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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B’luru: Actor Kishore Kumar criticises political use of ‘Vande Mataram’, says slogan being misused
Bengaluru: Pan India Actor Kishore Kumar has criticised what he calls an attempt to use the national song Vande Mataram for political gain by dividing people on religious lines.
On Thursday, he posted on Facebook a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking in the Lok Sabha, with the caption ‘Jai Shri Ram to Vande Mataram.’ In his post, Kishore said the song, which once energised the freedom movement and united people across India, was now being turned into a tool for political advantage.
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He wrote that expressions once used to welcome others with love were being taken over and converted into war cries and weapons of hatred, especially against Muslims. Just as this shift happened, he said, those in power who had no role in the freedom struggle and had no hesitation in selling what true patriots created, were now trying to appropriate a song used by freedom fighters.
Kishore also said many serious issues such as the falling value of the rupee, the state of the economy, weakening democratic institutions, what he called false GDP claims, unfulfilled promises to farmers, healthcare challenges, unemployment, situations in Manipur and Ladakh, and the arrests of scientists and scholars were being ignored.
According to him, the government had shown that it was unable to deal with real problems. He said their only approach now was to divide people and distract them, expressing his frustration over the current political climate.
