Nagpur: Sharankumar Limbe, a veteran Marathi novelist, poet, criticism, and short story writer and recipient of Saraswati Samman, prestigious literary recognition in India, said that the symbolic opposition to Hindu must stop because it did not provide productive to Dalit Litera.limbale played by Vidarbha Sangh (VSS) Nagpur branch on Thursday.
One of the senior Maharashtra writers, Limbe made several interesting statements about the background of the recent incident where Veteran Marathi poet Yashwant Manohar refused to accept Felicitation VSS just because there was a portrait of Dewi Saraswati in Dais.
“Rejecting the symbols of the portrait of Saraswati or awards named after the goddess is not wise.
It does not spread anything other than hatred.
We will not get anything in the end.
We are here to voice concerns of people who are seized and suppressed and this mission Will experience a setback because of symbolic protests, “Limbe said, who had written 40 novel books, poems, stories, and criticism.
He has also written essays and critical papers for many seminars.
Saraswati Samman, who is institutionalized by the Birla Foundation KK, is considered the highest recognition in the field of Indian literature.
Limbale received this award for the 2018 Marathi novel.
He faced criticism from the Sastra Dalit scenario to receive the award named Dewi Saraswati.
“Refusing award named Saraswati also likes to accept this fantasy whereabouts.
I have received this national award in recognition of my literary contribution in the past four decades.
When I received this honor, it helped in taking dalit literature to the national level,” Limbe said.
While talking about the term ‘Dalit’, he said he felt proud to be called as Dalit writer.
“Dalit said he did not represent the caste or community, but it represents a condition.
Even the Brahmin who was deprived could be Dalit,” he said, adding that there was a need to end the difference between Dalit and the mainstream literature.
He also said that there were many differences in Dalit and conflict writers killed the spirit of strong Dalit literature during the 1960s and 1970s.
Limbale was the second Dalit writer in several times to express the view after Padmashri Awardee Namdeo Kambun.
In the first program that was physically held after the Covid crisis, VSS President Manohar Mhaisalkar Felicated Limbale.
Vrushali Deshpande and Snehal Shinde coordinated the Open House session with him.