Jana Sahitya Sammelana demands equal footing for Muslim, women writers

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Jana Sahitya Sammelana is being organised here by writers and intellectuals who are dissatisfied with the manner in which Kannada Sahitya Sammelana was organised by the Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP) in Haveri from January 6 to 8.

They have alleged that Muslim writers and women writers have not been given their due in main functions held in Haveri during the event. The first Jana Sahitya Sammelana was organised on January 8 at Alumni Hall, KR Circle, Bengaluru.

The second, much bigger in scale, is being planned at Palace Grounds in the city on January 29. According to the organisers, the two events are not an alternative to the Sahitya Sammelan, but are “a form of resistance.”