Mangaluru to host lit festival on "Idea of Bharat" from Nov 3
Mangaluru, Oct 30: A literary festival on the'Idea of Bharat, christened 'Mangaluru Lit Fest 2018', will be organised in the city from November 3 to 6.
The festival is an attempt to showcase the ancient Indian wisdom of peace, brotherhood and universal well-being through intellectual discourse by the finest literary minds from across the country, the convenor of the event Sriraj Gudi told reporters here Tuesday.
The festival intends to provide a platform for intellectual deliberations for monologues, panel discussions, conversations, book reviews, symposiums and book exhibition on'The Idea of Bharat,' Gudi said.
Saraswati Samman awardee Padmasree S L Byrappa willbe felicitated with the lifetime achievement award during the festival for his immense contribution towards literature, he said.
The patrons of the festival are Nitte Education Trust chairman N Vinaya Hegde, Taranga weekly executive editor Sandhya Pai and Rajeev Chandrashekhar, MP.
The Lit Fest aims to highlight the literary andcultural diversity of Mangaluru, which is blessed with vibrant multi-cultural ethos with very colourful annual festivities including Kambala, Kola and Yakshagana, Gudi said.
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Dalit man beaten to death in MP over land dispute; sarpanch, kin booked
Shivpuri (MP) (PTI): A 30-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by the sarpanch and seven others over a land dispute in a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, an official said on Wednesday.
Narad Jatav was fatally attacked on Tuesday evening after he and his maternal uncle objected to a road created through their land to a hotel belonging to the sarpanch, Padam Dhakad, in Indergarh village, the official said. The accused, including Dhakad's sons and wife, are on the run.
Following the dispute over the road, Narad allegedly removed the water supply line from a common borewell to the hotel. Dhakad and his family then beat him with sticks and killed him, Kotwali police station in-charge Kripal Singh Rathore said.
Jatav’s family protested in the medical college where his body was taken for autopsy, demanding the registration of a first information report (FIR) against the accused, he said.
Later, police pacified them and registered a murder case against the sarpanch and his other family members, including his wife and sons, Rathore said.
The eight accused persons are absconding and efforts are being made to nab them, he added.
Condemning the murder, former chief minister Kamal Nath wrote on X, “A Dalit youth was beaten to death with sticks in Indergarh of Shivpuri. After this murder in broad daylight, it has been proved once again that Dalits are not safe in Madhya Pradesh,” he said.
There is not a single day when an incident of atrocity on Dalits does not occur in the state, said the Congress leader.
“Under the BJP rule, the audacity of bullies is increasing and it has become their habit to oppress the Dalits and tribals,” he wrote on the social media platform.
Nath also demanded special arrangements to ensure the safety of Dalits and tribals in MP.
