Day-long seminar on folklore practices held in city

Globalisation has helped poor countries in the world to emerge as economic powerhouses

Mysuru:  Writer Moggalli Ganesh has called upon  people, researchers to have a critical bent of mind on folklore practises instead of liberal mindset that practised from time in the country. He was speaking at the day-long seminar on the topic ‘Folklore, Globalisation; Cultural Upheavals,’ organised by Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS), University of Mysore (UoM) at Manasagangothri campus in city recently.

He felt that a lot of folklore practises mindlessly plasticised just because it passed on from generation to generation from our ancestors. Many folklore practises are inhumane, blindly followed leading to social and economical problems in the country.

He said that Americans widely propagated the concept of globalisation across the globe with a main intention of integrating, encouraging the dialogues and interaction among different cultures of the world.

Defending that people across the country had benefited a lot after the advent of globalisation, he said that people especially the downtrodden, other lowest classes were the major beneficiaries of economic liberalisation era in India.

Boon to poor countries

Globalisation had appeared as a boon to several poor countries of the world leading to the path of economic and social development.  Though many poor countries of the world had was blessed with abundant natural resources, they were finding it difficult to convert these natural resources into raw materials for the benefit because of lack of technology. However, the free trade movement and globalisation revolutionised many poor countries to emerge as technological and economical power houses today, Writer Moggalli Ganesh said.

‘Curative Perspective is must’

People should have a look on the concept of globalisation on a curative perspective instead of attributing the globalisation was responsible for all cultural upheavals, he said and added that people should embrace folklore practises that benefit the mankind after shunning the blind practises that harm people.

KIKS Director Prof. N.M. Talawar, Head of the Department of Folklore Studies Dr. M. Nanjaiah Honganur, Researcher Kailash Murthy and others were present.