Give importance to human knowledge: Baraguru Ramachandrappa

Belagavi: The two-day national symposium on ‘Voices of the New Millennium: Literature, Society and Culture in Contemporary India' commenced at the Sangolli Rayanna First Grade Unit College of Rani Channamma University (RCU) on Thursday. Speaking after inaugurating the event, eminent scholar Baraguru Ramachandrappa said that there is a need to take special care regarding the recent excessive use of technology. Technology is not conducive to creativity in the cultural and literary sector. Therefore, more importance should be given to human creative power instead of technology.He further stated that the use of technology is necessary in the current era but it is also wrong to completely surrender to technology. The information provided by artificial intelligence and other information technology tools is likely to create many stumbling blocks. Care should be taken about the appropriateness and wisdom of the use of technology.While the 20th century included industrialisation, the 21st century opened up to globalisation. Caste discrimination and untouchability were somewhat hidden due to industrialisation. By working together, the feeling of superiority and inferiority was kept at bay. However, in the era of globalisation, the priesthood and capitalist system are coming to the fore again. Along with this, he said, it is a sad fact that recently, instead of conversations, politically motivated emotionalism is increasing."When I became the president of the Kannada Sahitya Academy, I gave importance to the study of the nomadic and semi-nomadic communities. Many publications in this regard created a new sensation in society. The mood of society shifted towards nomadic communities. According to the 2011 census, there is a Kulankulu caste that has only one person. There are only five people in the Manabasti caste and eleven people in the Banni Handi caste. It is known that more than 10 lakh people are casteless. There are a total of 11 crore people belonging to nomadic and tribal communities.Critic Prof Rajendra Chenni spoke on the topic of rapprochement with different social worlds and said that respecting other religions and thoughts is true culture. Santosh Kamagouda, registrar of RCU, said that literature does not only give happiness and peace to the readers but it is also about correcting society and sowing new ideas.Principal Prof MG Hegde spoke. Shambhavi Thorli, Ananya Nayak, lecturers Lavanya Gunjala, Gloria, and Sejal Magdum participated.