Influence Of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda on Contemporary Kannada Literature

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Influence Of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda on

Contemporary Kannada Literature

 

DR H N MURALIDHARA

 

While speaking of the influence of the Indian thoughts on world culture,

Swami Vivekananda said, 'Slow and silent, as the gentle dew that falls

in the morning, unseen and unheard yet producing a most tremendous

result, has been the work of the calm, patient, all - suffering

spiritual race upon the world of thought.' [CW, 3:110]

Something similar can be said of the influence of

Ramakrishna-Vivekananda ideology on contemporary Indian literature.

Numerous books and articles on Ramakrishna-Vivekananda that have been

written by eminent persons or by unheard of writers alike bear a

testimony to the silent work that has been going on in the last hundred

years. India is a rich land with mind-boggling cultural diversities and

numerous languages like Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati, Kannada,

Tamil, Marathi and Telugu. Many contemporary writers in these languages

have been deeply influenced and motivated by Ramakrishna-Vivekananda

ideology. This has found, and continues to find, its expression in their

powerful literary works. In order to make an approximate assessment of

the way Ramakrishna-Vivekananda have influenced contemporary Indian

literary traditions, The Vedanta Kesari requested noted writers in these

languages to trace the history, growth and richness of this influence on

contemporary works, which will be published in this column. Our thanks

to the contributors who agreed to undertake this voluminous exercise.

 

<snip> as the article was very long..jay

 

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