Shivakumar Says Literature and Culture Help Remove Ignorance at Mysuru Book Launch

Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said literature and culture are essential to remove ignorance at a book launch in Mysuru on Wednesday. The event unveiled the fourth volume of former Chief Minister M. Veerappa Moily’s “Vishwasamskritiya Mahayana,” described in the source as a prose epic. Shivakumar said literature and art matter for personal fulfilment, while values help build a cultured society. He called culture an identity and humanity people’s foundation, and said literature plays a major role in preserving human values across languages and religions. He also praised Moily’s achievements in politics and literature. Congress leader Siddaramaiah said Moily had developed an interest in literature during his school years and had made his mark as a lawyer, politician and writer.