Dharwad: India has an overly sound Constitution and there is a want to give protection to its aspirations, mentioned Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad here on Saturday.
He was delivering a lecture beneath the collection "Nenapina Butti" (basket of recollections) organized through the Karnatak College alumni association as part of the establishment's centenary yr celebrations here on Saturday.
He termed it dangerous signal the incident of cleansing where in Sirsi where actor Prakash Rai attended an match. "A Union minister spoke about changing the Constitution and he was free to do so. However, Rai, who expressed his opposition to the minister's remarks, was also free to say what he wanted to say. The matter should have ended there," he mentioned.
Karnad lauded India's democratic values. "Some countries had ridiculed India as it adopted democracy, saying it was not capable of continuing with democracy. However, over the past seven decades India continues to protect the democratic values. Meanwhile in Pakistan, Sunnis attack Shias. A Pakistani friend of mine told me that if at all Shias feel safe anywhere in the world it is in India," he mentioned.
Karnad mentioned that he learnt the worth of freedom of expression during the early 1950s from the environs of Karnatak College, his alma mater. He joined the college in 1954.
"There were not many colleges in the region and students from Goa and other neighbouring districts used to come to study at Karnatak College. We had students from different languages, regions and cultures and we used to argue on several socio-cultural issues in a healthy manner," he recalled.
Karnad additionally recalled the efforts made through his professors from Marathi background to advertise Kannada within the region when Dharwad was beneath the Bombay Presidency. "I was a student at this college when the country was witnessing changes and it was a happening period," he mentioned.
Karnatak University vice-chancellor Pramod Gai, principals of arts, science and track faculties Professor Rajeshwari M, Channu Mulimani and S S Tarlaghatti felicitated Karnad. Aruna Hallikeri introduced the visitor. Alumni, retired teachers, workforce and scholars were present at the instance.
He was delivering a lecture beneath the collection "Nenapina Butti" (basket of recollections) organized through the Karnatak College alumni association as part of the establishment's centenary yr celebrations here on Saturday.
He termed it dangerous signal the incident of cleansing where in Sirsi where actor Prakash Rai attended an match. "A Union minister spoke about changing the Constitution and he was free to do so. However, Rai, who expressed his opposition to the minister's remarks, was also free to say what he wanted to say. The matter should have ended there," he mentioned.
Karnad lauded India's democratic values. "Some countries had ridiculed India as it adopted democracy, saying it was not capable of continuing with democracy. However, over the past seven decades India continues to protect the democratic values. Meanwhile in Pakistan, Sunnis attack Shias. A Pakistani friend of mine told me that if at all Shias feel safe anywhere in the world it is in India," he mentioned.
Karnad mentioned that he learnt the worth of freedom of expression during the early 1950s from the environs of Karnatak College, his alma mater. He joined the college in 1954.
"There were not many colleges in the region and students from Goa and other neighbouring districts used to come to study at Karnatak College. We had students from different languages, regions and cultures and we used to argue on several socio-cultural issues in a healthy manner," he recalled.
Karnad additionally recalled the efforts made through his professors from Marathi background to advertise Kannada within the region when Dharwad was beneath the Bombay Presidency. "I was a student at this college when the country was witnessing changes and it was a happening period," he mentioned.
Karnatak University vice-chancellor Pramod Gai, principals of arts, science and track faculties Professor Rajeshwari M, Channu Mulimani and S S Tarlaghatti felicitated Karnad. Aruna Hallikeri introduced the visitor. Alumni, retired teachers, workforce and scholars were present at the instance.
Need to protect Constitution’s aspirations: Karnad
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