kanhaiya’s and Prof. Anand Teltumbde’s interaction with audience on ‘Struggles of Oppressed: Theory to Practice’. The first of the two-day event is scheduled to conclude with cultural programs by IPTA, Karnataka.
On the second day, Dr. Siddanagouda Patil will address the event on ‘BV Kakkilaya – From Malabar to Karnataka Assembly (In Kannada). Prof. Muzaffar Assadi, Shridhar Prabhu, PV Lokesh and Kagodu Thimmappa will participated address the event on ‘Land reforms in Karnataka – Past, Present and future’ (in Kannada).
Dr Siddana Gouda Patil would speak on BV Kakkilaya: from Malabar to Vidhana Soudha on August 11 at 10 am. Prof Muzafer Assadi, Shridhar Prabhu, PV Lokesh would participate in a session on Land Reforms in Karnataka, chaired by former minister Kagodu Thimmappa.
Another session on ‘Writings on Philosophy, History and Economics in Kannada’ (in Kannada) will be held under the chairmanship of Dr. G Ramakrishna. TS Venugopal, Dr. Vijay Poonchcha Thambanda, Kalale Parthasarathy will also address the event during the session.
Before the valedictory event at 7.pm on the second day, TM Krishna, Noor Zaheer will interact with the audience on ‘Reshaping Art, Beyond Caste and Gender’.
The two-day event will conclude with a vocal concert by Vidwan TM Krishna, Violin by Vidushi Akkarai Shubhalakhsmi and Mrindangam by Vidwan KU Jayachandra Rao.
The organisers have urged people to turn up in large numbers to make the event a grand success.
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PM unveils development projects worth over Rs 4,000 crore in Sikkim
Gangtok (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched development projects worth over Rs 4,000 crore in Sikkim while attending the closing ceremony of the state's 50 years of statehood celebrations.
The projects span a wide range of sectors such as infrastructure, connectivity, healthcare, education, power, urban development, environment, tourism and agriculture, the officials said.
These projects are aimed at accelerating holistic and inclusive development in Sikkim.
The PM's visit marks an important milestone in the golden jubilee year of Sikkim's statehood and reflects the government's "continued commitment to the rapid and sustainable development of the Himalayan state", the officials said.
