Vidyarthi Siri should illuminate humanity: Vinaya Prasad
Alva's VidyaSiri-2018
Moodabidri, November 15: “The art will instill virtuousness among an artiste besides creating universal mentality. A person will become a citizen only when he leads life thinking that everything belongs to him. Let the Vidyarthi Siri illuminate the humanity”, said film actress and artiste Vinaya Prasad.
Inaugurating the Alva’s Vidyarthi Siri-2018, a student literature and cultural conference at Vidyagiri here on Thursday, she said that students were like organic manure of the next generation. The students should move forward without adopting mischief mentality or, praising beauty, slandering the ugliness and thinking about black and white. They could understand the world if they accept everything and take it as a challenge. “We should practice the lessons we have learnt and promote the land, language, water, culture of the land. This could be possible through such Vidyarthi Siri programmes”, she said.
Presiding over the programme, Kasaragod Chinmaya School student Sannidhi T Rai Perla said that “in the Indian history, hidden facts were more than the disclosed facts. Trying to see the Indian history with the western spectacles, we are at the cross road without even getting India and seeing the west. Because of the modernization, the Indian culture is vanishing. Interestingly, the modern mechanical life has failed to find answers to basic problems of human life. The grandeur of the country has only become the past glory. In a hurry to create new things, the young generation has failed to analyse the pros and cons of the result”, she said.
Alva’s Nudisiri founder Dr M Mohan Alva said that he has intention to expand this Vidyarthi Siri to the entire state. In order to continue the cultural art forms, it was inevitable to instill love towards the land among young generation. The children have valuable knowledge. Instead of encouraging them, the situation was created to destroy their mindset. If the students got proper guidance in this competitive era, their intelligence could be utilised properly, she said.
Theatre artiste Murthy Deraje (children’s theatre), Saanidhya Residential School for Special Children (Children’s personality development) and Sadgun Aital of Sharada School (child artiste) were given Alva’s Vidyarthi Siri-2018 and senior children writer A.K Rameshwar was given Alva’s Vidyarthi Siri honorary awards on the occasion.
Vinaya Prasad released ‘Ambara Kambani, an anthology of poems written by Chinmayi Rajesh, Modagalu, a short story collection, written by Atharva Hegde on the occasion. Before this, the guests were brought in a procession to the venue with cultural troops. Rotary student Prahlad Murthy welcomed, while Tejaswini Nayak proposed vote of thanks. Dhatri Prasanna compared.
“We need the society which can groom us instead of use us. The best life would require models and not the speeches. In a hurry to consider the education system and modernization as development, we have been forgetting our sensibilities. Why we don’t have even a single question in our textbooks about this either in the form of question, criticism or objection?”
- Sannidhi T Rai Perla, Alva’s Vidyarthi Siri-2018 President
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UDF leaders see local body poll trends as pointer to 2026 Assembly elections in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Buoyed by the strong performance of the Congress-led UDF in the local body polls, KPCC president Sunny Joseph said on Saturday that the front's results indicated the people had rejected the LDF government.
According to early trends, the UDF was leading in more grama panchayats, block panchayats, municipalities and corporations than the LDF.
The local body polls were held in two phases in the state earlier this week.
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Speaking to reporters here, Joseph said the people of Kerala had extended their support to the UDF.
"We could expose the LDF government’s anti-people stance and the people understood it. The LDF’s fake propaganda was rejected by the people. The UDF is moving towards a historic victory," he said.
He said a united effort, proper preparations, good candidate selection and hard work had resulted in the Congress and the UDF’s victory in the elections.
Asked about the prospects in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Joseph said the party was studying the matter and would comment later.
LDF convenor T P Ramakrishnan said the results would be closely examined.
According to him, the government had done everything possible for the people.
"Why such a verdict happened will be examined at the micro level. People’s opinion will be considered and further steps will be taken," he said.
He added that decisions would be taken after analysing the results. "If any corrective measures are required, we will initiate them and move forward," he said.
AICC leader K C Venugopal said the results showed that people had begun ousting those who, he alleged, were responsible for the loss of gold at Lord Ayyappa’s temple.
"This trend will continue in the Assembly elections as well. It is an indication that the people are ready to bring down the LDF government," he said.
Venugopal said the UDF had registered victories even in CPI(M) and LDF strongholds.
"I congratulate all UDF workers for their hard work. Congress workers and leaders worked unitedly," he said.
Referring to remarks made by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan against the Congress on polling day, Venugopal said the voters had responded through the verdict.
"I do not know whether the chief minister understands that the people are against him. Otherwise, he does not know the sentiment of the people. The state government cannot move an inch further," he said.
He said the results indicated a strong comeback for the UDF in Kerala.
Asked whether the Sabarimala gold loss issue had affected the LDF in the local polls, Venugopal said the CM and the CPI(M) state secretary did not take the issue seriously.
"We took a strong stand on the matter. The BJP played a foul game in it," he alleged.
On the BJP's role in the local body elections, Venugopal alleged that the party operated with the CPI(M) 's tacit support.
"The CPI(M) supported the central government on issues such as PM-SHRI, labour codes and corruption in national highway construction. The CPI(M) is facing ideological decline, and the state government’s policies are against the party’s own decisions," he said.
Meanwhile, LDF ally Kerala Congress (M) leader Jose K Mani said the party could not win all the wards it had expected in the elections.
He congratulated winners from all parties and said the party would closely examine the losses and identify shortcomings. "Later, we will take corrective measures," he added.
Senior Congress leader and MP Rajmohan Unnithan said the trends in the local body elections indicated that the UDF would return to power in the 2026 Assembly elections.
"We will win 111 seats as in 1977 and return to power in 2026. The anti-government sentiment of the people is reflected in the elections," he said.
Unnithan said the people were disturbed and unhappy with the present government.
"The trend indicates the end of the LDF government," he added.
CPI(M) MLA M M Mani said the people had shown ingratitude towards the LDF despite benefiting from welfare schemes.
"After receiving all welfare schemes and living comfortably, people voted against us due to some temporary sentiments. Is that not ingratitude," he asked.
Mani said no such welfare initiatives had taken place in Kerala earlier.
"People are receiving pensions and have enough to eat. Even after getting all this, they voted against us. This is what can be called ingratitude," he said.
Muslim League state president Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal said the results were beyond expectations.
"The outcome points towards the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, indicating that a change of government is imminent. We are going to win the Assembly election," he said.
