February 07, 2010

B M Sree speech:100 years

B M Sreekantiah was one of the makers of Kannada literature in 20th century.His speech 'kannadada maatu tale ettuva bage' was done in 1911 dec at Dharavada.Here he has given pointers to elevate and develop kannada langugae in the context of Sanskrit and English.
If we look back this is a historical event as for as karnataka is considered.Apart from this his speech has many negative points if we look at from historical point of view.
B M Sreekantiah like other thinkers of the day accepted the aryan thoery of invasion.(AIT).During his days, Swami vivekananda, Dr.Sampoornananda did not accept the AIT.Few years Dr.B.R.Ambedkar opposed the AIT in his writings.

He is a good writer, not a great creative writer like T.S.Eliot,Tolstoy or Shankar Mokashi Punekar.But his writing, cultural moves he made needs to be studied from nationalist perception.

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