{"id":301458,"date":"2025-07-29T14:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/301458\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T14:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:53:08","slug":"jayant-kaykini-highlights-power-of-literature-at-book-event-praises-bandaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/301458\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayant Kaykini highlights power of literature at book event, praises Bandaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned Kannada writer Jayant Kaykini emphasised that literature is a powerful tool to face life\u2019s challenges, especially for today\u2019s youth.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the \u201cBook of the Month in the Courtyard\u201d event organised by the Kannada Book Authority and Sheshadripuram College on Tuesday, Mr.\u00a0Kaykini highlighted the relevance of Vyasaraya Ballal\u2019s novel Bandaya. He described Ballal as a rare literary voice who shifted from emotional narratives to revolutionary themes. Bandaya explores conflicts not only between laborers and capitalists but also personal rebellions across generations and relationships, reflecting the universal human struggle.<\/p>\n<p> Kaykini praised Ballal\u2019s symbolic portrayal of a red kumkum mark as revolutionary.<\/p>\n<p>Manasa, chairperson of the Kannada Book Authority, stressed that \u201cevery student should have a book in hand and mind.\u201d She noted the authority\u2019s efforts to promote reading through initiatives like \u201cA Library for Every Home\u201d and the \u201cMonthly Book\u201d program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published &#8211; July 29, 2025 07:33 pm IST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renowned Kannada writer Jayant Kaykini emphasised that literature is a powerful tool to face life\u2019s challenges, especially for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3938],"tags":[3444,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-301458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114937096366532697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}