Kelekar to open Konkani conference
5 Jan 2009, 0243 hrs IST, TNN
PANAJI: Jnanpith awardee Ravindra Kelekar will inaugurate the 9th all-India Konkani Literary Conference on February 7, to be held at Kundapur in
Karnataka.
The conference is being organized by the All India Konkani Parishad where Karnataka chief minister Dr B S Yediyurappa is likely to be the chief guest.
The conference follows close on the heels of Ravindra Kelekar bagging the prestigious Jnanpith Award.
His copious writings include a novelette, the transcreation of Mahabharata in two volumes, travelogues, biographies and several collections of essays.
The conference will be presided over by Ramesh Velluskar, a popular Konkani writer and poet. Velluskar has bagged several awards from Kala Academy and Konkani Bhasha Mandal. He was conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award for Savulgori, a collection of Konkani poems, in 1992.
Union minister of state for labour Oscar Fernandes and home minister of Karnataka V S Acharya will be the guests of honour.
Digamber Kamat, chief minister of Goa will be the chief guest at the valedictory function on February 8.
R V Deshpande, former industries minister of Karnataka will be the guest of honour. President of All India Konkani Parishad and member of the Rajya Sabha, Shantaram Naik will also be present.
(The Times of India)
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