Dalit writings far and few between: Krishna

Mysore, Jan 19, DHNS:

The Bandaya literature (literature of rebellion) is disappearing these days and most of the people are becoming ‘Navabrahmins’ (neo-brahmins), said former Legislative Assembly speaker M Krishna.

He was speaking at the release of a book written by Dr P Chandrashekar on ‘First generation Dalit writer Late G Venkataiah’s life and literature’ here recently. Despite the increasing corruption, inequality and discrimination that is prevalent in the society, Why are people still being so silent and putting up with every thing these days? he questioned. He urged for the people to work towards reducing unequality and discrimination in the society. Taking a dig at Pejawar Mutt Seer Vishveshwatheertha, Krishna said that he came to visit a certain community to resolve the differences, but he didn’t even drink one glass of milk from any of the homes he visited. That creates a doubt in the mind of the people about his real intentions, Krishna added. Commenting on Venkataiah, Krishna said that the former would have become a better writer if he had mingled with other litterateurs. Even though Venkataiah didn’t have any guidance, he looked at the various problems facing the society and used literature to point it out to people. Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Vice Chancellor Prof K S Rangappa and District Youth Congress Committee President Dr B J Vijayakumar were present.