Udayavani

Bangalore, November 23: Five story books for children and a book on cultural ideologies; ‘Parampareya Putagalinda’ written by Managing Editor of ‘Taranga’, Sandhya Pai were released on Saturday.

The books published by Hubli Sahitya Bandaar were released by child prodigy, musician, Kumar Shadaj Godkindi at Indian Institute of World Culture. Kumar Shadaj enthralled everyone by playing his flute melodiously after releasing the book.

Senior Journalist, Garudanagari Nagraj presided over the programme. He said that instead of making Bhagavad Gita recital compulsory at school, Primary Education Minister, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri should bring a scheme to tell stories to children at school for at least two hours a week. He said that the books written by Sandhya Pai should be made available at all schools.

He further said that there was a period of telling and listening to stories in the past. But now stories are not being told at schools. Grandmothers who used to tell stories to their grand children in the past are now busy watching television. In the past DVG, Karanth, Rajaratnam, VC all used to write stories for children but now the trend is lost. He praised the effort done by Sandhya Pai and said that she was the only journalist who wrote stories for children.

The book, ‘Parampareya Putagalinda’ was released by editor of Vijay Karnataka, Vishweshwar Bhat. He praised the effort done by Sandhya Pai and said that she has developed a good habit of writing and praised her leadership for the success of ‘Taranga’.

Sandhya Pai spoke on this occasion and said that it was a small effort from her to save the tradition. She said that tradition is also a science. Our ancestors have told that these things are necessary to preserve the sanctity of the society.

The books were introduced by Cultural thinker Srivatsa S Vati. Publisher M A Subrahmanya welcomed everyone. Shubha Madhusudan proposed the vote of thanks.