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Roopa Iyer has taken on the job of representing the state at the World Kannada Conference in London in August this year. Will this be another contentious event?<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Yet another Kannada conference at yet another venue. Coming up in London on August 27 and 28 is the World Kannada Conference 2011 \u2014 Europe. It is being organised by Sangama, an association of NRIs living in Europe. As Karnataka representative for the conference Roopa Iyer, classical dancer, actor and filmmaker, will decide on participating artists and the culture extravaganza.The sammelana has listed some serious aims too. It will explore how non-resident Kannadigas of Europe can contribute to the economic growth of Karnataka. It will raise funds to build Kannada Bhavana in UK and support Kannada schools at Karnataka. So far, Puneeth Rajkumar and Ramya have been roped in as brand ambassadors. We spoke to Roopa on being part of the event.<\/p>\n

There have been many Kannada sammelanas \u2014 small and big \u2014 of late. How will this be different?<\/strong>
\nThis will be the first of its kind in Europe. And we have good causes \u2014the Kannada Bhavana will act as a centre for spreading Kannada art and culture and also house a library of Kannada books. We will give a boost to Kannada schools in the state. Also, we will target youngsters as it\u2019s the younger generation which carries forward a legacy.<\/p>\n

Showcasing Karnataka\u2019s art and culture effectively is a tough job.<\/strong>
\nWe are bringing together the State\u2019s senior-most artistes in films, literature, sports, dance and music \u2014 people who are truly responsible for building the current-day culture of Kannada. We are not going to project only young celebrities.<\/p>\n

Often such conferences are fraught with rivalry and bickerings. There is also criticism that accomplished artists who are not aggressive about self-promotion tend to lose out in the race for representation.<\/strong>
\nProper planning, time-management and taking care that each guest gets due respect, sufficient time and a proper platform will avoid such problems. As for artists, we are looking out for genuine achievers, grassroots workers and unselfish personalities who have contributed to the richness of Kannada culture.<\/p>\n

Many Indian cultural events held abroad (this one\u2019s in London) are viewed as an excuse for a foreign jaunt rather than serious promotion of art.<\/strong>
\nI agree, this happens. We can\u2019t question such people if they come as part of the audience. But our guests \u2014 people whom we will invite and take with us \u2014 will be genuine achievers. We will invite about 400 persons. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his son Raghavendra have already agreed to support and attend the sammelana.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

source: http:\/\/bangaloremirror.com \/ by\u00a0Aruna Chandaraju \/ Wednesday Mar 23rd, 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roopa Iyer has taken on the job of representing the state at the World Kannada Conference in London in August this year. Will this be another contentious event? Yet another Kannada conference at yet another venue. Coming up in London on August 27 and 28 is the World Kannada Conference 2011 \u2014 Europe. It is … Continue reading The World of the Kannadiga<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,52],"tags":[409,415,417,408,406,411,413,412,419,418,420,407,410,414,416,405],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-culture-entertainment","category-nris-pios","tag-actor-and-filmmaker","tag-an-association-of-nris-living-in-europe","tag-chief-minister-b-s-yeddyurappa","tag-classical-dancer","tag-europe","tag-growth-of-kanrataka","tag-kannada-bhavan-in-uk","tag-non-resident-kannadigas-of-europe","tag-puneeth-rajkumar","tag-raghavendra","tag-ramya","tag-roopa-iyer","tag-sammelana","tag-sangama","tag-showcasing-karnatakas-art-and-culture","tag-world-kannada-conference-in-london-2011"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}