Mangaluru: 'The Idea of Bharat' LitFest 2018 on Nov 3-4
Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa
Mangaluru: Mangaluru Literary Foundation will be organising the Mangaluru LiteFest 2018 under the theme 'The Idea of Bharat' at the Dr. TMA Pai International Convention Center in the city on November 3 & 4, informed the event organisor Dr. Rohinaksha.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, he said "the ancient India has contributed immensely to world civilization, including ancient science, medicine, space technology, and Yoga. The LitFest has been organised under the theme 'the Idea of India' to review many contemporary ideas."
Dr. Rohinaksha further said, "Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Dr. David Frawley, Major Gaurav Arya, Vivek Agnihotri, Prakash Belawadi, Madhukishwara, R Jagannath, Dr. BM Hegde, Dr. Gururaj Karjgi, and other prominent thinkers, writers, cinematographers, poets, scholars, educationists, literary enthusiasts and various college students will participate in the event."
"Seminars on various topics, including the Idea of Hindu Civilization, Idea of India, woman and religion, poets' meet, etc. will be held," he added.
Lifetime Achievement Award for Dr.SL Bhyrappa
Dr. Saraswati Samman Awardee Dr SL Bhyrappa, who, through his writings, has given a great contribution to the values of Indian life and to the country's literature will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement award, Rohinaksa said.
Vasanth Kumar Perla, Raju Gudi and others were present.
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PM Modi, myself don't have 'wife issue': Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.
Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.
"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.
"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.
Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.
