Raichur, Dec 4: People expressing their liberal views in the open face assault in contemporary society, writer Dr Giraddi Govindaraj rued.
Presenting a paper onDemocracy and Freedom of Expression” on the second day of the 82nd Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana here on Saturday, Govindaraj expressed his concern on “inevitability” of writers to live amid police protection.
Recalling a recent incident, he said that after the murder of scholar Dr M?M?Kalburgi, writers held a protest meet and submitted a memorandum to the government seeking steps to trace the assailants.
“We also expressed our suspicion about some people. Following this, a person from Raichur threatened to raze my house. Police protection was given to my house, though I refused it,” he said.
Giraddi said that K?S?Bhagwan too was facing a similar threat. “I do not concur with his statements nor do I accept his philosophy. But, threatening him is not acceptable. He too has been provided police protection.” Kalburgi wrote an article on Shivasharanas in 1986 and faced a lot of problems because of it. “People are not fond of telling truth always. But, they face trouble in case they tell the truth,”?Govindaraj said.
He said that electronic media had not been discharging its duties responsibly. They keep airing a footage the whole day and behave “aggressively.”
A huge chasm has developed between the rightists and leftists and intolerance has been on the rise in the state. In order to bridge this gap, the principles of both the sides should be adopted.
Mysuru won tough race to host next meet
Several districts competed to host the 83rd Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana and Mysuru emerged the winner. At the meeting of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP) held in Raichur on Saturday, representatives from Haveri, Dharwad, Chikkamagaluru, Uttara Kannada, Mysuru and Chikkaballapur offered to host the literary festival in their respective districts. Dharwad district KSP president Lingaraj Angadi, who insisted that the event be held in Dharwad, sought a secret ballot. He even boycotted the meeting, but was eventually brought back.
After eliciting opinion of the members of the executive committee, it was decided to conduct the event in Mysuru, KSP?president Manu Baligar said.
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