Mangalore, November 13: The eighth edition of Alva's Nudisiri was concluded in a bright and memorable style on Sunday night at Smt Sundari Ananda Alva campus at Vidyagiri, in Moodbidri, with senior litterateurs sounding an alarm that Kannada culture and literature could be sustained only if people used Kannada in day-to-day life with pride.
The three-day conference on Kannada literature and culture, organised by Alva's Education Foundation, had attracted thousands of people from different parts of the state. The audiences were enthralled by the cultural extravaganza at the final day of the programme.
Ten eminent personalities who contributed towards the development of Kannada language, literature and culture including Prof K S Nisar Ahmed, veteran journalist M V Kamath were conferred with Alva's Nudisiri award. Chairman of the foundation M. Mohan Alva presented the awards.
Other awardees were theatre artiste Chidambara Rao Jambe, writers B T Lalitha Nayak, Chandrashekara Patil, C N Ramachandran, singer BK Sumitra, actor Srinath, and folk artistes Pandavapura Anke Gowda and Machar Gopala Naik.
The award included a shawl, memento, citation, fruits and a cash amount of Rs 10,000. The awardees were also offered traditional arathi.
Jnanpith Award-winner Chandrashekara Kambara was given a warm felicitation on the occasion.
Reopen closed schools
Senior researcher Dr M M Kalburgi, who chaired the three day convention, in his valedictory address exhorted the Karnataka government to take all necessary measures to protect the Kannada media schools across the state.
Stating that the closure of Kannada medium schools a threat to Kannada language, he said that it was the responsibility of the state government to reopen all those Kannada medium schools, which were closed during its tenure.
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