The Sthree Shakthi Mahila Prathishtana of Mysore has planned a unique programme in the city – ‘Namma Manege Banni’. The members of the women’s organization will visit houses of women who extended an invitation and render a programme of recitation of poems associating the women residents of the area also. The ‘Come to Our House’ programme will be launched on October 18 at Gana Bharathi, Veene Seshanna Bhavana, by holding a State-level Dasara-Deepavali ‘Kavanothsava’, a festival of poems.

The festival of poems consists of two sessions, poets invited from Mysore and outside, participating in the programme. They will recite poems written by them. The first session will be presided over by Mr. Banandur Kempaiah. Those who will recite their poems in this session will include Ms. B.T.Lalitha Naik, former Karnataka Minister, Prof. C.P.Krishna Kumar, former Kannada Professor of Mysore University, Dr. N.Giri Gowda, President, Mysore District Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Mr. H.B.Madana Gowda, President, Hassan District Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Dr. P.K.Rajashekar, Dr. M.P.Manjappa Shetty, Mr. S.Ramaprasad, President,
Karnataka Mukthaka Sahitya Academy, Mr. A.Ramadas, MLA, Dr. T. Jayalakshmi Sitapura, Mr. Manasa, Mr.B.Shamasundara, Mr.Chandrasekhara Kukkikatte, Dr. Latha Rajashekar, Mr.P.K.Puranik, Ms. Girija Dinakar, Ms. Roopa Hasan, Mr. Harish Shetty Belagali and Ms.Shamala Murthy.

The second session aims to provide opportunities to the members of the Sthree Shakthi Prathishtana, drawn from different district units of the State-level women’s organization. Besides members from Mysore, writers from Bangalore, Virajpet and Mandya will
participate in this session. They are Ms. S.Anasuya, Vijaya Vishnu Bhat, S.V. Sujatha, B.R.Nagarathna, Leela Venkatesh, H.S.Nagarthna Hemmige, K.R.Premaleela, Vasantha Venkatesh, Vani Subbaiah, Indira Govinda, K.S.Kamala, B.R.Uma, Indira Patil, B.Indira, R. Hemalatha, C.V.Lakshmi, Geetha Mahadeva Prasad, S.Mandara, Mamatha Ravishankar, M.P.Pushpalatha, Prabha Nanaiah, B.Leeladevi Bhat, Dr.Padma Srinivas, Manjula Manasa, Vimalashri, Mr. M.R. Ranganna, Mr. Y.S.Subramanyam, and Mr.Parashiva Murthy. Dr.V.Munivenkatappa will chair the session.

The programme will be inaugurated Ms. B.T.Lalitha Naik, former Minister of Karnataka. Mr. Banandur Kempaiah, Deputy Director of Doordarshan, Bangalore Station, will preside. The “Namma Manege Bani” programme will be launched by Mr. A.Ramadas, MLA. Mrs. Mangala Sathyan, novelist and President of Sthree Shakthi Mahila Prathishtana, will address.