Dharwad: Poet K S Nisar Ahmed would never miss an opportunity to visit Dharwad. His recent visit to the North Karnataka city was in January when he received the prestigious Ambikatanayadatta national award, instituted by the Dr Da Raa Bendre National Memorial Trust.
His earlier visits were in 2017 to inaugurate Dharwad Sahitya Sambhrama and in 2013 for the Geetotsava. He looked fit during his 2017 visit at the age of 82. However, that visit is more known for his statement defending the participation of corporate figures in the literary festival.
The Dharwad Sahitya Sambhrama had been criticised for providing a platform to those in corporate sector. But Nisar strongly defended it and said employees and leaders in the corporate sector too have sentiments and the right to express themselves.
“Creating literature is not the domain of only the oppressed. Those in the corporate world too have struggled in the early stages of their life to reach a comfortable position. Just because they have become rich should not prevent them from entering the literary world,” he had said.
Giving an insight into the corporate sector through their works, readers get a taste of a different work and this can enrich Kannada literature, he had said. The poet hailed the organisers for providing equal space to proponents of different ideologies without bias.
Though soft-spoken, Nisar did not mince words when he spoke his mind.
His earlier visits were in 2017 to inaugurate Dharwad Sahitya Sambhrama and in 2013 for the Geetotsava. He looked fit during his 2017 visit at the age of 82. However, that visit is more known for his statement defending the participation of corporate figures in the literary festival.
The Dharwad Sahitya Sambhrama had been criticised for providing a platform to those in corporate sector. But Nisar strongly defended it and said employees and leaders in the corporate sector too have sentiments and the right to express themselves.
“Creating literature is not the domain of only the oppressed. Those in the corporate world too have struggled in the early stages of their life to reach a comfortable position. Just because they have become rich should not prevent them from entering the literary world,” he had said.
Giving an insight into the corporate sector through their works, readers get a taste of a different work and this can enrich Kannada literature, he had said. The poet hailed the organisers for providing equal space to proponents of different ideologies without bias.
Though soft-spoken, Nisar did not mince words when he spoke his mind.
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