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Tribute to Shivaram Karanth
A Tribute to Karanth
© K. L. Kamat
Shivaram Karanth
Kannada Writer, Novelist, Artist, Educator,
Art Critic, Dancer, Philosopher, Environmentalist.
"I've always been confused about you two. Now that
both of you are here together, my confusion is doubled!" Dr. Karanth joked as I paid
him a visit in Puttur along with Dr. Suryanath Kamath. I gave him a
photograph of
his, which I had taken 40 years ago, as a boy, during the Kumta Sahitya
Sammelan. I even
pointed to his hands in the photograph which were hiding a box of tobacco
and his
comments at that time. He burst out into a Yakshagana style
laughter!
Dr. Karanth inspired several generations of youngsters to love and
preserve our art, heritage and environment. His works on children's education done
seventy years ago are still unequalled in Kannada language. In his death, Karnataka has lost one of its foremost
sons.
December 22, 1997
Page Last Updated: October 06,2009
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