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Several changes in conduct of literary meet promised

By Our Special Correspondent

SHIMOGA, FEB. 6. The President of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Chandrashekar Patil, said here on Sunday that the 72nd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelan to be held in Bidar from May 6 to May 8 would witness many changes.

Addressing a press conference here, he said one of the primary changes would be that the Chief Minister would be asked to deliver a address during the valedictory function instead of the inaugural function to enable him to respond to the queries of delegates expressed at the conference.

A noted author from a neighbouring State would be requested to inaugurate the conference, he added.

Another major change proposed this time was that the practice of taking the president of the sammelan in a procession before the commencement of the conference would be done away with, he said and added that instead, a portrait of Goddess Bhuvaneshwari would be taken out in the ceremonial procession.

Noting that there would be no separate session for women at the conference, he said they would be asked to participate in all sessions.

Opportunity would be given to leading politicians to express their views on contemporary issues. The parishat would bring out 72 publications in Kannada to mark the occasion.

Resolutions

Admitting that the resolutions adopted at the previous literary meets were yet to be implemented, he said he would ensure that the resolutions adopted this year would be implemented by the Government before the next year's meeting was held.

Book fair

He said the "Varada Pustaka Santhe" being held by the parishat on its premises in Bangalore every Saturday for the past three weeks had evoked a good response with leading publishers taking part in it.

He said with the introduction of the weekly book fair, a large number of litterateurs, who used to keep themselves away from the parishat, had started visiting it regularly, which, he termed a healthy sign.

Such book fairs would be started at the district-level too by roping in local publishers, he added.

Drive

Prof. Patil said a drive would be launched soon to increase the membership to the parishat from 60,000 to five lakhs. He reiterated that the strengthening of the parishat was necessary to protect the State's social and cultural interests.

Prof. Patil said he had decided not to accept garlands or shawls at functions being held to felicitate him.

"Instead, I request the organisers to give me books so that they can be sent to children in border areas, who are dogged by a crisis of good books," he added.

He said the Government would be asked to sanction sites in the districts to ensure that the parishat units were located in their own premises.

The president of the parishat's district unit, D. Manjuanth, was present.

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