Dharwad to host dist-level Kannada literary meet from today

Dharwad: The 18th district Kannada Sahitya Sammelana will be held on March 30 and 31 at the Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha hall in Dharwad, said Kannada Sahitya Parishat district president Lingaraj Angadi.He told reporters that that deputy commissioner Snehal R will hoist the national flag at 8am on March 30. Vice-president of KVV Sangha Sanjeev Kulkarni will hoist the Kannada flag. DIMHANS chief administrative officer Major (retd) Siddalingayya Hiremath will inaugurate the "Kannadakkagi Nadige' programme at 9am. Former vice-chancellor of Akkamahadevi Women's University Sabiha Bhoomigouda will inaugurate the meet at 10.30am. Sammelana president and writer Hema Pattanshetti will deliver the presidential address. District minister Santosh Lad will inaugurate the literary exhibition of the conference president. Union minister Pralhad Joshi and Sharana Sahitya Parishat president C Somashekhar will release books. MLA Arvind Bellad will inaugurate the book stall. President of KVV Sangha Chandrak'ant Bellad will preside. At 2pm, a seminar on "Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities' will be held. Sanket Patil will speak on "AI's impact on literary creation and translation," and HL Omprakash will speak on "AI: Education, employment, and future life." Prof SM Shivaprasad will preside. A poetry session will be held at 4pm, chaired by Prof SR Aashi. Vishweshwari Hiremath will inaugurate the cultural programme at 6pm. On March 31 at 9.30am, writer Siddanagouda Patil will speak on ‘Kannada language and life,' Shankar Halagatti on ‘Children's literature and magazines,' and Venkatesh Machakanur on ‘The survival of Kannada schools'. Shivashankar Hiremath will preside. At 11.30am, a session on ‘Women's literature on a new path' will be held. KR Siddagangamma will speak on "Women's novels: Gender equality," Shridhar Hegde Bhadhran on "Women's poetry: Expression and creativity," and M Usha on ‘Women's autobiographies: Narratives of inner lives.' Shalini Raghunath will preside. At 3pm, a panel on contemporary literary thought will be held. Nagaratna Parande will speak on ‘Challenges in translation', Sudha Koujageri on ‘Language development and contemporary tensions',' and Rekha Jogul on ‘The contribution of Basel Mission to Kannada literature'. At 3.30pm, there will be an interaction with the conference president. A public meeting will be held at 4.30pm, followed by the valedictory ceremony at 5.30pm. Writer Vinaya Okkund will deliver the valedictory address. Legislative council chairman Basavaraj Horatti will preside.