Earn profit of rights by investing cost of duties. This was stated by Goa Governor Mridula Sinha at the Vasant lecture series at Hindi Bhavan here on Monday. Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta said that positive measures will be taken in accordance with views expressed by speakers at the lecture series.
Governor Sinha said that it is necessary for research that studies are made by going from village to village and door to door. She said that research cannot be completed on the basis of things contained in books. Sinha said that independence should be advocated and not licentiousness.
Sinha and Gupta conferred Naresh Mehta Memorial Award for 2014 to Prof Rameshwar Mishra Pankaj, Shailesh Matiyani Memorial Award to story writer Bhalchandra Joshi, Virendra Tiwari Memorial Creativity Award to Harish Adyalkar and Suresh Chandra Shukla “Chandra” Drama Award to senior theatre person Vaishali Gupta.
Mridula Sinha released book ‘Manthan’ published by MP Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Samiti, Pratibha Gurjar’s two books ‘Prawah’ and ‘Chhayavadottar’ Hindi Kavita, historical novel of Chandra Prakash Jaiswal ‘Karmayogi’, tribal poetess Anna Madhuri Tirkey’s anthology ‘Us Stree Ki Tarah’, MD Mishra’s anthology ‘Pankh’, Santosh Parihar’s novel ‘Samay Yad Rakhna’ and Rajendra Sharma’s book ‘Peer Parwat Ki’ and also congratulated the writers.
Guest speakers expressed views on two subjects during lecture series. Eminent thinker and litterateur Prof Shankar Sharan spoke on ‘Indian History: Dimension of Research’ and Kusum lata Kedia. Director of Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Samiti Kailash Chandra Pant spoke on programmes of the institution. Former CM Kailash Joshi, literature lovers and enlightened fans were present on the occasion.