Kannada Habba
Kannada Habba
The Department of Kannada organised “KANNADA HABBA” was organized as part of the "Kannada Rajyotsava Day" celebrated all over Karnataka to commemorate the day when Karnataka State was historically formed, with the aim of upholding the dignity of Kannada language and culture.
It was an honour for Kristu jayanti College to have an esteemed and renowned litterateur, the Karnataka Sahitya Academy President Mr. L.N.Mukundaraj as our guest of honour and Fr. Dr. Joshy Mathew, Director, Human Resource Center of the KJC and Dr.Gopakumar A.V., Dean of Humanities were Present.
The guest speaker, Mr. L.N.Mukundaraj opined that the great aspirations of the Indian Constitution can be found in our Kannada culture and literary heritage.
Referring to Adikavi Pampa and Babasaheb Dr. B.R .Ambedkar's wish for equality through the Constitution of India. He mentioned that no matter what caste we are born into, it is very important to envisage human race as an entity by cultivating human virtues. True virtue lies when one is in complaisance with the religion and ideas of one's neighbors as mentioned in the Kavirajamarga poetry. Quoting from Indian history the chief guest recollected that India is a labyrinth of historical facts and has witnessed events which prove our tolerance and acceptance, resulting to the existing peace and providence we enjoy as a country.
Mr. Mukundaraj quoted “ Kannada means freedom, Kannada means equality, Kannada means brotherhood, Kannada means constitution, Kannada means peace, Kannada means democracy. Therefore, those who see Kannada with love, respect and concern, he called for the respect of India's constitution, democracy and Kannada heritage as well.”
In the Speech, the speaker felicitated the contribution of Christian missionaries to Kannada language and literature. He reminisced that Christian missionaries refurbished knowledge of our Kannada Adikavi Pampa, which was unknown to us. It is through them that our Kannada consciousness and India's independence consciousness arose. Due to the educational revolt by Christian missionaries, discrimination is eradicated. He said that it was a Christian Teacher called Frazer who mentored India's unparalleled progressive kings Shahu Maharaj and Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar.
Fr Dr. Joshy Mathew, Director, Human Resource Center of the college presided over the programme and Dr. Gopakumar A.V., Dean of Humanities, presided the occasion. Captain Sarvesh B.S., Head of Kannada Department, he welcomed everyone with introductory remarks. Kannada Assistant Professor Sri Chandrasekhar N., thanked everyone for organizing the programme. Assistant Professors Dr. Syed Muen, Dr. Ravishankar A.K, Dr. M. Byrappa, Dr. Premakumar K., Dr. Kirankumar H.J., student representatives Greeshma and Madhu P graced the programme with their presence.
Prizes were distributed to the students who were the winners of the Hejjenada-Dance, Savigana-Singing, Gnanayana-Quiz, Nudiranga-Discussion, Abhivyakthi-Kiru Nataka, Antaranaga-Creative Writing competitions organized on the occasion of Kannada Fest.
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