The 124th birth anniversary of the great revolutionary, Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy, will be celebrated here on Sept. 15 (10 a.m.) at the Kannada Sahitya Parishad Hall, Chamarajpet, Bangalore.
Dr. K.S. Bhagwan, the celebrated author of Violence in Hinduism (DSA-) which has seen. several reprints in many languages, as well as V.T. Rajshekar, Editor Dalit Voice, will be felicitated on the occasion along with publishers of the book in other languages P.R. Kuppuswamy (Tamil), Nagarathna (Kannada) and Iqbal Ahmed Shariff (Urdu).
The first ever detailed biography of Periyar in Kannada authored by Dr. D. Javare Gowda (former VC of Mysore University), will be released then. Prof. M.D. Nanjunda Swamy, Prof. Baragur Ramachandrappa, Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah and Dr. Kamala Hampana will participate. Channamalla Veerabhadra Swamy of Nidumamidi will preside.
The function is organised by us in cooperation with Kannada Sangharsha Samiti and other organisations.
