Caption: Pundalika Halambi (third from right), State President, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, is seen releasing two books Gayana Gange and Gana Kala Dasohi at a function held in city yesterday. Others seen are (from left) Yuvaraja College Principal Prof.S.N. Gayatri, authors Dr. Rathnamma & Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar, litterateur Prof. Dejagow, District Sahitya Parishat President M. Chandrashekar and writer Prof. Malali Vasanthkumar.
Mysore, May 10
“I will work like a soldier to uphold the dignity and integrity of Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP) and live upto the expectations of those who voted me to the office during the recent Parishat elections,” declared Pundalika Halambi, State President of KSP here yesterday.
He was speaking after inaugurating a seminar, book release and felicitation ceremony organised by Kuvempu Vidyavardhaka Trust at Rajendra Bhavan in JSS Hospital premises.
Sincerely thanking those who voted in a secular manner during the election, Halambi said: “Come what may, I will not compromise with the development of the Parishat and would do whatever required to ensure that the Parishat performed its duties in a transparent and effective manner to uphold the self-respect of Kannadigas.”
Referring to the comments passed on him by several of his detractors that he was ignorant about the basics of Kannada literature, he said that though he was a student of literature, he was not a litterateur and could have made several mistakes in pronouncing several words and regretted for the same. He also said that he would not stick to the post if he could not do justice.
Releasing two books Gayana Gange and Gana Kala Dasohi, biographies of Vidushi Gangu Bai Hanagal and Pandit Puttaraja Gavai, authored by Dr. K.S. Rathnamma and C.P. Krishnakumar respectively, Halambi said that biography was a complex form of writing and should not be limited to creative writing.
Pudalika Halambi, his wife Saroja Halambi and District Sahitya Parishat President M. Chandrashekar were felicitated on the occasion.
source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / May 10th, 2012