‘Launch ‘Suvarna’ celebrations from Dharwad
The Newindpress.com
Sunday August 27 2006 12:55 IST
DHARWAD: At a time when Kannadigas had no thought of unifying Kannada speaking regions and forming a separate state for themselves, people of Dharwad had dreamt of Karnataka. So, the State Government should begin the ‘Suvarna Karnataka’ celebrations from here, said Patil Puttappa, president of Karnataka Vidyavardhak Sangh.
Addressing a news conference here on Saturday, Papu said Dharwad had been the source of inspiration to unify the Kannada speaking regions into a State.
November 1 would mark 50 years of the state’s formation. During the initial stages of the unification movement, Mysore-Bangalore had not favoured the same. Unfortunately, the government had decided to launch the celebrations from Bangalore-Mysore, which was sheer historical irony, he added.
He likened launching the said celebration in Bangalore instead of Dharwad, to a ‘marriage ceremony without the bridegroom.’
Administrators sitting in Vidhana Soudha, should remember that Karnataka was formed involving Belgaum, Karwar, Gulbarga and Bellary regions, not only with the Old Mysore region, he said.
Questioning the government’s commitment toward safeguarding the interest of Kannada and Karnataka, he said it had failed to appoint Kannada language teachers to Urdu and other lingual minority schools in the state even after repeated pleas from people concerned.
He said that chanting hymns in the name of Kannada, could not develop language, people at the helm of affairs must be aware of culture, language and geography of the State and be committed to protect the same, at any cost.
Papu said mere organisation of the Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, Vishwa Kannada Sammelan, Mysore Dasara, Hampi-Utsav and other such grand programmes would not serve the purpose of protecting Kannada from the onslaught of globalisation.
Condemning the Kannada Sahitya Parishad’s proposed plan to demolish the old Parishad building in Bangalore, he demanded the government to construct an Art Complex, in Dharwad and Belgaum.
Prof B V Gunjetti, Siddalingaih Desai and others were present.
The Newindpress.com
Sunday August 27 2006 12:55 IST
DHARWAD: At a time when Kannadigas had no thought of unifying Kannada speaking regions and forming a separate state for themselves, people of Dharwad had dreamt of Karnataka. So, the State Government should begin the ‘Suvarna Karnataka’ celebrations from here, said Patil Puttappa, president of Karnataka Vidyavardhak Sangh.
Addressing a news conference here on Saturday, Papu said Dharwad had been the source of inspiration to unify the Kannada speaking regions into a State.
November 1 would mark 50 years of the state’s formation. During the initial stages of the unification movement, Mysore-Bangalore had not favoured the same. Unfortunately, the government had decided to launch the celebrations from Bangalore-Mysore, which was sheer historical irony, he added.
He likened launching the said celebration in Bangalore instead of Dharwad, to a ‘marriage ceremony without the bridegroom.’
Administrators sitting in Vidhana Soudha, should remember that Karnataka was formed involving Belgaum, Karwar, Gulbarga and Bellary regions, not only with the Old Mysore region, he said.
Questioning the government’s commitment toward safeguarding the interest of Kannada and Karnataka, he said it had failed to appoint Kannada language teachers to Urdu and other lingual minority schools in the state even after repeated pleas from people concerned.
He said that chanting hymns in the name of Kannada, could not develop language, people at the helm of affairs must be aware of culture, language and geography of the State and be committed to protect the same, at any cost.
Papu said mere organisation of the Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, Vishwa Kannada Sammelan, Mysore Dasara, Hampi-Utsav and other such grand programmes would not serve the purpose of protecting Kannada from the onslaught of globalisation.
Condemning the Kannada Sahitya Parishad’s proposed plan to demolish the old Parishad building in Bangalore, he demanded the government to construct an Art Complex, in Dharwad and Belgaum.
Prof B V Gunjetti, Siddalingaih Desai and others were present.
