Udupi: Jnanpith winner Chandrashekhar Kambar inaugurated the three-day literature and arts festival of Manipal University ‘Milap’ at Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities.
Stating that the ties between cities and villages were broken by introduction of English, Prof. Kambar said that English brought prose to our literature. "Though literature spread as a result of this, it, however, lost its depth. For the English, poetry is important because it brings catharsis, but for the people of India, ‘rasanubhava’ is important as it was negotiation with the ego. The ego got rejected not only among the actors in a play but also in the audience. There was a vivid sense of imagination in Indian theatre," he said.
Speaking as chief guest, noted writer, Vaidehi, said nobody had imagined that senior journalist Gauri Lankesh would be gunned down. Killing someone for expressing their thoughts was wrong. The process of creativity could not be stopped, she said.
Udupi: Jnanpith winner Chandrashekhar Kambar inaugurated the three-day literature and arts festival of Manipal University ‘Milap’ at Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities.
Stating that the ties between cities and villages were broken by introduction of English, Prof. Kambar said that English brought prose to our literature. "Though literature spread as a result of this, it, however, lost its depth. For the English, poetry is important because it brings catharsis, but for the people of India, ‘rasanubhava’ is important as it was negotiation with the ego. The ego got rejected not only among the actors in a play but also in the audience. There was a vivid sense of imagination in Indian theatre," he said.
Speaking as chief guest, noted writer, Vaidehi, said nobody had imagined that senior journalist Gauri Lankesh would be gunned down. Killing someone for expressing their thoughts was wrong. The process of creativity could not be stopped, she said.
