Senior litterateur Vijaya Vishnubhat opined that women's role in literary field through folk literature is immense. The Kannada Sahitya Parishat was inaugurated in the premises of Sri Ramalingeswara Temple in Kodagu district. She was speaking, presiding over the first women's Kannada Sahitya Sammelana. During olden days, when illiteracy was dormant, women composed their experiences and sang it as songs or passed it on as stories. Thus presenting their creativity and became a guiding force to the younger generation. She said that folk literature is our culture’s encyclopedia, which starting from our day-to-day lives has laid a strong foundation teaching us the pattern of songs sung during marriages, funerals and festivities.
She said, though English language is necessary, we should never neglect our mother tongue, Kannada.
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