The 15th Uttara Kannada district-level Kannada Sahitya Sammelana was inaugurated by Vishweshwar Hegde, district in-charge minister at Kumta on Saturday, March 27. The place where the two-day sammelana is taking place is named after Dr B M Pai and the podium is named after noted poet B R Pandeshwar.
Addressing the gathering V G Nayak, president of the sammelana said that literature is a medium to build relationships among people that goes beyond caste, community and borders. He said literature should create love among different people.
Describing Uttara Kannada district as the birth place of literature of different varieties like Yakshagana, Halakki songs, Suggi songs and many other folk songs, he said new poets like Danker Desai have given a new dimension to the short poems (chutuku padya) in Kannada poetry. Writers like Gourish Kaikini, Yashwantha Chittal who wrote on contemporary issues have given new impetus to Kannada literature, he said. New writers also should be given encouragement, he added.
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