Bangalore, October 8: Harkala Hajabba, fruit vendor-cum-educationist, was conferred with the 'Ramzan Saab Award' by Akhila Karnataka Mahamadeeyara Sangha at a programme held at the Kannada Sahitya Parishad in Bangalore.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Baraguru Ramachandrappa, senior writer, said that Mr. Hajabba, although an illiterate and humble man, has been able to set up an educational institution. Humbleness can help attain greatest of goals, he said.
Lashing out at the state government for closing down several schools in the state, Mr. Ramachandrappa said that the government should have consulted educational experts before taking such a decision.
Stating that language must not be used as a tool to divide people, Mr. Ramachandrappa said that a Hindu poet who wrote in Urdu has won the Jnanapeetha Award the past. Similarly, Kannada is not the language of Hindus alone. No language should be confined to a religious group. Strengthening communal harmony in the society is a must today, he said.
Divisions and politics being carried out in the name of Kaveri struggle is not serving the actual purpose, he said. In the decade of 70s and 80s, leaders cutting across party lines would unite for a cause and a movement but today, even such issues are being used as a tool to attain political mileage, he said.
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