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Time of India
09-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Navodaya trust silver jubilee celebrations tomorrow
Mangaluru: The silver jubilee celebrations of the Navodaya Grama Vikasa Charitable Trust and Navodaya Self-Help Groups will be held at Goldfinch City, Bangra Kuloor, in the city on Saturday. Trust founder MN Rajendra Kumar said that chief minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the programme at chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will distribute benefits to members of the Navodaya self-help groups, and Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar will release the souvenir, 'Santhrupti', on the occasion. Meanwhile, Union minister for new and renewable energy Pralhad Joshi will distribute awards to Navodaya Self-Help Groups that presented excellent performance. Karnataka Assembly Speaker UT Khader will hoist the cooperative flag, Kumar Kshetra Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade , Pejwar Mutt pontiff Sri Vishwaprasanna Thirtha swamiji, cooperative minister KN Rajanna, former chief minister M Veerappa Moily, health and family welfare minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, women and child development minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, minister for textiles, sugarcane development & APMC Shivanand Patil, excise minister RB Timmapur and MPs Capt Brijesh Chowta and Kota Shrinivasa Poojary will attend.
New Indian Express
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Glimpse into Heritage:
For ages, stories told, written, shared in Kannada were parables, folktales and myths meant to convey moral lessons. But with the turn of the 21st century bringing a wave of Western influence on thought and education, the Kannada literary world saw a landmark transformation – the emergence of the Navodaya literary movement, united by a style that considered one's immediate surroundings and contexts. 'The content changed as our Indian Kannada writers started writing in ways inspired by English stories, addressing social concerns and contexts,' explains Sahitya Akademi Award-winning translator Susheela Punitha, whose recently-released translated collection of short stories, A Teashop in Kamalapura (Harper Collins, `399), seeks to make stories from this crucial period of Kannada literary history accessible to English readers. 'Together, we tried to bring alive the concerns and social norms of the last decade of the 19th century and the first three to four decades of the 20th century,' explains Mini Krishnan, the editor of the collection. A major focus for Punitha and Krishnan was ensuring the representation of key Navodaya writers from diverse social contexts, including women and Muslim writers that are often sidelined. 'It is my hope that this collection will lift the curtain of opacity about early fiction from a time when all the journals were run by men and nearly all the writers were also men. Today, the balance is shifting rapidly. Ownership and management might still be largely men, but there is a cohort of writers and translators who will never again be behind a wall of silence or invisibility,' says Krishnan. Works included in the book are stories published within 1900 to 1985, like Panje Magesharaya's 'At a Teashop in Kamalapura' to Masti Venkatesha Iyengar's 'The Story of Jogi Anjappa's Hen', and 'Between Rules and Regulations' by Sara Aboobacker. Punitha notes that while Kannada readers may be familiar with the names of these writers and older readers with some of the stories, most stories will be unfamiliar to younger readers. For Punitha, the process of compiling these stories was almost archival. 'Almost all these stories were published only in local magazines of those days like Suchitra Bharathi and Madhura Vani, and I was only able to get these from archives. In translation, this will be the very first time that people would be reading many of these stories, maybe even all these stories,' she says. It is not the fame of the writer or the story that binds these tales together but, as Punitha says, the question of whether they have literary relevance today. 'I was looking for stories that would have a modern impact and be relevant almost a whole century later – it's not just like we're reading them as museum pieces,' she says. With an increasing number of young people in Karnataka, particularly a lot in Bengaluru, not being fluent enough in Kannada to easily peruse its literature, Punitha and Krishnan hope that this book serves as a gateway. 'When I'm thinking of English readers, I'm not just thinking of non-Kannada speakers; I'm also thinking of my own grandchildren who can speak in Kannada but not read or write in it. This present generation hardly knows about their own literary heritage,' says Punitha, adding, 'I hope that they take away with them an understanding of the rich heritage that we have in Kannada writing and read beyond this collection – reading the Pragathisheela, Navya, and Dalit movements as well.'
Hans India
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Mangaluru Set to Host Mega Convention of Women's Self-Help Groups
Mangaluru: In what is being hailed as one of the largest gatherings of its kind, Mangaluru city will play host to a landmark convention of women's self-help groups (SHGs) that promises to showcase the strength and scale of Karnataka's cooperative movement. Over 1.5 lakh women, representing thousands of self-help groups from across seven districts of the state, are expected to converge in the coastal city for the convention. They will arrive in more than 3,000 buses, creating an extraordinary visual display of solidarity as they don coordinated blue sarees—the official uniform of the gathering. The event is being organised under the banner of the Navodaya Self Help Group movement, which was founded 25 years ago by Dr. M.N. Rajendra Kumar. Speaking at a press conference in Mangaluru on Tuesday, Dr. Kumar said the convention would not only celebrate the achievements of the past two and a half decades but also draft major resolutions aimed at empowering women and enhancing self-sufficiency across communities. 'We have over 9 lakh women working under various models of self-help groups, which is also a record in itself'. "This movement began with a vision to strengthen women at the grassroots. Today, it has evolved into a powerful engine of social and economic transformation,' Dr. Kumar said. He added that the convention will mark a crucial turning point, with strategic recommendations expected to be finalised and shared with policymakers. The scale and success of the Navodaya model has drawn national attention. A high-level team led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is scheduled to attend the convention to study and understand the model's framework and potential for replication. The convention will witness participation from a host of dignitaries, including Union Minister Prahlad Joshi, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Members of Parliament, state cabinet ministers, MLAs, and leading cooperative movement figures from across India. Dr. Kumar recalled that both D.K. Shivakumar and Rajya Sabha member Dr. Veerendra Heggade were instrumental in laying the foundation for the movement 25 years ago. "It is fitting that they are returning to stand with us at this milestone moment," he said. Beyond its celebratory tone, the convention is expected to focus on charting a roadmap for the next phase of growth. Themes such as financial literacy, rural entrepreneurship, marketing networks, and access to credit will be central to the discussions. The event is poised to reaffirm Mangaluru's place as a hub of cooperative innovation and grassroots empowerment, with the Navodaya SHG model offering a potential blueprint for inclusive development in other parts of the country.
