Mangalore, February 19: The coastal Karnataka has miserably failed to produce its recent adverse developments in the form of literature, opined journalist and writer Kodibettu Rajalakshmi.
She was speaking after receiving the Sara Aboobakar literary award conferred by 'Karavali Lekhakiyara Vachakiyara Sangha' as part of its silver jubilee celebration, at Sahithya Sadana, here, on Sunday.
Ms Rajalakshmi, who is currently working for Vijaya Karnataka Kannada daily as senior correspondent in the city, said, even though the coastal districts were known for communal riots and moral policing, these disturbing trends hardly found any place in the literature here.
She lamented that most of the literary works and literary and cultural conferences in this part of the state were confined to hero worshipping, mainly because of the wrong 'sponsorship'. “They have been failed to shed light on the developments, happenings and adverse trends of the land”, she reiterated.
Mr Rajalakshmi also complained that some people ventured into literature with a sole intention of appeasing some personalities and bag their favour.
Literary organisations should fight against these trends and try to bring a change in the literature, she suggested.
Talking about her award winning work, she said that she dedicated 'Ondu Mushti Nakshatra', an anthology of 11 short stories, to her father, who encouraged and motivated her to write throughout her journalistic career.
Prof B A Vivek Rai, visiting professor at Wurzburg University in Germany, Dr Kathija Mumtaz, a prominent writer from Kerala and Sara Aboobakar, Kannada novelist were present among others.
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