Seminar to commemorate 200th anniversary of missionary concludes

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August 20, 2011

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Mangalore, August 20: Schools were the most important institutional locations within which the missionaries trained an indigenous community into the ideals of their version of Protestantism, said Mangalore University Lecturer Dr Parineetha Shetty at a seminar on 'Herman Moegling-200th year of his commemoration' organised by Karnataka Theological College, Karnataka Sahithya Academy and Kittel Foundation at Bishop Jathanna Hall in KTC here on Friday.

Speaking on the topic “Recontouring Space: The experiment of the Basel Mission School,” she said Herman Moegling played a central role in establishing and shaping the early mission schools, especially the Catechist seminary. The mission archives take one to the interiors of these schools and give an insight into how a nascent community was in the process of coming into being through the institutional network of mission schools, she said.

Though a casteless equality was insisted upon in classroom, the hierarchy between the teachers and students remained. However, the racial difference was maintained between the native and European Christians. The natives had access to European households only as servants and caretakers, pointed out Dr Parineetha.

She also said that the daily life of the students was organised within the spatio-temporal structures of the school routine and the school complex, hence enabling the constant surveillance of the students by teachers.The missionary established its first English School in Mangalore in 1838 and this school necessitated the most difficult accommodations and negotiations on the part of the missionaries since they came in contact with children from different communities, she added.

Karanataka Theological Research Centre Director Dr Rathnakar Sadananda spoke on Moegling's spiritual literature.Stressing on the phrase 'Roots and Wings,' he said Moegling was rooted into his own faith and European culture but also had wings as he explored and learnt other cultures and faith.

Moegling clearly overcame cultural barriers. He was a multi-lingual scholar. He has written 120 hymns which mostly use Indian analogies and metaphors, he said.

The seminar had also sessions on 'Moegling in Hubli and Dharwad' by Scholar Dr Paul Jenkins and Scholar Dr H M Maheswarayya.


Moegling's kin to visit M'lore

During the valedictory of the two-day seminar, Karnataka Theological College Principal Dr Hanibal Cabral said that Hermann Frederick Moegling's great grand children will be visiting Mangalore on October 26 and will be taking part in Deepavali celebrations on October 27. A special programme will be organised on the occasion.

Speaking at the valedictory, Karnataka Sahithya Academy President Prof M H Krishnaiah said there is a need to translate Moegling's works in English to Kannada. The papers presented during the two-day seminar should be brought out in the form of a book.

Switzerland senior researcher Paul Jenkins released 'Guide to the Basel Mission India Material in the Mission 21 archives' on the occasion.


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March 22,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 22: An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over a provocative hate post on social media, Election Commission officials said on Friday.

The move comes after a complaint filed by officials of the poll body and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) that the Bengaluru South MP, who is also the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, had in a post apparently targeted a minority and spread enmity between two communities.

He also made a similar post on March 19 on X and YouTube which went viral. He has 1.3 million followers on X, thereby influencing the voters and disturbing the communal harmony between the communities, it further alleged.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at Halasuru Gate police station on March 20 under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295 A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of the People Act, the officials said.

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March 17,2024

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Bengaluru: The Vokkaliga heartland of the old Mysuru region consisting of several southern districts will be the testing ground for the recently forged BJP-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka in the Lok Sabha polls.

The ruling Congress will now look to consolidate its gains that it made in the assembly elections in May last year when it made inroads into the strongholds of the regional party headed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda in these districts.

In the 2019 Pariamentary elections, the Congress and JD(S) fought together but secured only one seat each in the state. The BJP bagged 25 out of the total 28 Lok Sabha seats.

The Congress and JD(S) win, in fact, came in the old Mysuru region -- Bangalore Rural and Hassan, respectively, while Mandya seat went to an independent backed by the BJP.

This time, the JD(S) has an alliance with BJP. According to sources, the JD(S) is likely to be alloted Hassan, Mandya and Kolar seats in the region, from where Deve Gowda's party draws its strength from in Karnataka.

The JD(S) is now looking to bounce back after the drubbing it received in the May assembly polls.

The Congress and JD(S) are considered to be traditional rivals in the region, where the BJP has also been improving its vote-share.

The BJP-JD(S) alliance hopes to counter the Congress' surge in the region, determined to consolidate Vokkaliga votes in their favour and banking on the Modi charisma. Both parties also hope to gain from each other with this alliance.

The Congress is hoping to further its prospects and continue its dominance in the region, with the help of its strong local leadership and riding on its five guarantee schemes.

Both Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress state President D K Shivakumar, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister come from this region, and so does JD(S) patriarch Deve Gowda and his son H D Kumaraswamy, a former CM and that party's state President.

According to a political analyst, 'coordination among local leaders and transfer of votes between the parties are going to be key for the BJP-JD(S) alliance to click.' Lack of trust between sizeable workers and leaders of both parties on the ground had proved to be counterproductive for Congress and JD(S) combine in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, resulting in their rout and helping the BJP.

Both Congress and BJP have announced candidates for some seats in the region for the 2024 polls.

The Congress has re-nominated D K Suresh, brother of Shivakumar, from Bangalore Rural.

Interestingly, the BJP has fielded the scion of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar from Mysore and noted cardiac surgeon and Deve Gowda's son-in-law, Dr C N Manjunath, from Bangalore Rural.

In Karnataka, the Lok Sabha elections will be held in two phases on April 26 and May 7.

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March 17,2024

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Beltangady, Mar 17: A three-year-old boy was crushed to death under the wheels of an auto-rickshaw in front of his house at Panakaje Mundadi in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada. 

The gut-wrenching tragedy took place on Saturday, March 16 morning when the boy ran out of home to the road. 

The victim has been identified as Kaushik, the son of Chandrashekhar and Usha couple. Their home is situated adjacent to the main road at Panakaje.

It is learnt that the auto-rickshaw failed to notice the boy who suddenly darted towards the road and hit him. 

Even though the injured boy was rushed to a private hospital in Ujire and later to Mangaluru, he breathed his last. 

The Beltangady traffic police have registered a case in connection with the incident.

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