4 months ago
2
Minister for Social Welfare and Mysuru territory in-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa said that radical crossed the state should beryllium prepared and enlightened by ideas rooted successful rationality and technological temper.
He was speaking aft inaugurating the two-day nationalist seminar titled ‘Bahuroopi Babasaheb – March Towards Equality’, organised arsenic portion of the Bahuroopi Babasaheb National Theatre Festival astatine Rangayana present connected January 17.
The Minister said the societal movements led by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Shahu Maharaj were grounded successful truth-seeking, organisation, and sustained struggle.
Dr. Mahadevappa further said that Dr. B.R. Ambedkar established the Bahishkrita Hitakaarini Sabha successful Mumbai connected July 20, 1924, with the nonsubjective of eradicating untouchability and promoting the social, educational, and economical upliftment of the oppressed. Despite 79 years of Independence, incidents of societal boycott and honour killings are continuing, helium said, stressing the request for a instrumentality to curb specified practices.
K. Shivakumar, MLC, said efforts indispensable beryllium made to fortify ideology successful the country. He emphasised connected the request for a deliberation towards the implicit eradication of the caste system, stating that lone past would bid and harmony prevail successful society. He pointed retired that this year’s Bahuroopi festival conveys a beardown connection and said intellectuals and students person the work to safeguard democracy.
University of Mysore Vice-Chancellor N.K. Lokanath said radical should recognize however Ambedkar, done education, transformed himself. Education tin alteration lives, and Ambedkar stands arsenic the finest illustration of what tin beryllium achieved done education, helium said.
Rangayana manager Satish Tiptur said Ambedkar’s ideas person inspired millions of poets, writers, artists, filmmakers, actors, thinkers, and scholars. He observed that the Constitution framed by Ambedkar has acted arsenic a healing balm for the wounds inflicted by oppressive societal practices.
Inaugurating the seminar, elder writer Siddharth Varadarajan said specified seminars are indispensable to recognize however Ambedkar’s works and approaches to the problems of his clip tin assistance code questions that person acquired renewed urgency not lone successful India but crossed the world. He spoke connected the usurpation of planetary laws by almighty nations, citing instances specified arsenic the amerciable penetration of countries similar Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president.
