Bandaya movement
The Bandaya movement is a progressive literary movement in Kannada started by D. Nagaraj and Shudra Shrinivas in 1974. It promoted socially-committed literature and sought to make poetry a weapon against social and economic injustice. "Let poetry be a sword!
Bandaya movement
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- Bandaya movement was established or created in 1974.
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- Bandaya movement is situated in India.
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The Bandaya movement is a progressive literary movement in Kannada started by D. Nagaraj and Shudra Shrinivas in 1974. It promoted socially-committed literature and sought to make poetry a weapon against social and economic injustice. "Let poetry be a sword!
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The dear friend who responds to the pain of people!" ("Khadgavaagali kavya! Janara novige midiva pranamitra!"), was the slogan for the movement coined by D.R. Prominent Kannada writers who identified themselves with the movement are Siddalingaiah, Chandrashekhar Patil, Chennanna Valikar, Kalegowda Nagavar, Poornachandra Tejaswi, H.S. Lalitha Naik, Kum. Veerabhadrappa, Baraguru Ramachandrappa, Prahlad Betageri, Allama Prabhu Bettadur, Geetha Nagabhushan, K. Bhagwan, Shantarasa, Mallika Ghanti, Shashikala Veeriah Swamy, Banjagere Jayaprakash, Gangadhar Mudaliar, Gudihalli Nagaraj, Ramzan Darga, (late) Sugayya.S. Hiremath, Sukanya Maruti, K. Sharifa, Banu Mushtaq, Dr Anupama, Nemichandra, Ki.Ram. Nagaraj, Dr.Rajashekhar Hatagundi, L. Hanumanthaiah, Bolbandeppa, (late) Linganna Satyampet, Satyanand Patrot, Basavaraj Sabarad, Sarjoo Katkar, Anand Zunjarwad, Jambanna Amarachinta, Gavisiddha Bellary, Suryakanth Gunakimath, Kamaraj, L.N. Halli Nagaraj and Satish Kulkarni.
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Bandaya movement was established or created in 1974.
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- Nagaraj, D.R. (2011) The Flaming Feet and Other Essays: The Dalit Movement in India. Edited by Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi. Ranikhet: Permanent Black.
- Satyanarayana, K & Tharu, Susie (2013) From those Stubs Steel Nibs are Sprouting, Dossier 2: Kannada and Telugu, New Delhi: HarperCollins India.
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