Government has made Kannada education compulsory across Karnataka irrespective of the affiliation of the boards,” he added. In the coming days I would convene a meeting with Chief Ministers of other states and to press for a new amendment in the Constitution in making Kannada compulsory as medium of instruction. Our government has always supported Kannada medium education and in this regard I have also written letters to the central government. I have never indulged in politics with regard to Kannada and neither have I compromised on any aspect regarding Kannada. “Kannada is not all about letters or Varnamale, Kannada includes the people, land, rivers, life, literature, culture, art, music of Karnataka and this is what Kannada is for all the Kannadigas. We must always be thankful for the contribution of the Kings of Mysuru to the development of the region,” he added. The late King of Mysore Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar who has contributed immensely for the development of the city and the state, always had worked for the cause of social justice and the credit for establishing Kannada Sahitya Parishat goes to him. It has given the Kannada literary world stalwart writers like B M Sri, T N Sri, Kuvempu, D L Narasimhachar, De Ja Gow, H M Nayak, G S Shivarudrappa, Dr Prabhushankar, Sujana, Dr T V Venkatachala Shastry, S L Bhyrappa, Devanoor Mahadeva, Alanahalli Krishna, H J Lakappa Gowda, H C Ramachandra Gowda, C P Krishnakumar, Pradhana Gurudatt, G H Nayak, C Sarvamangala and others.” Mysuru is home to many noted litterateurs.

Mysuru, November 23:- Delivering the inaugural address, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, “This is one of the proud moments in my life as I have been blessed with an opportunity to inaugurate the Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in my hometown.

Kannada books in sahitya sammelana